And a more recent group of geo's follows David's steps on the "sandy beach below the pilot station"
(Photos: Peter Buckley, Geological Survey of NSW ~ David's old outfit at time of 1880s survey)
So where's this forest?
Are we there yet - is this a tree?
This looks like a definite one
Or perhaps this is more like what David described. South of Swansea Heads, trunks appearing
to be rooted directly in or upon the Lower Pilot Seam (Diessel 1984)
AND WHO IS LOUISE BOON?
Louise Boon in a canoe called "Frolic".
And could this be at Swansea Heads?
(George Boyd Collection, Lake Macquarie City Library)
Interpreting Ms Boon's article :-
Some time after 1967, Louise Boon wrote the above article. Was there a particular reason for so doing at that time? When did she write it? Was it in the 1960s? Had there been another 'find' of something around that time (i.e. what does the "discovery in 1967" refer to?)?
How do these Davidian words Louise cites compare to what is written in David 1907?
Another article by Louise Boon ("What Became of the Galloping Peanut?” by Louise Boon 10/5/1969) has been reprinted in the February-March 2006 issue of Newsletters of East Lake Macquarie Historical Soc, Inc. - a historical society based in Swansea. Therefore, this historical society when contacted will very likely know more about Louise Boon.
REFERENCES
Boon, L. (undated post-1967). "Professor was enchanted". Publication unknown, possibly in the Newcastle Herald. [The above cutting is preserved by the Lake Macquarie Council Library]
David, T.W.E., 1907. Geology of the Hunter River Coal Measures, New South Wales, Geological Survey NSW, Memoir G4.
Diessel, C.F.K., 1984. Excursion Synopsis for Excursion Number 2, Eighteenth Newcastle Symposium on Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, Department of Geology, The University of Newcastle.