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Articles

Australians of the Year - Dr Richard Harris OAM and Dr Craig Challen SC OAM - SUSS Bull 57(1) July – December 2018
Ian Lewis - Weebubbie Cave, Nullarbor Plains – A magnificent lake under the desert - CEGSA News 229, Vol 58 No 1 2013
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Below the Ringing Plains of Windswept Cooleman - Caves Australia No 195 December 2013
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cave Diving New South Wales 2017 Projects Report - Caves Australia No 205 September 2018
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - What is wrong at Wellington Caves? - Caves Australia No 201 September 2015
Rod OBrien - Australias First Cave Dives - 2018
Stefan Eberhard - Cocklebiddy : Alpine Style - Australian Caver No 143 Feb 1998
Stefan Eberhard - Nowranie Caves and the Camooweal Karst Area, Queensland - Helictite 38(2) 2003, pp27-38
Stefan Eberhard - Plumbing the Depths of Inky Blackness - Australian Caver No 144 - June 1998


Trip Reports

New South Wales

Rod OBrien - Mt Fairy MF-1 Main Cave Nov 2020 unpublished
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - No Substitute for Cubes - SUSS Bull 58(2) 2020
Ian Cooper & Phil Maynard - Long Weekend Wellington, 5-7 October 2013 - SUSS Bull 52(2) July-September 2013
Ian Cooper - Wellington - October 2015 - SUSS Bull 54(3) October-December 2015
John Dalla-Zuanna - Slug Lake, Mammoth Cave, Jenolan - SUSS Bull 47(4)  January-March 2008
Deborah Johnston - Jenolan Southern Tourist Caves - Cave Diving and Exploration - November 2013 - SUSS Bull 52(3) October-December 2013
Deborah Jonston - Cave Diving in River Cave - Aug 3-4 2013 - SUSS Bull 52(2) July-September 2013
Deborah Johnston - The Deep End - SUSS Bull 53(1) April-June 2014
Deborah Johnston - Exploring Ice Pick Lake, Jenolan - Caves Australia No 206 December 2018
Deborah Johnston - Upstream Lower River Cave Diving Project - SUSS Bull 53(1) April-June 2014
Deborah Johnston - Jenolan October 2013 - SUSS Bull 52(2) July-September 2013
Deborah Johnston & Rowena Larkins - Jenolan Cave Diving Exploration and Discovery - February 7-8, 2014 - SUSS Bull 52(4) January-March 2014
Deborah Johnston - Sump Rescue orientation Program Jenolan Caves - April 2015 - SUSS Bull 53(4) - January-March 2015
Deborah Johnston - Cave Diving in McCavity at Wellington Caves - SUSS Bull 51(4) January-March 2013
Andreas Klocker - Jenolan Caves - Speleo Spiel 403 July-August 2014
Phil Maynard - Breakthrough in Barralong - SUSS Bull 46(1) April-June 2006
Rafid Morshedi - Tuglow Caves - Dryer Inside than Out - SUSS Bull 56(2) December 2017
Charmaine Pang - Wet Wellington wanderings - SUSS Bull 56(4) April-June 2018
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cooleman Plains - SUSS Bull 46(4) January-March 2007
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cooleman Plain - SUSS Bull 51(3) October-December 2012
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cave Diving Trip Report Cooleman Plain 22-28 January 2014 - SUSS Bull 52(4) January-March 2014
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cooleman - Easter 2015 - SUSS Bull 53(4) January-March 2015
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Horsing around at Cooleman - SUSS Bull 56(3) January-March 2018
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Almost: a tale of two cave dives - Caves Australia No 202 November 2016
Ian Cooper & Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Trifecta! - SUSS Bull 54(4) January-March 2016
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Thursday 7 July, Baralong: The Missing Link - SUSS Bull 50(2) July-September 2011
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - The Dreaming White Horse - SUSS Bull 51(1) April-June 2012
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cave Diving Trip Report 26-27 October - SUSS Bull 51(3) October-December 2012
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Cave Diving at BlueTongue - Saturday - SUSS Bull 52(1) April-June 2013
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Jenolan - October 2015 - SUSS Bull 54(3) October-December 2015
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - 20 Years of the Southern Limestone Paradox - SUSS Bull 47(3) October-December 2007
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Jenolan Caves: Imperial Streamway to Discovery Aven, Three trips 2012 - Caves Australia No 193 June2013
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Jenolan Update 2: Barralong and the Missing Link - Caves Australia No 194 September 2013
Keir Vaughan-Taylor & Rod OBrien - Cooleman Easter 2017 - SUSS Bull 55(4) January-June 2017
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Tuglow Cave Diving Trip Report - SUSS Bull 53(2) July-Septemper 2014
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Vertical caving with dive gear is hard - SUSS Bull 54(4) January-March 2016
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Wellington - or many scouts make light work - SUSS Bull 50(3) October-December 2011
Keir Vaughan-Taylor - Upstream Fig tree Cave, Oct 2014 - SUSS Bull 53(2) July-September 2014
Keir Vaughan-Taylor & Jill Rowling - January Yarrangobilly and Cooleman Plains - SUSS Bull 57(2) January-March 2019

