Sentinel Times Koonwarra story

Here is the link to the South Gippsland Sentinel Times article about the recent Koonwarra dig. (Thanks Mike for pointing it out!)
http://sgst.com.au/2018/04/cutting-edge-digs-koonwarra-fossil-bed/

An update on those Koonwarra blocks

A number of Koonwarra blocks have made their way to Lesley's shed. She is trying various treatments to try to get the blocks to break along the bedding plane (revealing any beautiful fossils) rather than cross-plane (revealing multiple tiny fossil fragments). She is treating them with lots of water and just a little water and lots of sunlight and no sunlight.  I can't wait to hear what works best!

Digging at Koonwarra

Some photos from Steve:

Dean and John digging

Fossils in a box

Dean examining the hole

Tim and John digging

John happily digging

Digging at Koonwarra

Some photos from Lesley:

Block with foil barrier

Dean and John jackhammering face of layer

First block to be plaster jacketed

Gary filling in the excavation

Gary loading bags of rock onto his trailer

Gerry rock breaking

John and Dean checking out rock sawn block

John doing a bit of housework while Steve looks on

John and Dean chiselling out rock sawn block

Mary breaking rock

Mayfly nymph found by Mary

Nice plant fossil

Plastered block

Pat rock breaking

Remains of fossil fish

Steve and Mary checking out the exposed surface

Tom supervising the excavation using his digital sight glasss

Digging at Koonwarra

I thought I might share some photos taken on the recent exploratory dig at Koonwarra. The aim of the dig was to remove some blocks of fossil-bearing material, so that Tom Rich can try out different scanning techniques to see if any work.  This will help determine extraction techniques for a full-scale dig in the future.

Some photos from Dean:

A bulldozer removes the top layer

Steve, Mary and Tom

Steve and Tim hitting rocks

John makes dust

Tim and John

The Little L Project

I forgot to tell you that all the information you need to visit it is here.

The Little L Project at the Wool Museum

Today I went to the opening of The Little L Project at the National Wool Museum. Deakin researchers Kaja and Ben and their team have made a Virtual Reality Eric the Red West, 3D printed some dinosaur skin analogues, and made a space where you can virtually colour a 3D Leaellynasaura. Way cool.

The Little L Project

The Little L Project

The creative team

Wendy in the VR goggles

Colouring the Leaellynasaura

My colouring attempt...