Another record-breaking dive

A TEAM OF AGS-sponsored A explorers has set a new record for plumbing the depths of Australia’s deepest cave, Niggly Cave, following it 395m down. The 10-caver team from Hobart’s Southern Tasmanian Caverneers also found a connection between Niggly and the Growling Swallet cave system – which includes Australia’s fourth-deepest cave – under Mt Field National Park, north-west of Hobart. Expedition organiser Stephen Fordyce dived with scuba through more than 200m of unmapped, flooded cave passages to break the record. He said the greater achievement for all involved was connecting the two cave systems, something attempted by cavers for decades. “One of Australia’s most perplexing underground puzzles has been solved,” he said. The caves are part of the Junee-Florentine system, which is home to a labyrinth of at least 600…

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Australian Geographic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2019

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