Queensland

Deborah Johnston - Camooweal 2013, 23 June - 7 July - SUSS Bull 52(2) July-September 2013
Rod OBrien, Cathi Humphrey-Hood & Peter M Downes - Texas Caves Revisited - Caves Australia No 211 March 2020

South Australia

Richard Harris - Iddlebiddy Tank - CEGSA News 220 Vol 55 No 4 2010
Richard Harris & Grant Pearce - note about their trip into Piccaninnie Ponds - CEGSA News 219 Vol 55 No 3 2010
Ian Lewis - note about dive by Richard Harris into Picaninnie Ponds - CEGSA News 212 Vol 53 No 4 2008
Peter Horne & Richard Harris- brief mention of visit to Nurina - CEGSA News 204 Vol 51 No 4 2006
Richard Harris & Ken Smith - notes on visit to NZ Pearce Resurgence, and trip to Tank Cave - CEGSA News 222 Vol 56 No 2 2011
Paul Hosie - Koonalda Cave - The Western Caver Vol 46 2006
Paul Hosie - 5N4 - Koonalda Cave - Caves Australia No 170 July 2006
Deborah Johnston - Mount Gambier Cave Diving, SA - September 2015 - SUSS Bull 54(2) July-September 2015
Janine McKinnon - A Bit of Cave Diving at Mt Gambier - Speleo Spiel 391 July-August 2012
Ken Smith - The Pinger: A Simple Underwater Radiolocation System - Caves Australia No 176 March-June 2008
Kevin Moore & Phil Maynard - Koonalda Kapers: Koonalda Cave, Nullarbor - SUSS Bull 46(1) April-June 2006

