15th November, 2024.
https://youtu.be/m3WN-C97gNQ
Last year a member of the Sydney Speleological Society who is a Wollondilly local reached out to me about a caving site in New South Wales. I was impressed by the amount of work the society has done in documenting and restoring the caves around Sydney, including Jenolan Caves, and so I was honoured to be the keynote speaker at the Sydney Speleological Society's seventieth anniversary dinner, held on Friday 25 October 2024. I admit that caves are not exactly my comfort zone, but I realised that I have visited quite a few over the years. I congratulate the Sydney Speleological Society on this milestone anniversary and thank it for a memorable evening. We celebrated the launch of the society's 700th journal issue and the publication ofKarst in Paradise: Lord Howe Island Group — UNESCO World Heritage Site. In addition, we celebrated John Bonwick's ninetieth birthday. I was thrilled, along with the Governor of New South Wales, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Premier of New South Wales, to present celebratory certificates to John. I thank John and the members of the Sydney Speleological Society for their work in preserving the unique and important habitats that are our caves.