Caving Margaret River 2008
With Jon away, Jude joins Alex, Eve and Quentin on a trip with Ian and Cameron to the caves in Margaret River. A fantastic weekend with a big tiger snake in our hut feasting on the rats, I am happy we slept outside under the stars!
We visit 5 caves: Bridal, Dingo and I forgot the other names. Bridal was the one with the abseil and big ascend. Dingo was the one where we entered through an awesome chimney and played around getting lost in and around the big boulders. So much fun! The last cave on the Sunday was the one with the creek flowing through which meant on our knees through the mud and even at one point on our bellies!
the hut where we were staying
getting ready to abseil into Bridal
Alex abseiling into Bridal
snake in the cave
Alex jumaring out of Bridal
can you see Jude at the bottom of the cave as she starts the jumar up to the top?
going up
Jude nearly at the top
made it, hard work that!
amazing stalactites and stalagmites in the caves
wedding cake
Ian explaining where the water level used to be
going down the chimney into Dingo
playing around in the maze
don’t eat too many pies before you go caving…
stunning
amazing stalactites
close up
amazing shapes
defying gravity!!
so thin they are translucent
different style cave, this time lots of mud
and very low passages
Jude on her belly through the keyhole
bit muddy, but so much fun!
we found a frog in the cave, probably loving all the mud
Alex squeezing through
Jude disappearing
outside again, that was awesome!!!