Bass Coast tourism video

Our Inverloch dig gets featured in the Bass Coast tourism video.
Short version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWL69hQIwnM
long version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUyZWf00ivQ
For those of you with really short attention spans, we're about 3 mins into the long video or 1:20 into the short one.  Look for Dave in a starring role.

2011 Field Report submissions

We've started to receive a few more submissions for the 2011 Field Report.  Dr Tim Holland has written a great article about setting up the Explore-a-saurus exhibit at ScienceWorks that covers such broad topics as dinosaur hands, plumber's pipes and a bloody battle with a T. Rex.

To those readers not crew members (or contributors) remember that it's not too late to reserve your copy of the Field Report (and help us fund the 2012 dig) by joining Friends of Dinosaur Dreaming .

Our dinosaur tracks

Check out Science Daily at: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809104301.htm
And the Museum Victoria article at http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-blog/aug-2011/first-victorian-dinosaur-trackway/
And don't forget the story on Dr Tony Martin's blog http://greatcretaceouswalk.blogspot.com/2011/08/dinosaur-tracks-of-milanesia-beach-part.html

Mammal Jaw Movement

A number of our mammal jaws recently took a trip to Japan.  Over there, Dr Tom Rich used some fancy scanning equipment to image partially prepared mammal jaws from the Victorian Cretaceous.
I am starting to hear rumours that the gracile jaw I found and the tiny one that Gerry found are "very interesting".  Hopefully Tom will tell us all about it at the Field Report presentation.  We're just about ready to lock in Sunday 16th October for this, so crew members and friends should save the date.

Press coverage of of our spinosaur

Global Post
Live Science
Science
The Conversation
Australian Geographic

Rockbreaking comfort

Sarah demonstrates option 1

Sarah demonstrates option 2

Dave has been trialling new lightweight rock breaking stations for use at the field house next season. Here you can see a couple of prototypes set up in the back yard at Dave and Sarah's house. Regular diggers should feel free to add any other suggestions as comments - I'll deliver a free fancy coffee to the Flat Rocks site next season to anyone who makes a suggestion that gets incorporated into the new design.



The great flood

A photo from the bottom of the stair
 at the dig site yesterday - thanks Mike!