Lisa's second MV blog piece

Lisa tells us all about the Geology of the Flat Rocks site in her latest Museum Victoria blog entry http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/mv-blog/feb-2012/geology-of-the-flatrocks-site/.

Final Tally

We recorded 324 bones and teeth in the Field Catalogue this year.  That's twice as many as our 3-week dig last year.  Well done crew!

Week 3 bones of the day

Sat. 25th - Mary's smashed ornithopod tooth

Sun 26th - hollow limb -possibly an ornithopod femur

Mon 27th - Rain; no fossils found

Tues 28th - John and Mary's mammal jaw

Wed 29th - Dave's boney blob

Thurs 1st - Wendy T's ankylosaur tooth

Fri 2nd - Jodi's lovely fish tooth

Bucket brigade video

Lisa took a cool video of the day we ran out of pump petrol and had to bucket.  Here's about a minute of it:

Photos by Jodi



Wendy carrying a pump hose

Wheelbarrow

Seaweed

Lesley holds a fossil

John rock-sawing

Jodi, her first fossil find, and a monkey

The view from the hill

Jodi's second fossil find

Rockpool

Gerry and John - why?

Last day at site - digging and mapping

Digging

Wendy digging

Alan digging

Digging

Phil digging

Washing rocks

Washing rocks

Splashing water on rocks

Looking at the layers

Figuring out the layers

Still figuring out the layers

Still figuring out the layers

Fossil Finds 1 March

Wendy shows off her tooth

Only one fossil find of any excitement at all yesterday - Wendy T's little probable ankylosaur tooth.