The dense West Coast bush surrounding Mega Mania held the cave location secret until 1994. Isolation and dense rainforest continue to protect the cave from high levels of visitation. As the boundaries of Mega Mania have become known, exploration cavers have begun searching other areas of limestone nearby. The thick bush covering makes cave prospecting slow. So far no new cave systems have been discovered
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Forest and Bird, Issue 297, 1 August 2000, Page 15
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65The dense West Coast bush surrounding Mega Mania held the cave location secret until 1994. Isolation and dense rainforest continue to protect the cave from high levels of visitation. As the boundaries of Mega Mania have become known, exploration cavers have begun searching other areas of limestone nearby. The thick bush covering makes cave prospecting slow. So far no new cave systems have been discovered Forest and Bird, Issue 297, 1 August 2000, Page 15
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