BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3805@unswoc.org DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260613T093000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260613T150000 DTSTAMP:20260609T084700Z URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/caving-srt-rope-skills-training-da y-pre-palooza/ SUMMARY:Caving SRT Rope Skills Training Day (Pre Palooza) DESCRIPTION:Good news everyone!  I have gotten my act together\, pulled my head out of the ground and am organising our annual Palooza!\n\nGiven tha t we thoroughly explored Wee Jasper last year\, I thought that perhaps we' d revisit Bungonia and her cavernous depths this year...\n\nThere is quite a variety of caves at Bungonia\, many of which are vertical trips which w ill require ascending and descending fixed ropes. For those who'd like pro be some of the deepest depths and venture down what was considered (in the 1970s) the longest single drop pitch in mainland Australia and aren't afr aid of seemingly bottomless pits\, this workshop will allow you to develop your skills and prove you'll have the means to not only journey down to t he underworld\, but also return to the surface.\n\nLong story short: If yo u want to do the exciting vertical caves at Bungonia (of which there are m any!) this workshop will be essential to learning how to ascend and descen d fixed ropes and pass rebelays - caving style! We'll also set up some rop es at the Ledge on the 25th June and 2nd July with some ropes to give peop le an opportunity to practice the skills you learnt this weekend in the le ad up to Palooza.\n\nWe'll be at some rocks on the Wolli Creek Walking Tra ck\,  aka Earlwood on the Crag. There can be quite a few mozzies in the a rea once the sun starts thinking about going down\, so we plan to start in the morning and pack up before we get eaten alive. I'm hoping its going t o be too cold for the mozzies\, but I'm still going to be packing insect r epellent.\n\nIf you would like to sign up to this workshop\, you'll need t o tell me about your previous caving adventures\; if you've had any prior experience going up and/or down a rope (eg canyoning\, abseiling)\, and if you'll be coming to Bungonia Palooza on the 4th &\; 5th of July + what cave(s) you'd like to check out that weekend!\n\n \;\n\nYou are respo nsible for bringing the following:\n\n Helmet (can be borrowed from the g ear cupboard)\n Food\n Appropriate footwear (sneakers\, hiking boots etc )\n Water\n Weather appropriate clothing\n\n \;\n\nIf you have the f ollowing items\, please bring them along. Don't worry if you don't have an y of the following items - the trip leaders will bringing the club caving kits along with them on the day. Do NOT borrow them from the gear cupboard .\n\n Hand Ascender\n Chest Ascender\n Safety lanyard / cowstails etc\n Canyoning / Caving Harness with a central D / semicircle carabiner\n Ch est harness\, foot loop etc\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ 2026/06/shared-image.jpg CATEGORIES:Caving,Training LOCATION:https://www.google.com/maps/place/58+Minnamorra+Ave,+Earlwood+NSW+ 2206/@-33.9304095,151.1296442,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b12ba732e5542 49:0xa00d90e712b9b2bf!8m2!3d-33.930414!4d151.1322191!16s%2Fg%2F11c4l9z6kd? entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR