Club night
The Dominion Bar 234 Dominion Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New ZealandSocial evening together
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Trips
Auckland Speleo Group runs a variety of trips, catering for all abilities from beginners upwards in terms of both general caving and rope skills. From almost dry walk-through caves to challenging vertical systems with waterfalls and rope descents, we visit all the caves that New Zealand has to offer.
It is important that you contact the trip leader as early as possible to register your interest and guarantee yourself a place. Some trips have restricted numbers of participants and trips will only go ahead if there are sufficient numbers. The club welcomes new members and takes an interest in training and developing their caving skills.
NZSS Annual Raft Race
Hamilton Tomo Group Hut 155 Caves Te Anga Road, Waitomo, New ZealandBack by popular demand the raft race will once again be run the first Saturday of November. Anyone that has attended this event will know how much fun it is and those that have not yet have the pleasure should check it out. Last year there was a great turn…
SRT basic training evening
Expand on your knowledge, or learning from scratch.
ASG Xmas Bash & Mangawhitikau
Waitomo - Awatiro (club hut) 10km out of Waitomo, New ZealandMain cave trip for the hard core, Bill Dobbie is leading Mangawhitikau Cave. This is an amazing trip though will require SRT, a wetsuit, and a degree of fitness as will be a 5 hour trip with a spot of swimming... Land owners permission is required so please let Bill…
Club night with George Szentes
The Dominion Bar 234 Dominion Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New ZealandWill provide us with a talk and slide show "Lava caves in Jeju Island, South Korea".
SAR rigging evening
Mt Albert - Owairaka Domain Summit Drive, Mt Albert, Auckland, New ZealandSAR rigging evening run by Murray, rust skills forever need honing...
Xmas and New Years at the Hut!
Waitomo - Awatiro (club hut) 10km out of Waitomo, New ZealandPararaha Stream camping/tramping
Celebrate Murray's birthday! Hike into the Pararaha Stream camping ground, and enjoy the Waitak's... Meet at Karekare @6:30pm!
Okahu Bay Picnic
Summer social evening
Ruakaka for anniversary weekend
What more can we say, this will rock ;-) Watch for updates from Dave... Update: Yes anniversary weekend is nearly upon us so time to get your caving gear out or tramping or cafe shoes on. The caves on offer will be the usual suspects like Two Tone, Master cave,…
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Trip Leader
The trip leader helps get all the basics of the trip in place.
1. Getting permission from the land owner and finding out any special protocols for visiting the cave.
2. Obtaining the cave location.
3. Coordinating transport to the location and car-pooling on private property.
4. Getting a list of participants, including checking if the trip is suitable for them and setting a group limit if needed.
5. Ensuring the equipment needed for the cave is taken, including a first aid kit.
6. Having an emergency call-out person.
7. Setting an estimated time the group will be out of the cave.
8. Letting the call-out person know when they have finished the trip (and sometimes often the land owner as well).