Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Mice
Lesley reports that mice broke into her shed and ate all of the stored Inverloch supplies. They especially liked the toilet paper. Apparently, they ate all of the tinfoil off some leftover chocolate eggs, but left the chocolate behind. Which does beg the question - how on earth did we manage to have leftover chocolate at the end of a dig?
Likely dig dates
We have discussed some likely dig dates for the 2011/12 Field Season.
- Field Report day in mid October (maybe the 16th)
- Training day at Flat Rocks early November (maybe the 6th)
- Flat Rocks dig 3 weeks in February (maybe starting the 11th since that gives us the best tides)
- Eric the Crayfish dig 10 days in late March (maybe the 24th but we'll need to check with Bimbi)
Monday, 23 May 2011
The old way to map the site
As part of his project, Dean has us reconstruct the old way of taking position readings at site. Here are the photos.
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| Mary uses a direction disc |
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| Mary adjusts the disc |
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| Dean holds a height stick |
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| Mary measures |
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Flat Rocks mapping weekend - Day 2
Sunday involved more digging as Dean maps the outline of the old "main" hole, the position of Gerry's Rock, and the Footprint.
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| Mapping the site |
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| Dean uses the total station |
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| Alanna digs |
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| Gerry on his rock |
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| Stuart stands on a rock |
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| Dean takes a reading |
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| Dean confers with Lesley |
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| Dean takes another reading |
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| The crew |
Flat Rocks mapping weekend - Day 1
Dean was able to borrow some surveying equipment from the TAFE, so we took the opportunity to help him and his friend Stuart produce a detailed map of the Flat Rocks site.
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| Dawn |
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| Morning light |
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| Taking measures |
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| Taking more measures |
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| Morning tea |
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| Dean and the total station |
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| Stuart |
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| Dean taking measures |
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| The site |
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| Dean at site |
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| A lovely day |
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| Beautiful! |
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| Measuring... |
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| Measuring... |
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| Measuring... |
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| Lisa watches |
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| Measuring... |
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| Alanna, Sarah and Stuart |
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| Measuring... |
Fossils found at Flat Rocks 22 May 2011
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| Dave finds a turtle element |
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| And saws it out... |
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| ...creating a little... |
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| .... dust |
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| Dave and Sarah find.... |
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| ... a limb bone |
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| Mary finds what we think may be... |
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| ...part of a turtle pelvis |
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| Alanna and Gerry find the forgotten birthday cake |
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| A nice doggy finds our excavation a good place to swim |
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| Wendy finds... |
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| ... a fossil |
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| And then Gerry... |
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| ...finds... |
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| ...two! |
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| So I have to find one more... |
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| ...(even if it smashed a little) |
Fossils found at Flat Rocks 21 May 2011
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| A tiny fossil to start the day |
Dave finds a tiny shaft and a lamb-chop shaped cross section
