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CaCaCaveCa ve and Karst Management in Australasia XVIXVIIIIIII Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Conference on Cave & Karst Management Margaret River, Western Australia, 2009 Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association 2009 Proceedings of the Eighteenth Australasian Conference on Cave and Karst Management 2009 Conference Margaret River, Western Australia , Australia Cave and Karst Management in Australasia XVIII Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association 2009 Cave and Karst Management in Australasia XVIII Editor: Rauleigh and Samantha Webb ACKMA Western Australia Publisher: Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association PO Box 36, Carlton South Victoria, Australia 3053 www.ackma.org Date: July 2010 ISSN No: 0159-5415 Copyright property of the contributing authors: Copyright on any paper contained in these Proceedings remains the property of the author(s) of that paper. Apart from use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand) no part may be reproduced without prior permission from the author(s). It may be possible to contact contributing authors through the Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association Proceedings available: Publications Officer Australasian Cave and Karst Management Assn Cover illustration: View from the Lake Cave Doline, Margaret River WA. Photo Rauleigh Webb Conference: 3 May – 9 May 2009 Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia Organiser: Australasian Cave and Karst Management Association Supported by: Department of Environment and Conservation Conveners: Anne Wood, supported by Jay Anderson, Ross Anderson, Jayme Hatcher, Renee Mouritz, Tracey Robins, Neil Taylor, Rauleigh Webb, Candace Williams and Peter Wood. Contents Papers Cave Management In The Leeuwin–Naturaliste, An Accident Of History .......... 1 Anne Wood Thematic Interpretation – adding value to your tours and variety to your day ..... 4 Sasa Kennedy Palaeontology of Mammoth Cave........................................................................... 8 Lindsay Hatcher Track marking – the Yarrangobilly experience.....................................................13 John Brush Close to the bone: Revamping the Victoria Fossil Cave visitor experience.... Error! Bookmark not defined. Steve Bourne White knuckles in the underworld: the 'wild' days of the Tasmanian Caverneering Club ................................................................................................ 36 Nic Haygarth and Arthur Clarke Climate and Glowworm Monitoring at the Waitomo Glowworm Cave, New Zealand.................................................................................................................. 53 Travis Cross Adventure Activities as a Management Tool........................................................ 63 Sasa Kennedy Draft Caves And Karst Policy ............................................................................... 67 John Watson Waitomo Glowworm Caves Facilities Redevelopment ........................................ 70 Greg Martin Cape Range And Ningaloo Reef: A Semi-Arid Karst And Coastal Area Unlike Any Other.............................................................................................................. 78 Dennis Williamson 1 and Professor Elery Hamilton-Smith 2 Cango Caves - A Progress Report......................................................................... 94 Hein Gerstner The Next Stage in the Evolution of Management Models at Jenolan Caves, NSW, Australia...................................................................................................... 96 Peter Austen and Alan Griffin Winds of Change – A Karst Management Database .......................................... 102 Rauleigh Webb Interim Management Guidelines For The Nullarbor Caves And Selected Karst Features ............................................................................................................... 109 Dennis Williamson Visitor Monitoring Needs Within The Australian Fossil Mammal Sites World Heritage Area: Potential Applications For Other Protected Areas .................... 120 Lisa M. King 1 & Steven Bourne 2 The Cave Divers Association of Australia (CDAA) - Linking Landowners to End- Users.................................................................................................................... 126 Peter Buzzacott and Warrick McDonald The Need For International Collaboration To Achieve Sustainable Development In Show Caves ..................................................................................................... 147 David Summers International Guidelines on Cave and Karst Protection & Urbanisation Issues 150 John Watson Abstracts only Ringing in the changes in Cave Tourism ........................................................... 153 Dr. Julia James. Setting the Scene – Syngenetic Karsts in the Southwest of Western Australia... 153 Ken Grimes Synergy driving innovation in Cave Lighting. .................................................... 154 Dan Cove, David Head and David Rowling Jewel Cave Redevelopment................................................................................. 154 Lindsay Hatcher Filling the Gap – the role of a non-government karst conservation organisation in Australia............................................................................................................... 155 Jay Anderson and Alan Briggs Woodvale Swimming Pool Collapse ................................................................... 156 Ross Anderson Urbanisation and Karst Systems – living with karst in Western Australia ......... 157 Ross and Jay Anderson A Snapshot and History of the Leeuwin Ridge .................................................. 158 Brian Combley When to Turn the Tap Off...................................................................................158 Brenton Knott Climate Change and Karst...................................................................................158 Andy Spate Bioluminescence in cave glow-worms: signs of altered circadian rhythmicity ..159 David Merritt & Arthur Clarke Conference acknowledgements and introduction...............................................160 List of delegates ...................................................................................................164 Cave Management In The Leeuwin–Naturaliste, An Accident Of History Anne Wood Caves Manager Dept Environment and Conservation, Blackwood District Abstract Naturaliste in the north to Cape Leeuwin in the south. The main purpose of this brief paper is to provide an outline of the various bodies In 1901 the Caves Board, a committee to involved with management of caves and karst protect and administer the South West Caves in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste area. was formed. Dr John Winthrop Hackett, a man of great influence and one of the founders From 1901 to 1910 the Caves Board was of the University of Western Australia was the responsible for overseeing the management of main driving force behind the formation of the show caves in the SW of Western Australia. In Caves Board. Col. Ernest Albert Le Souef, 1911 State Hotels, a body having an who was responsible for the establishment of association with tourism, was given this the Perth Zoo at the request of the WA Govt, responsibility, heralding an era of management was another notable member of the Caves and infrastructure decline. In 1958 Board. From 1901 to 1910 the Caves Board management of Yallingup Cave (now Ngilgi) was responsible for overseeing the passed to the Busselton Tourist Bureau, and management of show caves in the SW of management of Lake, Mammoth and Western Australia. Steps & gates were installed Moondyne passed to the Augusta Margaret in many caves, including Yallingup Cave (now River Tourist Bureau. Most of the limestone Ngilgi), Northcote Grotto, Milligans Cave, and karst features in this region are within the Blackboy Hollow Cave, Wallcliffe Cave, Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park (LNNP), Witchcliffe Cave, Calgardup Cave, Mammoth which is made up of 36 separate reserves Cave, Lake Cave, Bride Cave, Giants Cave, originally gazetted between 1902 and 2004. Golgotha Cave, Deepdene Cave, and In the present day the Department of Moondyne Cave. The earliest reserves in the Environment and Conservation manages the Leeuwin-Naturaliste area were set aside in 1902 Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park. Two of the for the purpose of “protection and caves within the park, Calgardup and Giants, preservation of caves and flora and for health are open to the public and entry to all others in and pleasure resort”. In 1911 the Caves Board the LNNP is controlled via the Cave and was dissolved. Abseil Permit System. Under the permit Responsibility for the management of the system, about ten sites are classified as caves reserves eventually passed to the State ‘Adventure Caves’ and the rest as ‘Restricted Hotels Department, a body having an Access’. association with tourism. However State The two tourism associations continue to Hotels had no interest in the management of manage the better known show caves. the reserves, only in the management of hotels, Geographe Bay Tourism Association manages including Caves House at Yallingup. The Ngilgi Cave. The Augusta Margaret River period of State Hotels management was Tourism Association manages Lake, marked by neglect and infrastructure decline. Mammoth, Jewel and Moondyne Caves. Introduction The main purpose of this brief paper is to provide an outline of the various bodies involved with the management of caves and karst in the South West
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