I am one of those lucky people that can take the occasional day off mid
week. I did this today and headed up to a local caving area with several
friends that can also take the odd day off mid week. Today we went into a
cave that is normally very ordinary but because of the extended very dry
period we have been experincing over the last 10 years some of the normally
wet sumps are finally passable and the transition from the "ordinary" cave
through a sump that is filled with sand that we had to dig out was also
passable, this gave access to an 8 metre wall.

Well the upshot is that this cav has got some of the most amazing helectites
that I have ever seen, it also has lots of great other features including
straws, shawls and dinasaur teeth.

Hopefully some of the shots come out well enough (I know a few are not too
bad) to post here. Sadly I broke the small tripod that I had taken so most
of the shots are hand held but I did manage to get a couple of multi flash
shots in one area before that happened.

For those that may know the area it was Dogleg Cave at Wee Jasper. We spent
a total of five hours underground so carried food and water with us as well
as the obligatory spare lights, first aid kits, etc.

Cheers.

Pete