Sunday 15 October - photos by Doris
Monday, 23 February 2026
Sunday, 22 February 2026
A rainy Sunday
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| Mary searches for the best bucket |
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| The hole crew at work |
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| A bit dark, gloomy and drizzly |
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| Alan does his geology tour whilst the pumps empty the hole… and the rain tries to fill it in again. |
Saturday, 21 February 2026
Saturday 21st February
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| Jack hammers rock |
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| The crew excavate rock |
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| Many hands turn over rock! |
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| Jack looking at a possible fossil |
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| John hammers a big rock |
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| A piece of turtle |
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| A pretty vertebra |
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| Alan stares at the rock in the hole |
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| Finally! A respectable backlog of rock to process. A big thanks to everyone who carried it up the cliff. |
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| Ruby gives Sachi some tent guy rope lessons |
Friday, 20 February 2026
Early morning at site
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| The view from the top of the cliff |
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| Alan gazes at distant rocks |
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| Mary attracts the dinosaurs |
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| John cleans the channel |
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| Lisa records rock |
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| A pretty ginkgo |
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| Drying the sponges at the house |
Thursday, 19 February 2026
Koonwarra rock at Mike”s house
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| The tray of possibly interesting fossils |
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| Can’t beat that view! |
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| The dinosaur in the front yard |
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| Breaking rock in the garage. Photo by Lisa |
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
The Inverloch Hub Visitors Centre
Today the crew was treated to a tour of the Inverloch Visitors Centre dinosaur display by Zev Landes, the creative behind the design.
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| Life-sized ornithopods hide in the garden near the entrance |
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| Corrie and Wendy play in the dinosaur display That theropod is a bit big and bite-y! |
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| Jack, Lisa and Mary seem unfazed by the dinosaurs |
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| Annie seems willing to let Don be eaten |
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| Wendy and happy dinosaurs |
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| Wait! One of them might eat me! |
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| You are encouraged to touch the replica dinosaur bones |
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| The dinosaurs were right here 126 million years ago |
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| Brainstormming ideas to make the display case even better |
ABC Gippsland
Listen to Corrie and Wendy at the 1 hour 4 minute mark!
Background hammering by John, Lisa and Tim,
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/gippsland-breakfast/breakfast/106344212
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
House Day - Tuesday 17th
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| Don is serious about his fossil find… |
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| … but is really a happy fossil finder! |
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| Doris finds a fossil |
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| I find a really pretty fossil and can’t stop grinning. Possibly should not divulge details but am bursting to! |
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| Sharyn find a fossil |
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| Dig board reveals our love/hate relationship with the number of turtles we have found! |
Monday, 16 February 2026
Monday 16th
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| Tim shows us his footprint replicas |
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| Alan E gets comfortable making cheese and biscuits Photo by Lisa |
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| Our resident dinosaur looking for snacks |
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| Jõrg finds a fossil |
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| Mary gazes out to sea |
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| Sharyn joins the crew |
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| Carrying buckets of rock up the hill |
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| Buckets of rock waiting to go up the hill |
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| Bailing |
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| Corrie and Alan wait for the tide to go out |
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| Oops got to site too early. Anyone want to channel their inner King Canute? |
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