Week 4 crew

It's hard to believe that the dig is almost over. Many thanks to all the crews over the last four weeks, including this happy bunch.

Last day on site

An early morning start for
our last day at the site.

We try out a new venturi.
It works pretty well

but John gets quite wet.

We clean the site carefully.

We draw chalk marks

on the layer boundaries so
that Nick can map them.

A hot Monday with few fossils

Today was hot, and we could see plumes of smoke from the bushfires on Wilson's Prom.
We found very few fossils, but our brave and stout-hearted crew persevered.


Fotini attacks a rock with gusto.

Dave moves in for a consult.

Maybe there's a fossil in the
shore platform over here...

More images

Andrew

Alanna

John

Alan

Mary

Seaweed

We are still looking for a really creative way to rid our hole of the vast amounts of seaweed that accumulates each night. We try raking and scooping and bucketing and wheelbarrowing.



Cate

Raking...

Raking...

Scooping seaweed

Equal opportunity digging

This week the girls got to play with the boys' toys.

Here Nick is instructing Lisa and Cate on how
to place the plugs and feathers.

Then Lisa and Cate got to work.

Lisa then got to play with the big toy
 - the electric drill/jack hammer

Super woman Anouska really got into
the spirit. What an action shot!

Mareika got "bone of the day" for
this beautiful theropod tooth.

Hurray - a mammal jaw at last!

After nearly two and a half weeks the first mammal jaw for the season turned up!
Found by our very lovely Jacqui Tumney, it is a handsome specimen with at least 7 teeth.
David Pickering (Museum Victoria's Collections Manager) thinks it could be an Ausktribosphenos nyktos. More will be revealed after further preparation at the Museum.
Well done Jacqui.