CalendarThe Sydney Speleological Society hosts many events over the year, these include trips to local, national and overseas caving areas, meetings and other activities. SSS is a very socialy active group running between 50 to 100 activites each year including 12 Commitee meetings, 12 General meetings, 10 Talk nights, 2 Official BBQ's, 1 Annual Dinner and several caving trips each month!! See the Calendar page for details
Our society runs trips regularly to many of the caving areas in New South Wales.
We also run occasional trips to other states along the East-Coast of Australia and
infrequent expeditions to other countries.
The society's Committee generally plans trips a year in advance. However, some of these
trips are not confirmed until all necessary permits are received from the cave management
authorities. Trips might be cancelled or rescheduled on relatively short notice.
On many trips the attendance numbers are limited due to safety and environmental protection
considerations. Therefore all members should be aware of the RULE that no one is
to attend ANY TRIP to ANY AREA unless they have CONTACTED the TRIP
LEADER personally and advised them of your intention to attend the trip.
We ask all visitors attending an official trip of our society to complete a Visitors' Registration
form and pay the visitors' fee (see below) applicable for the trip.
You can view and print a copy of our Visitor's Registration form
HERE.
You can also obtain a form from the trip leader at the time of the trip. We would like to ask you
to complete this registration form and hand it to the trip leader before entering any caves!
1st Trip All visitors |
$A 30.00* - Includes latest JSSS |
2nd and 3rd Trip All visitors |
$A 10.00** |
Adults |
$A 5.00 |
Family |
$A 10.00 |
School age children |
$A 3.00 |
Remember to contact the trip leader before attending any trips! Trip leaders contact numbers are located in our Contact section
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Area
Billy's Creek
Borenore Bungonia Colong Glenrock Jenolan Walli Wombeyan Yarrangobilly & Cooleman Plains Field Day |
Trip Leader
John Wylie Marcus Cornish David Fisher John Wylie John Wylie John Bonwick Larry Zanker John Wylie John Wylie John Bonwick |
Our society maintains a busy monthly meetings program over most of the calendar year.
All Talk Nights and General Meetings are held in Burwood, NSW.
Members and visitors are welcome to attend our Talk Nights, General Meetings, the two
Barbeque-Party events each year and the Annual Dinner of the Sydney Speleological Society.
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SSS Meeting Hall:
Woodstock Centre
22 Church Street, Burwood, NSW 2134 Phone Number: (02) 9745 3555 The meetings are somewhere in the building, up- or downstairs. Room varies each month depending on the centre's activities. |
Before Meetings Dinner:
Kwok Doo Restaurant
185c Burwood Rd, Burwood, NSW Phone Number: (02) 9747 3592 From 6 p.m. onwards several members always eat pre-meetings meals at the Kwok Doo. Ask for the Speleo's table! |
All meetings start at about 8:15 p.m.
Supper is provided at the end of all our meetings.
A paltry charge of $4.00 is levied per person at the meetings to help defray supper &
meeting hall costs. Please pay at the door and sign the attendance book!
Members are encouraged to show their slides at the General Meetings on the projector that
is usually provided
General Meetings usually cover society business, progress reports, trip planning, news, etc... New caving slides and videos are also presented from time to time. Members and visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend General Meetings.
Commitee Meetings are held prior to the General Meetings and are attended by Commitee Members only (Unless prior arrangement made for special circumstances) society business is discussed at these meetigns. Commitee Meetings are held at Commitee Members houses each month.
The Talk Nights are illustrated presentations from the World of Speleology. SSS members, distinguished representatives of other caving societys, members of regional caving area management authorities and scientists from tertiary educational institutes are among the speakers on these evenings. On odd occasions we also show caving videos, and anything that might be of interest to our members.
Barbeques are usually held on Saturdays at member's homes in the West of Sydney at the foot of the Blue Mountains. The one in December is our "official" Christmas Party and the one in April or May is the Winter BBQ. Although some food, and soft drinks are served at these events visitors are expected to bring their own meat and drink. These evenings serve as purely social events but visitors usually show caving slides and videos. On the Sunday following the BBQ event some members alway go bush walking in The Blue Mountains. For details of these events please refer to the Journal of the Sydney Speleological Society
The Annual Dinner of The Sydney Speleological Society is the most formal
event in the society's calendar. This is an occasion when old members and
friends of the society gather with the active membership to talk about caving,
renew old acquaintances, hand out certificates of appreciation for exceptional
work done within the Society and last but not least enjoy an interesting talk
about one of the many specialist fields of speleology. A three-course dinner is
served with soft drinks, tea and coffee. The society also arranges a raffle with
great prizes! This event is usually held in September on a Friday night at the
Burwood RSL in Burwood, NSW. Details of this event are published in
the Journal of the Sydney Speleological Society.
For any inquiries about meetings and bookings for the Annual Dinner please
E-mail the Society.