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• Ventifacts
• Polished stone wall diagram
• Petrified fossils from Lune River
• Map of continental movement (see below)

On the day:

Met at the front gates of the Museum courtyard with a crate of fresh milk and waited to be let in.

We visited the various “rock” exhibits of the museum starting at the top and working our way down:

• Rocks in Antarctica (in drawers )part of Islands to Ice exhibition ( level 2 )
• Rocks and Fossils in Tasmania ( Gallery ground floor north of large space )
• Palawa quarries and toolmaking ( ningina tunapri exhibition)
• Geology and mining (Bond Store Ground Floor)
• Glacially marked rocks outside forecourt

Spent a while riddling over the large rock collage on the wall in the corner of the geology exhibit but was very worthwhile when we collectively got it worked out eventually.

Reflection:

Is important if you are going to collect rocks to keep a record of where you found them - preferably by physically numbering the rock - otherwise they are contextless and thus useless / meaningless to anyone else.

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