Australia Unearthed. Notes from the Dig

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. East coast. Area known as New South Wales - Sydney region. Dig team reports unusually large object with teeth and huge smiling face. Looks big enough to be a gateway to some sort of park - amusement perhaps? Taronga Park Centennial Park Luna Park Hyde Park

2. Small dig in suburbia unearths bottle. Poor condition. Dig notes reveal contents given attribute "the drink you have when you're not having a drink". Partial label only. Haytons Draytons Claytons Paytons

3. Report just in from NSW Mid-North Coast. Dig workers report large yellow structure - could be some sort of fruit. (Check research notes for description of fruit - from memory believed to be some type of food?) Ascertain purpose of constructing large fruit. Confirm variety of fruit. The Big Banana The Big Prawn The Big Pineapple The Big Mango

4. Update. Teams in West Sydney area unearthed massive airtight vault. Recovered - 3 large furry animal depictions. (Research shows all now extinct). Believed to be Echidna, Kookaburra and Platypus. Paperwork recovered reveals use of "pet names" Millie, Olly and Syd. Just in! - similar find at northern dig in Brisbane area - predates Sydney objects. Appears to be large winking kangaroo. Paperwork reveals no name. Note. Research name. Kylie Matilda Jeanette Cheryl

5. Preservation teams called in. Suburban find - old book. Believed to be recipe book. Great excitement - one page almost intact and legible. Title of biscuit recipe - unreadable. Research note. Check "ingredients" - unknown fluids and solids listed. Oats, Golden Syrup, butter, flour, sugar? Lamingtons Pavlova Iced VoVos Anzac Biscuits

6. More food finds today. This one intact. Bottle with partial red and yellow label. Contents - resemble our own museum collection of 19th and 20th century axle grease. Similar colour and consistency. Smell indescribable. Note - call for tasting volunteers. Label partial only - product name begins with "V". Research list of possible names. Answer: (One word - eight letters - starts with 'V')

7. Flag found at small country coastal dig. No match to any official national or state flags on record. Green background. Kangaroo with boxing gloves in fighting pose. Possibly commemorating some sort of sporting event? The boxing match between Kostya Tszyu and Zab Judah The winning of the America's Cup The Sydney City to Surf race The Olympic Games

8. Major dig find. Large rusted metal item unearthed in Sydney suburban grid. Appears to be red vehicle of some sort. Numbers GTHO4 identifiable. Also reference to Allan Moffatt. This may be racing car of some sort. Note - research and find out type of car. Falcon Mazda Holden Valiant

9. Latest news. Archeologists have recovered strong evidence throughout the suburban grids that the people of this land were pet lovers. Towels, caps, shirts and flags depicting roosters, broncos, panthers, tigers, bulldogs, rabbits and sea eagles are in the recovery preservation tanks at this moment. One obscure reference remains to be deciphered. NRL? National Roosters League National Rabbit Lovers National Rugby League Nation Reveres Life

10. Most valuable find to date. Old DVD style disc (bringing ancient player on this dig now vindicated) - seems to be factual record of lifestyle practices of early 21st century Australia. Reveals anthropological account of two women believed to be mother and daughter. Details food preferences, cooking styles, manners, fashions and speech mannerisms of the era. Note - research item - who were these residents of Fountain Lakes? Answer: (Two names. 3 words (K and K))