New Zealand Speleology Society  AGM hosted by Auckland this year went down a treat with around 80 cavers from New Zealand. We gained access to some great caving spots that had been closed for sometime, Burr being one of them and the truly awesome Rangitawa shaft at 86 meters with the addition of Blindmans used as an exit.

The AGM dinner was held at the waitomo caves hotel on the hill, a grand old building that has been recently taken over by new owners, the food was superb and the evening flowed like the beer and wine that was drunk on the evening.

Other great caves that were visited were Rumbling Gut, Hollow Hill, Gardeners Gut, Mathews and and Hippo’s.

ASG also hosted the next evenings BBQ where the kids had fun on a 70 metre flying fox.

Most of us also visited one of the many great tourist caves on offer such as Ruakuri, or the gloworm cave.

Fun was had by all.

After the event

SAR Practice at Waipu.

ASG had a meet with northland SAR for a get together and some well needed SAR practice

Rumbling Gut cave with the Auckland Speleo Group

This is a great caving trip, and comes with a couple of obstacles, like the last minute crawl (made famous by a large lady getting stuck in it!), a few awkward waterfalls and a vertical squeeze. All in a good days caving.