FULL [Main Event] Bungonia Palooza 2024

YO YO YO ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR MY FELLOWS! So cold, always makes me feel like CRAWLING UNDERGROUND AND EXPLORING SOME CAVES! BUNGONIA PALOOZA 2024 IS HERE!

Rock up on Friday night, for some awesome caving adventures on the weekend before heading home on Sunday evening.

Fun fact: Spelunking is NOT chucking big rocks in ponds to make cool noises! ::0 It is in fact the art/sport of exploring the inner cavities of mother Earth; CAVING! Bungonia Palooza is a weekend for cavers (and aspiring cavers) of all levels to come to hit the subterraneous wonderland of Bungonia. Think of it as a mini winter Boree Log… but less sunlight more crawling. It can include abseiling, ascending, crawling, squeezing, walking, scrambling, climbing, heights, confined spaces, and maybe a bit of darkness.

Carpooling Sheet: Please make sure to get in contact with the driver and confirm before putting your name down!

Sign Up Instructions

Due to the number of people coming to Bungonia Palooza, there are a few steps to signing up. Please read carefully in order to make sure you get what you want out of the weekend.

Bookings for the main event will open on Sunday 7th July at 9pm. Individual trips will be released for sign up the following week. 

1. 1. Sign up for this trip on the UNSWOC page! Make sure in your booking to include the following –
      1. your name, facebook link,
      2. skill level (see below) – any previous caving / climbing / rope experience,
      3. Pertinent medical issues,
      4. if you have a car, and
      5. MOST IMPORTANTLY, if you had to pick a colour to eat, which one would it be?
      6. Bungonia Palooza is in high demand and you will not be accepted unless you follow these instructions!
   2. Have a look at the trips offered below and your skill level and choose which trips (+ backups) you want to go on. These will be released as individual trips in about a week.
   3. Sign up for ONE Saturday and ONE Sunday trip. If you do not get accepted on your first choice trip then you may sign up for a different one. (Same format as Boree Log!). You must be signed up to this main event to sign up to individual trips
   4. Facebook groups will be made to organise car pooling, tent sharing, gear hauling etc.
   5. Bring $10 for the National Parks camping fee (the club will subsidise the other $14). For those with cars, there is also a national parks day entry fee, this can be paid at the campsite via eftpos.
   6. Pack your gear and come caving!!

Skill levels:

THE TRIPS:

(Roughly in order of difficulty)

THE GEAR:

1. Caving related gear will be advised on the page for each day trip (largely can be borrowed from the club)
2. For camping, the advised gear includes:
   1. TENT (unless you want to snuggle with some possums)
   2. WARM SLEEPING BAG (Bungonia can reach sub-zero at night)
   3. SLEEPING MAT (This keeps you insulated from the cold ground!)
   4. WARM CLOTHES FOR AFTER CAVING
   5. FOOD FOR THE WEEKEND (breakfast, lunch and dinner!)
   6. IMPLEMENTS TO COOK/EAT SAID FOOD
   7. There is drinking water available from the campsite, but the fountain doesn’t always work. Would recommend bringing your own water just in case.

Get keen for a weekend of cave crazy adventures, see you there!

🦇The Caving Team 🦇

Cheers to Liam for helping write this up!