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Written by: Victoria Kocher

Published: 06 November 2025

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Tuesday Nighters: John, Pete, Chris, Julian and Victoria

November weather had certainly arrived and I was feeling the effects of these short days. Flipped through the book and found I hadn’t done Brightgate cave. Pete sent us all through a photo of the access gate near the farm and we planned out meet up time. Of course, it was raining steady and it was dark by five. Some of us parked nearer to the gate than others due to the fact you couldn’t see a thing. Off through the mud to find the cave entrance.

The entrance is fine and we were out of the rain. Julian headed down into the entrance rift. Several people had been there ages ago so it took a minute to test which way lead on. It is a very narrow rift which had everyone on their side like a snake to pull yourself through inch by inch. One of us gave up ..won’t name anyone…as it is really tight.

Once through though we made our way into the maze. Pete shouted up that this was great caving as it reminded him of an adult soft play. I might disagree with the soft comparison but is it a really fun climb through massive square blocks.

We made our way down into the bottom chamber. It is a good size chamber with gour pools in the floor and massive square blocks of rock throughout. There we saw the historic graffiti and beautiful stalagmites. The roof is decorated nicely and the calcite crystals gleamed in our lights. We followed it down to several dig sites and took our time to explore the nice chamber. We took some photos and then slowly made our way back out of the maze. Once reunited we still had time to slog off through the field to make our way to the Miners for a chat and a drink.

A very pleasurable Tuesday Night trip.

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Written by: Victoria Kocher

Published: 06 November 2025

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Edvin, Pete and Victoria - Tuesday Nighters on a Wednesday

Edvin reached out for a mid week trip. We hadn’t been out in a while and it was a good shout to dust off some caving cobwebs. Edvin had something to prove to his hand so proposed a trip into Giants.

The plan was to drop down Garlands and climb up to the roof. Round trip in reverse. Another group had rigged Garlands so Edvin rigged underneath. Once down we had a nice climb up over Garlands. We heard some cavers below making their way through crab walk. I took the liberty of tapping on each of their helmets as they slithered through the passage. Edvin realized he knew them from a fairly recent rescue as well….they grunted past and we carried on.

We reached a small chamber on the traverse. A short climb up to poke around and look at some nice fossils. I took some time to take a few photos while Edvin and Pete climbed along the traverse. Once they returned, we headed out. Back along the passage until we jumped down at the bottom of Garlands.

It was a very pleasant trip out and always nice to be caving. 

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Written by: Dylan Kocher

Published: 29 October 2025

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Bullpot Party night before. Felt Ace thank god for waterproof speakers. 2:40 time took for defs could be a lot faster. Max meets me at the top with cheese and wine x 25/10/25