Cape Range

Heres a link to a document outlining the threats to this wonderful karst area. If this karst is to survive into the future it requires very careful management and protection. Here's the view from within the IUCN about the Cape Range karst.
Check out these pictures of Darren Brooks in Owl Roost C-4 and Bell Cave at Cape Range.
Darren in Owl Roost Click on the picture for a JPG photo of Darren Brooks standing next to the largest column known from Cape Range.




Darren At the entrance to Owl RoostClick on the picture for a  JPG photo of Darren Brooks
standing in the entrance of Owl Roost.  Note the large Fig tree in the
entrance.  The next photo shows the roots of the Fig taken from within the
cave.






Darren in Owl Roost entranceClick on the picture for a  JPG photo of Darren Brooks
standing at the bottom of the entrance to Owl Roost. The roots in the
photo are from the Fig tree shown in the previous photo. The normal method
of descent is to climb down the Fig roots.






Darren about to abseil in Bell
CaveClick on the picture for a  JPG photo of Darren
Brooks about to abseil the 17m entrance pitch is Bell Cave.  Note the
railway line used as a belay. This pitch was the site of Western
Australia's first, and only, caving death when a young man fell from a
rope he was climbing hand over hand.







Here's a few photos taken by and © to Mal East. Mal has put some description of the photos on the actual image.



  • Ray Wood climbing a ladder in C118()
    

  • Steve East climbing a
ladder out of C137() "Booreah cave" which means fire in English.
It was a very hot cave, hence the lack of clothes :-)
    

  • Tom Tomlinson in C119()
 


    
Check out the caves in red circles on the map of cape range by clicking on them!