Week four crew photo

Week four crew -what a happy bunch

Dave has done some preparation on the ornithopod
maxilla that Gerry found a week or so ago.
It is approximately 7cms long; has 4 erupted teeth and
5 unerupted teeth. It is the largest ornithopod maxilla
found at the site so far.

Prospecting near Eagle's Nest

David prospecting with Eagle's nest in the background.

 

Breaking Rock at the house

Mary wears her
Koolasuchus hat with pride!

The team hard at work
breaking rock.



Mary finds a pretty whale-shaped bone which
puts her at risk of winning the hat 2 days in a row.

Pre-dawn...

This morning a small band of diggers were at the site before Dawn so that Angela the photographer from The Age could take some atmospheric shots.
The Intrepid included Paul (Hammer Man), Bill (Pump Man), David (Indie Hat Man), Sheahan (Background Meanderer), Dave (the Leader) and Wendy (Kneeling Girl).
Our regular readers are invited to check out tomorrow's Age which is scheduled to have a big spread on Dinosaur Dreaming.

Day at house

Today was "change-over day" - spent at the house because neither the morning or afternoon tides give us enough time to collect rock from the beach. We reached #400 in the catalogue of bones and teeth.
Mary's centrum won "bone of the day" and Mary is proudly wearing the Koolasuchus hat.
We were unpacking the toilet paper kindly brought to the dig by Zeina, and discovered bags of Suga lollies hidden within. A big thanks to Hala!
Tomorrow we plan to do some prospecting with Mike.

Rained out

Catriona with the coveted hat

Today was pretty much rained out, with rock breaking declared impossible at about 10:00 am and not reinstated until about 3:00 pm.
Nothing terribly exciting was found.
Catriona won "bone of the day" in an extremely poor field.
With too much time on our hands, we spent some time colouring dinosaur pictures and visiting local "Op shops".
Due to a lucky purchase by Matthew, we have instituted a new tradition. "Bone of the Day" gets to decide the fate of the coveted "Koolasuchus" hat (which looks a little like Dorothy the Dinosaur). The winner can either wear it everywhere for 24 hours, or nominate anther crew member who must wear it instead of them...

Gerry's dinosaur femur

More nice bones were found at the Bridge East end of
the fossil layer, including this lovely ornithopod femur
found by Gerry.

Local resident Joanne O'Driscoll dropped by to see
how we were going. She sends a special hello to her
grand-daughter Kirra in Canada.