Kilsby Sinkhole, south of Mount Gambier on South Australia's Limestone Coast, transforms into a commercial venture available for open-water diving and freediving in addition to cave diving.
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French cave-diver Frédéric Swierczynski has claimed a new world depth record of 308m, following his seven-hour descent into the Font Estramar spring in France’s eastern Pyrenees. https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/how-cave-diver-stretched-world-depth-record-to-308m/
"The Cimmerian caverns dotting South Australia's Limestone Coast may hold the key to unlocking one of palaeontology's most enduring secrets. Cave divers have long guarded the extensive subterranean systems surrounding Mount Gambier as one of the country's prime resources for the harrowing hobby." https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/8420293/cave-divers-catch-a-glimpse-of-australias-distant-past/
"Mt Gambier in regional South Australia is well known for its incredible sinkholes, but below the fish and yabbies sits ancient creatures waiting to be discovered. At the Cave Diving Association of Australia’s (CDAA’s) 50th Anniversary meeting, researchers and other members are diving deep into these sink holes to discover fossils of extinct marsupial megafauna. The dives at the Englebrechts, Gouldens and Tank caves are part of a collaboration between the CDAA, Griffith, the University of Queensland, University of Adelaide and the South Australian Museum." https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/megafauna-sink-holes-diving-palaeontology/ |
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