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• To encourage safe, ethical and responsible caving with minimal impact

• To develop and maintain expertise in cave search and rescue, collaborate with other organisations in search and rescue exercises, and be in readiness to perform actual cave search and rescues

• To work for conservation and sensitive management of caves and karst

• To foster good relations with landowners and/or land management authorities

• To compile accurate and consistent documented inventory of caves and karst features 

• To foster social exchange among caving clubs, undertake research and maintain contacts with other scientific and sporting groups of similar interest

• We include horizontal and vertical caving at all levels of difficulty

• Caver introduction, general skills and more advanced training, vertical techniques, visiting and caring for restricted access caves, speleosports, search and rescue exercises

• Reconnaissance for new caves and cave areas, discovery, exploration, surveying, mapping, documenting, photography, research, sport and consumption of chocolate in caves at Mole Creek, Tasmania and elsewhere

• Conservation: advocacy, land management, ecology and karst research, cave cleaning

• School presentations and activities based on caving safety and ethics education - outreach

• Publication of Illuminations, our journal that includes articles and research reports
  available for sale in our shop, where other e-payments can be made 

• The club has successfully built upon its proud early history, and is developing a tradition

• We maintain a caving equipment store for use on club activities, and a library for members

• Monthly meets, member newsletter, phone tree and e-mail linkup: see contact us page

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