Cave Divers Association of Australia (CDAA) 40th anniversary celebration

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This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Cave Divers Association of Australia (CDAA). To celebrate, the CDAA is holding an exciting two day event on the 9th and 10th of November in conjunction with this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mount Gambier, South Australia.

There will be a number of talks, demonstrations and displays, at which we will also be inviting public participation. Speakers will include notable Australian and international cave divers. We are also planning on inviting various dignitaries including representatives from local and state government, private land owners and the local media.

The venue, the Main Corner, is conveniently located in the centre of town at 1 Bay Road, Mount Gambier, SA. The Symposium will be held in the Dress Circle commencing at 9:00am. The AGM will follow at 6:00pm and dinner will be served in City Hall at 7:30pm.

The agenda for the CDAA’s 2013 AGM and Symposium can be downloaded from http://www.cavedivers.com.au/sites/default/files/finder/pdf/CDAA Symposium Agenda 2013.pdf.

We hope that you can join us to celebrate 40 years of CDAA history.

 

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The 40th anniversary celebration started last night with a cocktail function for the property owners who permit cave diving on their land long with representatives of the state and local governments - please refer the CDAA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/cdaacentral for the latest news.

The following are the press releases (with some modifications for posting on ScubaBoard) that were sent to media outlets in the Limestone Coast region in South Australia.

SUNDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2013

The Cave Diving Association of Australia is celebrating 40 years of operation this weekend and has two activities planned on Sunday 10th November 2013 for the benefit of the local community.

The first is a public talk about cave diving in the South East of South Australia. This will be held in the Dress Circle, The Main Corner, 1 Bay Road, Mount Gambier starting at 10.30 am (local time).

The second is a demonstration of cave diving in Engelbrecht Cave (refer Engelbrecht Cave | Cave ? Cafe ? Enoteca) at 26 Chute Street, Mount Gambier. This activity will involve a live video broadcast of cave divers swimming underwater and standing in the air chamber within the cave system with narration from an experienced cave diver. There will be two sessions with the first starting at 12 Noon (local time) and the second starting at 1:30 pm. Both sessions will run for about 60 minutes. Professional Diving Services from Portland, Victoria will be providing the underwater video camera and display systems for this event.

More information about both events is available from the Cave Diving Association’s Facebook page.

MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2013

The Cave Diving Association of Australia is celebrating 40 years of operation this weekend and is holding a demonstration of cave diving and hard hat diving for the information and enjoyment of the local community. This activity will be held at the Little Blue Lake on Mount Salt Road, Mount Schank.

There will be four sessions with the first starting at 11 am (local time) followed by sessions at 12 Noon, 1pm and 2 pm. Members of the Historical Diving Society of South East Asia Pacific (HDS SEAP) will be assisting the Cave Divers Association with the event. The hard hat diving equipment will be provided by Professional Diving Services from Portland, Victoria.

More information is available from the Cave Diving Association’s Facebook page.

 

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Hi everyone,

The following link has a set of photos from Sunday's demonstration of cave diving in Engelbrecht Cave in Mount Gambier, South Australia - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.447661715334419.1073741888.405512956215962&type=3. The same photographer has a set of photos depicting the historical display of cave diving stuff and banners as well as the Friday evening cocktail function for the landowners and the representatives of state and local government - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.443560289077895.1073741872.405512956215962&type=3