Dinosaur Dreaming

Monday, 7 January 2013

From the Archives - 100th Anniversary

Tom and Lesley with the Cape Paterson Claw

Mike Cleeland as Bill Ferguson (with Nick)

100th birthday cake

"Bill Ferguson" holding court

I've been converting my old snaps into digital images and came across some of our celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the first dinosaur bone found in Australia. For those who don't know the story, on 7th May 1903 Bill Ferguson found a dinosaur bone near Eagle's Nest whilst mapping the coast and prospecting for coal. He tentatively identified it as a tooth but, once experts got a look, it became known as the Cape Paterson Claw.
We don't know if Mr Ferguson really wore a kilt whilst prospecting, but he was of Scottish origin...

Saturday, 5 January 2013

2013 Field Season

Plans for the 2013 Flat Rocks Field Season are well underway. We've locked on a very big crew roster, with lots of experienced returnees and some very enthusiastic newbies, The dig starts on Saturday February 2nd, but the low tide is fairly early in the morning so we will probably send only a very small advance party to site. Friends day is slated for Sunday February 17th (Not a friend? Join here.), and the dig finishes up on Saturday February 23rd (although we will packing up the house and not at site that day).
As regular readers of this blog are aware, we can only work on site 3-4 hours either side of low tide, so if anyone is wanting to wander past us on the beach to see what we're doing should contact the Bunurong Environment Centre or the Inverloch Visitor Information Centre to figure out when we are likely to be working.

The plans for the Cape Otway dig are not yet finalised, but it is likely to be a 10 day dig starting Saturday March 16th. This site is significantly less accessible than the Flat Rocks one.

Monash Science Centre Closing

Many Dinosaur Dreaming diggers and friends will have heard that the Monash Science Centre is closing on 30 January (see the MSC site). A big thanks to the assistance that the MSC has given Dinosaur Dreaming over many years, including administering the Friends of Dinosaur Dreaming. We'll let existing Friends know of the new admin arrangements once we finalise them. And anyone thinking of becoming a Friend should join right away, check this blog for the latest information, or join at site on Friends Day on Sunday February 17th.

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Baby Williamson

I am delighted to report that Catherine and Gavin Williamson (2012 Week 3 diggers) had a baby daughter. Ella Jade arrived on 30 November weighing 3.63kg. Congrats to the happy parents. I'm sure you'll all agree that she is very cute.