BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.7.4//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3807@unswoc.org DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20260704 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20260706 DTSTAMP:20260630T020909Z URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/palooza26/ SUMMARY:[Main Event] Bungonia Palooza 2026 | [FULL] Waitlist Only DESCRIPTION:YOU CANNOT SIGN UP TO THIS TRIP UNTIL YOU COMPLETE THE GENDERED VIOLENCE TRAINING. it can take up to a week for us to approve your GV tra ining completion so if you leave it too late\, you might miss signups! For any issues with the GV training\, please reach out to the exec!\n\n \ ;\n\nYO YO YO ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR MY FELLOWS! So cold\, always makes me feel like CRAWLING UNDERGROUND AND EXPLORING SOME CAVES! BUNGONIA PALO OZA 2026 IS HERE!\n\nRock up on Friday night\, for some awesome caving adv entures on the weekend before heading home on Sunday evening.\n\nFun 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) o f all levels to come to hit the subterraneous wonderland of Bungonia. Thin k of it as a mini winter Boree Log… but less sunlight more crawling. It can include abseiling\, ascending\, crawling\, squeezing\, walking\, scram bling\, climbing\, heights\, confined spaces\, and maybe a bit of darkness .\n\n \;\nCarpooling Sheet: [s2If is_user_logged_in()] Link to Carpoo ling Sheet  [/s2If] [s2If !is_user_logged_in()] Please log in to see the carpooling link! [/s2If]\n \;\nSign Up Instructions\nDue to the number of people coming to Bungonia Palooza\, there are a few steps to signing u p. Please read carefully in order to make sure you get what you want out o f the weekend.\n\nBookings for the main event will open on Tuesday 16th Ju ne at 8.30am. Individual trips will be released for sign up the following week. \n\nMake sure in your booking to include the following –\n\n \n\ n \n\n Any previous caving / canyoning / rock climbing etc experience\n MOST IMPORTANTLY\, if your name was a verb\, what would it describe?\n B ungonia Palooza is in high demand and you will not be accepted unless you follow these instructions!\n Your SRT Skill level (refer to the table bel ow)\n\n\n\n\n\nSkill levels:\n \n\n\nBeginner\n\n\nWhat is a cave? what i s a rope? You might not know but you are keen to find out! General scrambl ing ability is compulsory.\n\n\n\nIntermediate\n\n\nMaybe you’ve been ca ving before. Maybe you haven’t\, but you’ve been lead climbing or cany oning or have other rope skills and experience at heights and have done so me sort of abseiling before.\n\n\n\nAdvanced\n\n\nYou have experience asce nding ropes in caves\, and passing rebelays\n\n\n\n\n \;\nAfter being accepted on the main event:\nHave a look at the trips offered below and yo ur skill level and choose which trips (+ backups) you want to go on. These will be released as individual trips in about a week.\n\nSign up for ONE Saturday and ONE Sunday trip. If you do not get accepted on your first cho ice trip then you may sign up for a different one. (Same format as Boree L og!). You must be signed up to this main event to sign up to individual tr ips\n\nFacebook groups will be made to organise car pooling\, tent sharing \, gear hauling etc.\n\nCamping Fees: It'll cost around $18 for camping (F riday night and Saturday night) at Bungonia National Park. Its a very good price for the amount of amenities you get (kitchen\, electric bbqs\, filt ered water taps\, bathrooms\, hot showers). Payment will be taken through the website after you have been approved for Bungonia - Suds is in the pro cess of organising this.\n\nPack your gear and come caving!!\n\n \;\nT HE TRIPS:\n(Roughly in order of difficulty)\n\n \;\n \n\n\nGrill Cav e\nBeginner – anyone fit can come.\nAn pretty Bungonia cave with lots of ladders and caverns filled with stalagmites and stalactites. Explore the extensive maze\, and marvel at 20th century engineering. You might even ge t to see a magic trick!\n\n\nB4-5 Cave\nBeginner – anyone fit can come. Previous scrambling experience preferred.\n\nA super fun horizontal cave i n Bungonia.\nVery maze-like with lots of squeezes\, scrambles\,  climbs a nd crossroads. There'll be some bouldering\, but with handlines! Keep an e ye out for some Cave Fossils as you stop over at Kings Cross on your way i nto Hogan's Hole.\n\n\nBlowfly Cave\nIntermediate – people with rope exp erience preferred.\n\n\nSuper fun cave with a good mix of some interesting squeezes\, scrambles\, and a bit of abseiling/ ascending amongst some uni que geological features. Feel the dragon's teeth as you slither down into the spacious aven\, or choose to test yourself with the kidney squeeze!  You'll have to ascend and descend several short pitches\, with some rebela ys in between.\n\n\n\nAcoustic Pot\nIntermediate – people with rope expe rience preferred.\n\n\nHave you ever stared into the abyss and the abyss s tared back? This cavernous cave has an amazing abseil into the depths that must be seen to be believed\, with some optional scrambling and crawling at the end. You'll abseil and ascend back up a spectacular ~30m aven.\n\n\ n\nDrum\n\n\nAdvanced - Must have previous ascending experience\n\nAn inte resting and technical cave\, you'll be descending down the biggest single drop pitch in the Australian mainland (or so they say). Traverse down the pitches for some nice formations and chambers - you might even get to say hello to some cute cave critters. There'll be about 80m of vertical rope w ork\, perhaps more if you get to the extension!\n\n\nArgyle\n\n\nAdvanced - Must have previous ascending experience\n\nVenture into the deepest cave at Bungonia if you dare\, with over 100m of abseiling and then ascending. Be sure to pack extra flashlights and batteries\, as this will be a long day. This is one will be a doozy!\n\n\nCAVE EXPLORATION\nIntermediate – people with rope experience preferred\n\n\nYou’ll never know what caves you could find. Come jump into a variety of holes with varying levels of d ifficulty and technicality.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\nTHE GEAR:\n\n Ca ving related gear will be advised on the page for each day trip (largely c an be borrowed from the club)\n For camping\, the advised gear includes:\ n\n TENT (unless you want to snuggle with some possums)\n WARM SLEEPING BAG (Bungonia can reach sub-zero at night)\n SLEEPING MAT (This keeps you insulated from the cold ground!)\n WARM CLOTHES FOR AFTER CAVING\n FOOD FOR THE WEEKEND (breakfast\, lunch and dinner!)\n IMPLEMENTS TO COOK/EAT SAID FOOD\n Toiletries / towel / etc\n There is drinking water availabl e from the campsite\, but the fountain doesn't always work. Would recommen d bringing your own water just in case.\n\n\n\nGet keen for a weekend of c ave crazy adventures\, see you there!\n🦇The Caving Team 🦇\nCheers to Liam for helping write this up!  - Cindy shamelessly copying off the 202 4 BP post ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/ 2026/06/IMG_2758.jpeg CATEGORIES:Caving,Social Event LOCATION:https://g.co/kgs/jeuE58E 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