Tasmania

Stefan Eberhard - Mole Creek Diving System Projects - SpeleoSpiel N.438 May-Jun 2020
Richard Harris - Junee-Florentine Karst, Tasmania, January 2009 - CEGSA News 213 Vol 54 No 1 2009
David Bardi - JF-341 Threefortyone
Stefan Eberhard - JF36 Growling Swallet - Diving Coelacanth Sump - Speleo Spiel 411 November-December 2015
Stefan Eberhard & Daniel Mitchell - JF-341: 3rd Dive Push Trip / Diver's Trip Report - Speleo Spiel 248 September-October 2018
Roland Eberhard & Stefan Eberhard - JF-14 Dwarroedelf - Diving the KD Sump : 28 December 2005 - Speleo Spiel 352 January-February 2006
Stephen Fordyce - JF36 Growling Swallet - Dreamtime Sump Dive II - Speleo Spiel 409 July-August 2015
Stephen Fordyce - JF-8 Junee Cave: ASF Diving Expedition Report, January 2019 - Caves Australia 209 September 2019
Stephen Fordyce - JF-8 Junee Cave: ASF Diving Expedition Report - Speleo Spiel 431 March-April 2019
Stephen Fordyce - JF36 Growling Swallet: The Niggly Connection Porject Phase 1 - Caves Australia 203 March 2018
Stephen Fordyce - JF-237 Niggly Cave - Speleo Spiel 425 March-April 2018
Stephen Fordyce - JF-237 Niggly Aborted Bossland Dive - Speleo Spiel 436 January-February 2020
Stephen Fordyce - JF-237 Niggly Cave connectio Trip report summary - Speleo Spiel 433 July-August 2019
Stephen Fordyce - JF-387 Procupine Pot - Speleo Spiel 429 November-December 2018
Stephen Fordyce - JF-387 Porcupine Pot - Speleo Spiel 425 April 2018
Richard Harris - Junee Cave Diving: Junee-Florentine Karst, Tasmania, January 2009 - Caves Australia 177 September-October 2008
Richard Harris, Liz Rogers, Dean Chamberlain & Grant Pearce - Junee-Florentine Karst, Tasmania, Part II - Caves Australia 180 December 2009
Richard Harris - JF-8 Junee Cave - Diving Sumop 2 - Speleo Spiel 371 March-April 2009
Alan Jackson - JF36 Gowling Swallet: Sump diving and aid climbing - Speleo Spiel 406 January-February 2015
Alan Jackson - Niggly Cave and Growling Swallet Connected - Caves Australia 209 September 2019
Andreas Klocker - JF398 Boulder Jenga - Speleo Spiel 403 July-August 2014
Liz Rogers - JF8 Junee Resurgence: For Your Eyes Only / Andreas klocker Tigers Eye and JF259  - Speleo Spiel 401 March-April 2014
Janine McKinnon - JF-8 Junee Cave - Speleo Spiel 389 March-April 2012
Peter Buzzacott & Janine McKinnon - When East Meets West - Caves Australia 190 September 2012
Janine McKinnon - IB-14 Exit Cave, Ida Bay, Tasmania: D’Entrecasteaux River Sumps exploration continued - Caves Australia 201 September 2015
Janine McKinnon - IB-14 Exit Cave, Ida Bay, Tasmania: D’Entrecasteaux River Sumps exploration continued - Caves Australia 203 March 2018
Janine McKinnon - Exit Cave, Tasmania, D'Entrecasteaux River Sumps exploration 2013 - Caves Australia 196 March 2014
Janine McKinnon - IB-14 Exit Cave - D’Entrecasteaux River Sump: Dive 1 - Speleo Spiel 395 March-April 2013
Janine McKinnon - IB-14 Exit Cave - D’Entrecasteaux River Sump: Dive 2 - Speleo Spiel 395 March-April 2013
Janine McKinnon & Alan Jackson - IB-14 Exit Cave - D’Entrecasteaux River Sump: Dive 3 - Speleo Spiel 395 March-April 2013
Janine McKinnon - IB-14 Exit Cave: Mystery Creek Passage - Speleo Spiel 436 January-February 2020
Janine McKinnon - Checking out JF30 & JF31 - Speleo Spiel 407 March-April 2015
Janine McKinnon - Dive report JF631 - Speleo Spiel Spetember-October 2014
Janine McKinnon - Permanent line replacement in Junee Resurgence (JF8) first sump - Caves Australia 198 September 2014
Janine McKinnon - JF-8 Junee Cave - Sump 1 Dive - Speleo Spiel 389 March-April 2012
Janine McKinnon - JF8 Junee Resurgence, old line removal and tie-off refurbishment dives - Speleo Spiel 402 May-June 2014
Janine McKinnon - JF8 Junee Cave: For Your Eyes Only (FYEO) - trafficking tobacco - Speleo Spiel 407 March-April 2015
Janine McKinnon - JF 8 Junee Resurgence: Finishing the reline of Sump 1 - Speleo Spiel 401 March-April 2014
Janine McKinnon - JF-8 Junee Resurgence: Permanent line replacement - Speleo Spiel 400 January-February 2014
Janine McKinnon - JF8 Junee Resurgence / Exit Cave D'Entrecasteaux sump explorations - Speleo Spiel 406 January-February 2015
Janine McKinnon - Khazad-Dum (JF-4/5) Sump II: Pushing the 'deepest' sump in Australia - Caves Australia 197 June 2014
Janine McKinnon - JF-8 Junee Cave - Speleo Spiel 395 March-April 2013
Janine McKinnon - MC-275 River Alph resurgence (Kubla Khan) - Speleo Spiel 425 March-April 2018
Janine McKinnon - MC-1 Kubla Khan: Exploration Dive in Upstream River Alph Sump - Speleo Spiel 414 May-June 2016
Janine McKinnon - JF-390 Lawrence Creek Rising: Replacing the permanent line - Speleo Spiel 400 January-February 2014
Janine McKinnon - Diving Lawrence Rivulet Rising - Speleo Spiel 390 May-June 2012
Janine McKinnon - JF23 Lawrence Rivulet Rising - Speleo Spiel 394 January-February 2013
Janine McKinnon - JF11 Rainbow Cave Sump Dive - Speleo Spiel 406 January-February 2015
Janine McKinnon - JF-584 Tigers Eye - Speleo Spiel 394 January-February 2013
Janine McKinnon - JF31 Tom Smiths Cave: Another grotty dive ticked off the list - Speleo Spiel 412 January-February 2016
Janine McKinnon - Welcome Stranger Sump Dive - Speleo Spiel January-February 2015

Victoria

Peter Freeman and James Arundale - Elk River Cave Extended by Diving - Caves Australia No 180 December 2009
Peter Freeman - Elk River Cave Update - Caves Australia No 200 March 2015
KKen Smith, Mike Collins, Jim Arundale & Agnes Milowka - notes on Elk River dive (& also Growling Swallet, Tas) - CEGSA News 218 Vol 55 No 2 2010

