Hi John,

Thanks for the news update.

And as to the seeming inactivity here in not having gotten to Coal and
Candle Creek yet all I can say is that it is still high in mind to do. It
may seem amazing that we STILL haven't been to visit the site you informed
me of now fairly long ago, but at least the interest in the matter has
grown and someone will get there sooner or later .. currently with June in
mind.

I've also got a photo of a quite large log at Mt Wood east of Tibooburra -
either stream transported log from the Jurassic, or less likely was
driftwood in the Cretacious Rolling Downs Group. It had been brought in to
Mt Wood station when I photographed it years ago and exact occurrence now
uncertain, but I am thinking of following up on that one too.

I think that's all that's woody that I know of at the moment.

Cheers,




John



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At 02:54 AM 5/21/07 -0000, you wrote:

>John Byrnes

>your message reminds me that I said I'd have a story by now on the
>Jurassic tree at the Hobart Museum. Well it ain't ready for display
>yet. Meanwhile fellow collector Peter Harris and I are looking for a
>suitable Tertiary log to go to the Museum as a companion piece, in all
>likelihood retrieved by a 12' tinny from the base of tuff cliffs on
>the Derwent River.

>Talking of museums Ulverstone based collector Adam Anderson tells me
>club patron Greg Edgecombe has relocated to the British Museum in
>London as an invertebrates specialist.
>Regards

>John Newlands