Pip gets up close and personal with a small green copperhead snake while prospecting with Mike at The Arch on Friday.
Odd that snakes are seen at the bottom of these cliffs so often.
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.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Dredging Test
John trials Paul's dredge design |
Cold wet work |
Sand is moved |
Constant adjustments |
Gerry, Lesley, Mike, Pip and Harrion watch |
Looks easy |
The loneliness of a dredger |
A path under the beach |
Gerry & John make adjustments |
Back to the white dredge |
The view from the top of the cliff |
Carrying the pump up the steps |
Smiles in the car park |
Mike's surprise birthday party
Friday, 27 April 2012
Friday, 20 April 2012
Dregdes
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Time Travellers on ABC TV
Check out the great site the ABC has developed about Australia's pre-history: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/timetravellers/#/Cretaceous. I couldn't find a lot about the Victorian Cretaceous on there (they seem have more stories about trackways than body fossils - perhaps Dr Tony Martin influenced them?), but we're in the TV show (if you freeze frame and stare at the background you can even see me) and there are some pictures of our small-bodied ornithopods.
Monday, 9 April 2012
Sedimentology 1011
Mike's beach find
Where are the cups???
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Donation from SP-AusNet
Dean Wright, one of our long-term diggers, works for the utility company SP-AusNet. SP-AusNet has a Cornerstone Program to promote employees' involvement in Community based activity. Any SP-AusNet employee who volunteers his or her free time to a charity or non-profit organisation can ask for a grant. Dinosaur Dreaming was one of the beneficiaries selected. Here we see Dean presenting Lesley Kool with a $500 cheque at the Flat Rocks site.
Thanks to Dean for setting this up and SP-AusNet for their generous donation.
Thanks to Dean for setting this up and SP-AusNet for their generous donation.