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Encyclopedia > Cave Clan
Cave Clan

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Formation 1986 [1]
Website http://www.caveclan.org

The Cave Clan is a primarily Australian group dedicated to urban exploration. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... An urban explorer stands near the outfall of a muffin shaped brick and concrete storm drain, under Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...

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History

The Cave Clan was founded on January 26 (Australia Day), 1986 by three Melbourne teenagers, Woody, Dougo and Sloth. [1] The trio had started exploring together during the summer of 1985-1986. is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anniversary Day redirects here. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... This article is about the year. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...


Alf Sadlier, a worker for the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works (MMBW), is often cited as an inspiration to the Cave Clan's founders. During construction on Melbourne’s drains in the 1940s and 1950s, Sadlier would leave his name and the date in tar paint before the last section of tunnel was put in place. After Sadlier was mentioned in an article in Melbourne’s The Herald Sun [2] his sister wrote to the Cave Clan explaining that her brother was in fact a "builder of drains", and not an explorer. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... The 1950s decade refers to the years 1950 to 1959 inclusive. ... The Herald Sun is a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation. ...


Activities

Cave Clan members explore natural or artificial tunnels and caves, along with rooftops and abandoned buildings. Their most frequent activities involve exploring underground stormwater drains, bunkers tunnels and forts. Each chapter of the Cave Clan has its favorite locations with each city having a different history and therefore different types of locations to explore. Stormwater is a term used to describe water that originates during precipitation events. ... Storm drain in use A storm drain, storm sewer, stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) or surface water system (UK) is designed to drain excess rain and ground water from paved streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and roofs. ...


Members of the Cave Clan come from various backgrounds including writers, students, scientists, and mechanics [3] with the Cave Clan acting as a uniting group for people who are interested in Urban Exploration in Australia. Predator, the founder of the Sydney branch of the Cave Clan [4] once succintly described what and why the Cave Clan does what it does :

“ "In life, you have a choice. You can stay in bed and take no risks, or you can go out and have a life which involves the taking of risks, telling of yarns, breaking various laws which restrict your freedom, finding out things of an unusual or interesting nature. Now, some people take drugs, some people watch TV, some people drive cars faster than the posted speed limit, some people get heavily into tupperware, some people play golf. Since we find these things not very interesting, we explore drains. We like the dark, the wet, humid, earthy smell. We like the varying architecture. We like the solitude. We like the acoustics, the wildlife, the things we find, the places we come up, the comments on the walls, the maze-like quality; the sneaky, sly subversiveness of being under a heavily-guarded Naval Supply base or under the Justice and Police Museum[5] ”

Safety issues

The Cave Clan does not advocate going into drains when it is raining, exploring alone, or removing a manhole from beneath if the above location is unknown. The golden rule of the Cave Clan is, "When it rains, no drains!". [6]


Controversy

As with urban exploration-related topics, by entering into locations or drains without permission, the members of the Cave Clan can be described as "recreational trespassers". [7] An urban explorer stands near the outfall of a muffin shaped brick and concrete storm drain, under Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...


Graffiti

The Cave Clan officially distances itself from graffiti, despite the historical practice of tagging. Drain tagging is discouraged, especially in historically significant areas. There are clear examples, however, of the Cave Clan members using graffiti. [8][9] The group also accepts leaving details of an expedition in a plain section of the drain, tunnel or cavity to mark the place and time. They also put up stickers, mostly above ground for promotional purposes. For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ...


See also

An urban explorer stands near the outfall of a muffin shaped brick and concrete storm drain, under Saint Paul, Minnesota. ...

References

  1. ^ a b Cave Clan. StreetStories (2004). Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  2. ^ "Tunnel Culture" . Herald Sun. 
  3. ^ About the Cave Clan and What We Do, "About the Cave Clan and What We Do ", Retrieved on April 07, 2008.
  4. ^ Infiltration Timeline, "Infiltration Timeline ", Retrieved on April 07, 2008.
  5. ^ Sydney Cave Clan - Main Page, "Sydney Cave Clan", Retrieved on April 07, 2008.
  6. ^ Safety (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
  7. ^ Cave Clan's Fortress, "Cave Clan's Fortress - smh.com.au", Retrieved on April 07, 2008.
  8. ^ Heathcote, Christopher. "Discovering Graffiti", Art Monthly Australia, 2000-09-00. Retrieved on 2008-04-02. 
  9. ^ Richardson, Owen. "Stencil Graffiti Capital: Melbourne", The Age, 2006-02-11. Retrieved on 2007-04-02. 
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