... during the Field Report presentation

Some of you might be wondering where the always reliable John W was during the Field Report presentation - well, he was pursuing his other hobby - blacksmithing (see http://www.blacksmithing.com.au/).
Here he is making metal roses at the Collingwood College Spring Fair.

It is good to see our diggers branching out and finding new things to hit with a hammer!

2011 Field Report published!

We are pleased to announce the publication of our 2011 Field Report.  Those crew and Friends who were unable to make the presentation on the weekend will receive theirs in the mail in the next couple of weeks.


Front Cover

Back Cover

Field Reports

It's a little over a week until our Field Report presentation, and we have (somewhat surprisingly even to us) already finished printing the reports.  Big stapling party tomorrow at Alanna's!  I hope to see lots of Friends and diggers Sunday 16th October - 1:30 pm at the Museum.

A tonne of chocolate

Pip stands beside a tonne of chocolate at the Philip Island chocolate factory. It reminds us of the time that Dr Tom Rich promised the first person to find evidence of a Cretaceous mammal a cubic metre of chocolate.  At the time, of course, he did not know that any would be found and so had not actually figured out the procurement of delivery details (for those that don't know the story, Tom persuaded Cadbury later to provide enough chocolate to convince the diggers the debt had been paid). We are informed that the process of making a block of chocolate that big means that the chocolate itself is not particularly nice, but that might just be story to make us feel better about not breaking into it!

Field Report editing...

The 2011 Field Report is starting to take shape.  There is now a real good chance that it will be ready in time for October 16th.

Important Dates

Field Report Presentation 1:30 pm Sunday October 16th at the Museum (link to become a Friend)
Training for new volunteers ("Rookies Day") Sunday November 7th at Flat Rocks
Current volunteers should be contacted by Lesley in the next few days.

A new dig baby

A big welcome to Luca Robert who arrived on August 26th.

And a big congrats to Jillian and Anthony, who may need to miss the next dig...