Earlier today, caver Jason Gardner spoke with Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ryk Goddard on his experiences exploring caves in Tasmania over the last 20 years. Gardner talks of his adventures exploring … Read More
Australia’s Piccaninnie Ponds Karst Wetlands has just been recognized as one of the world’s most important wetlands. Located on South Australia’s limestone coast, Piccaninnie Ponds joins over 2,000 locations around … Read More
The ongoing record-setting heat wave in Australia is giving their large flying fox bats a hard time, causing hundreds to fall out of the sky. With record temperatures at nearly … Read More
An 18-year-old man was rescued from one of Australia’s Wombeyan Caves on Tuesday afternoon after a fall which left him unable to move. Rescue crews, including the Ambulance Service’s Special … Read More
A team of researchers studying blind cave fish have discovered that two groups of fish, now separated Indian Ocean, are each other’s closest relatives. The team, made up of researchers … Read More
Members of a southern Tasmania scout troop had to be rescued on Saturday after they found the exit from Bradley Chesterman cave was flooded. The group of 10 Venturer scouts … Read More
Australian cavers have discovered a cave system in Queensland filled with fossils. The find, estimated to contain specimens up to 500,000 years old, is so dense with fossils that a … Read More
Last weekend Australia’s NSW Cave Rescue Squad held a mock rescue in Argyle Cave in Bungonia National Park. The scenario involved rescuing an injured caver from Pitch 4, a 14 … Read More
A previously unknown bat species is believed to have been the subject of a prehistoric cave painting in northern Australia. The paintings, which could be up to 25,000 years old, … Read More
Tasmania’s Mole Creek cave system is under threat from an increase in visitors. Located in northern Tasmania at the foothills of the Great Western Tiers, Mole Creek karst area is … Read More
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