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The dig crew at Eric The Red West go through their exercise routine on Tuesday. It greatly benefitted their backs but unfortunately didn't help to find any bones |
Museum Victoria and Monash University have conducted “Dinosaur Dreaming” digs since 1995. Originally at the Flat Rocks site outside Inverloch, Victoria, it has evolved to include localities along the Bass and Otway Coasts. Since 2008 this blog has shared images and stories of crew taking part in excavations, fossil bones recovered, and fossilly things we get up to between digs. The most recent dig took place at Twin Reefs for 3 weeks in February 2025.
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Otways 29 March
Monday, 28 March 2011
Otway crew photo
Fossils found 27 March
Otways 27 March
The crew get right to work |
Alan looks stylish |
Peggy looks stylish |
Alan hammers |
Erich places a chisel |
Travis hammers |
Erich hammers |
The crew sits |
Dave walks along the beach |
The troops |
Tom and Mary confer |
We find a dead penguin on the beach |
The troops work |
Tom carries rocks in a bucket |
Roger |
Travis |
Tom and Erich confer |
Roger circles a fossil |
Erich and Roger break rock |
Pat and Peggy break rock |
Roger and Dave confer whilst Lisa breaks rock |
Otways 26 March
Mary finds a comfortable rock-breaking position |
Peggy identifies the visiting wren |
Never trust a grinning Dave |
Peggy looks stylish in the cold |
Mary and Dave confer |
Mary inspects a fossil |
The crew working |
The crew still working |
Dean grins |
Dean wants a fossil THIS BIG |
The crew working again |
Alan and Erich compare notes |
Travis carries rock |
Alan maps the layers |
Alanna inspects the handle of the new sledgehammer |
Peggy checks her bag for goodies |
Alan splits a rock |
Dean swings a sledgy |
Dean breaks off a promising piece of rock |
Travis breaks a rock |
Dean places a chisel |
Mary breaks rock |
Alanna and Travis enjoy some lunch |
Alan holds a rock |
Alanna and Travis enjoy the view |
Travis checks out the waves |
Alan and Alanna head down the beach |