BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3807@unswoc.org DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20260703 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20260706 DTSTAMP:20260613T080321Z URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/palooza26/ SUMMARY:[Main Event] Bungonia Palooza 2026 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: Link to be provided later\n \;\nSign U p Instructions\nDue to the number of people coming to Bungonia Palooza\, t here are a few steps to signing up. Please read carefully in order to make sure you get what you want out of the weekend.\n\nBookings for the main e vent will open on Tuesday 16th June at 8.30am. Individual trips will be re leased for sign up the following week. \n\nMake sure in your booking to i nclude the following –\n\n \n\n \n\n Any previous caving / canyoning / rock climbing etc experience\n MOST IMPORTANTLY\, if your name was a ve rb\, what would it describe?\n Bungonia Palooza is in high demand and you will not be accepted unless you follow these instructions!\n Your SRT Sk ill level (refer to the table below)\n\n\n\n\n\nSkill levels:\n \n\n\nBeg inner\n\n\nWhat is a cave? what is a rope? You might not know but you are keen to find out! General scrambling ability is compulsory.\n\n\n\nInterme diate\n\n\nMaybe you’ve been caving before. Maybe you haven’t\, but yo u’ve been lead climbing or canyoning or have other rope skills and exper ience at heights and have done some sort of abseiling before.\n\n\n\nAdvan ced\n\n\nYou have experience ascending ropes in caves\, and passing rebela ys\n\n\n\n\n \;\nAfter being accepted on the main event:\nHave 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.\n\nSign up for ONE Saturday and ONE Sunday trip. If you do n ot get accepted on your first choice trip then you may sign up for a diffe rent one. (Same format as Boree Log!). You must be signed up to this main event to sign up to individual trips\n\nFacebook groups will be made to or ganise car pooling\, tent sharing\, gear hauling etc.\n\nCamping Fees: It' ll cost around $18 for camping (Friday night and Saturday night) at Bungon ia National Park. Its a very good price for the amount of amenities you ge t (kitchen\, electric bbqs\, filtered water taps\, bathrooms\, hot showers ). Payment will be taken through the website after you have been approved for Bungonia - Suds is in the process of organising this.\n\nPack your gea r and come caving!!\n\n \;\nTHE TRIPS:\n(Roughly in order of difficult y)\n\n \;\n \n\n\nGrill Cave\nBeginner – anyone fit can come.\nAn pretty Bungonia cave with lots of ladders and caverns filled with stalagmi tes and stalactites. Explore the extensive maze\, and marvel at 20th centu ry engineering. You might even get to see a magic trick!\n\n\nB4-5 Cave\nB eginner – anyone fit can come. Previous scrambling experience preferred. \n\nA super fun horizontal cave in Bungonia.\nVery maze-like with lots of squeezes\, scrambles\,  climbs and crossroads. There'll be some boulderin g\, but with handlines! Keep an eye out for some Cave Fossils as you stop over at Kings Cross on your way into Hogan's Hole.\n\n\nBlowfly Cave\nInte rmediate – people with rope experience preferred.\n\n\nSuper fun cave wi th a good mix of some interesting squeezes\, scrambles\, and a bit of abse iling/ ascending amongst some unique geological features. Feel the dragon' s teeth as you slither down into the spacious aven\, or choose to test you rself with the kidney squeeze!  You'll have to ascend and descend several short pitches\, with some rebelays in between.\n\n\n\nAcoustic Pot\nInter mediate – people with rope experience preferred.\n\n\nHave you ever star ed into the abyss and the abyss stared back? This cavernous cave has an am azing 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 previou s ascending experience\n\nAn interesting and technical cave\, you'll be de scending down the biggest single drop pitch in the Australian mainland (or so they say). Traverse down the pitches for some nice formations and cham bers - you might even get to say hello to some cute cave critters. There'l l be about 80m of vertical rope work\, perhaps more if you get to the exte nsion!\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 ba tteries\, as this will be a long day. This is one will be a doozy!\n\n\nCA VE 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 difficulty and technicality.\n\n\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n \;\nTHE GEAR:\n\n Caving related gear will be advised on the page for each day trip (largely can be borrowed from the club)\n For camp ing\, the advised gear includes:\n\n TENT (unless you want to snuggle wit h 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 d inner!)\n IMPLEMENTS TO COOK/EAT SAID FOOD\n Toiletries / towel / etc\n There is drinking water available from the campsite\, but the fountain do esn't always work. Would recommend bringing your own water just in case.\n \n\n\nGet keen for a weekend of cave crazy adventures\, see you there!\n 🦇The Caving Team 🦇\nCheers to Liam for helping write this up!  - Ci ndy shamelessly copying off the 2024 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