Western Australia

Paul Hosie - Kija Blue Sinkhole, Kimberley Western Australia - The Western Caver Vol 46 2006
Stefan Eberhard - Barrow Island - The Western Caver Vol 39 1999
Neville Skinner - brief note on a Nullarbor trip led by Stefan Eberhard - CEGSA News 248 Vol 62 No 4 November 2017
Richard Harris, Ken Smith and John Dalla-Zuanna - note about their Nullarbor trip - CEGSA News 212 Vol 53 No 4 2008
Richard Harris - short note about diving trip to Kija Blue - CEGSA News 204 Vol 51 No 4 November 2006
Richard Harris - Roe Plain and Warbla Cave, Oct 1-12th 2010 - CEGSA News 220 Vol 55 No 4 2010
Paul Hosie - Burnabble Cave Exploration 2006 - The Western Caver Vol 46 2006
Paul Hosie - Burnabble Cae Exploration 2006 - Caves Australia 172 2006
Paul Hosie - Trip Report to C-105, The Guamma Hole - The Western Caver Vol 41 2001
Paul Hosie - Trip report to the Cape Range - The Western Caver Vol 44 2004
Paul Hosie - CEGWA - New Club, New Caves! - Caves Australia No 179 June-September 2009
Paul Hosie - Remote Area Expedition Planning - Caves Australia No 176 March-June 2008
Paul hosie - The Great Sandy Desert - The Western Caver Vol 46 2006
Paul Hosie - Mujingerra Cave, Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia - Caves Australia No 175 October 2007
Paul Hosie - Nambung Springs WA - Caves Australia No 191 December 2012
Paul Hosie - The Nullarbor - The Western Caver Vol 45 2005
Paul Hosie - Nullarbor and Roe Plains Expedition 05 - Caves Australia No 169 March 2006
Paul Hosie - Roe Plains, WA: Olwolgin Cave Revisited (Part 1) - Caves Australia No 194 September 2013
Paul Hosie - Roe Plains, WA: Olwolgin Cave Revisited (Part 2) - Caves Australia No 196 March 2014
Paul Hosie - Cave Diving Exploration of Tombstones Cave (SH-21) - The Western Caver Vol 41 2001
Paul Hosie & Ken Smith - The Death Trap Cave Diving Experience - The Western Caver Vol 45 2005
Paul Hosie - Some Recent Explorations in WA - Caves Australia No 176 march-June 2008
Janine McKinnon - Diving Under the Nullarbor - Easter 2012 - Speleo Spiel 390 May-June 2012
Ken Smith - Brief note on a trip to Cocklebiddy - CEGSA News 214 Vol 54 No 2 May 2009
Ken Smith - Discovery on the Roe Plain - CEGSA News 225 Vol 57 No 1 February 2012
Ken Smith - Note on a CDAA/EGSA trip to the Nullarbor & Roe Plain - CEGSA News 224 Vol 6 No 4 November 2011
Paul Hosie - Kija Blue Sinkhole, Kimberley, Western Australia - Caves Australia No 168 December 2005
Ken Smith - Brief note on a trip to Olwolgin, Roe Plains - CEGSA News 232 Vol 58 No 4 November 2013
Ken Smith - Brief note on a trip to Olwolgin, Roe Plains - CEGSA News 234 Vol 59 No 2 May 2014
Paul Hosie - Cave divers face Aliens in Olwolgin Cave! - Caves Australia No 165 March 2005
Paul Hosie & Ken Smith - Cave Diving Death Trap - Caves Australia 166/7 June-September 2005

International

Richard Harris - Blue Creek Cave Diving - Trip Report January 2015 - CEGSA News 239 Vol 60 No 3 August 2015
Richard Harris - Caving and Cave Diving in Vanuatu (2 years in paradise) - CEGSA News 198 Vol 50 No 2 May 2005
Richard Harris & John Atkinson - Deeper into the Pearse Resurgence - Caves Australia No 174 June 2007
Richard Harris - Pearse Resurgence (NZ) 2008 - CEGSA News 210 Vol 53 No 2 May 2008
Richard Harris - brief note on a dive in the Pearse Resurgence in NZ (also Ian Lewis and Harry diving Picaninnie) - CEGSA News 217 Vol 55 No 1 February 2010
Richard Harris - Exploration and Biosurvey of the Pearse Resurgence, New Zealand - Caves Australia No 188 March 2012
Andreas Klocker et al - Beyond the Sump Expedition 2018 (Cueva de la Peña Colorada) - Caves Australia No 208 June 2019
Ken Smith - Cave Diving - "Most Beautiful" - CEGSA News 220 Vol 55 No 4 November 2010
Ken Smith & Richard Harris - brief note of trip to the Blue Creek Resurgence NZ - CEGSA News 238 Vol 60 No 2 May 2015
Ken Smith - 2014 Pearse Resurgence Expedition - CEGSA News 233 Vol 59 No 1 February 2014
Ken Smith - Brief note on a Pearce Resurgence visit - CEGSA News 242 Vol 61 No 2 May 2016

Title photo is of a diving exploration group in the Elk River System, Murrindale, VIC. Photo is by Liz Rogers.

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