Kangaroo Island Fires

Post the 2020 Bushfires

A Multi-disciplinary study of the caves and karst of Western Kangaroo Island

At Kelly Hill caves all infrastructure was lost including buildings which housed historic records holding information about the caves of the area.

About the project

Starting point

This project on the western end of Kangaroo Island is run by the SA Speleological Council in collaboration with the South Australian Friends of Parks organisation. The project includes a range of tasks including the survey and documentation of karst of Kelly Hill, West Bay, Ravine des Casoars, Flinders Chase National Park. The bush fires of 2020 burnt 38 percent of the Island.

What's Happening

The project, now into its third year, will be running for another two years involving, LIDAR, cave locating and surveying, hydrology, vertebrate and invertebrate fauna studies of the caves, doline vegetation studies, the use of caves by the wallaby snaring industry present on the Island from the late 1800s to the mid 1940s, and the development of a geological app for use by tourists, school groups and locals.

End result

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Cleaning soot and ash from cave formations Yarrangobilly, NSW. Photo: © Ken Smith