The Australian Opal Centre

An opalised yabby button preserved in gem grade opal.

The Australian Opal Centre in outback New South Wales is a must see attraction. What better than opal and fossils made of opal. These fossils have been found in the process of opal mining. If you are ever in the area, it is certainly well worth the visit.
Check out http://www.australianopalcentre.com/

SVP 2009

Hope to see you all at the 69th SVP Annual Meeting and the 57th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy (SVPCA) held in Bristol the UK. September 23 -26, 2009.

Govetts Leap, Blue Mountains World Heritage Area

Govetts Leap Blue Mountains World Heritage Area is only 2 hours from Sydney. Its amazing what you can do with still photos.

Cotton Hill Quarry Trilobites

one of the trilobites (ODONTOPLEURA MARKHAMI)! about 1 cm in size.

The outcrop producing the trilobites! with mobile phone
for scale.

Cotton Hill Quarry near Forbes in New South Wales
is a wonderful fossil site with Graptolites and Trilobites.