Digging at Koonwarra

Some photos from Steve:

Dean and John digging

Fossils in a box

Dean examining the hole

Tim and John digging

John happily digging

Digging at Koonwarra

Some photos from Lesley:

Block with foil barrier

Dean and John jackhammering face of layer

First block to be plaster jacketed

Gary filling in the excavation

Gary loading bags of rock onto his trailer

Gerry rock breaking

John and Dean checking out rock sawn block

John doing a bit of housework while Steve looks on

John and Dean chiselling out rock sawn block

Mary breaking rock

Mayfly nymph found by Mary

Nice plant fossil

Plastered block

Pat rock breaking

Remains of fossil fish

Steve and Mary checking out the exposed surface

Tom supervising the excavation using his digital sight glasss

Digging at Koonwarra

I thought I might share some photos taken on the recent exploratory dig at Koonwarra. The aim of the dig was to remove some blocks of fossil-bearing material, so that Tom Rich can try out different scanning techniques to see if any work.  This will help determine extraction techniques for a full-scale dig in the future.

Some photos from Dean:

A bulldozer removes the top layer

Steve, Mary and Tom

Steve and Tim hitting rocks

John makes dust

Tim and John