[Aqualist] Freight and fieldwork

[turney at uow.edu.au]

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Hi Everyone,

I might be teaching my grandmother to suck eggs but here goes.  Just  
recently a group of us were returning from fieldwork on the Atherton  
Tablelands.  We had a shed loads of cores (we later found out they were  
160kg) to freight back from Cairns to Wollongong.  DHL quoted us  $1200  
for 100kg!  Instead we took the cores to Virgin Blue who we were flying  
with and it worked out at just over $400 as freight.  What a bargain!   
Even with the cost of the flights it was cheaper than driving (and it  
saved us around 3 days).  Thought it might be of interest!

Your caring colleague,

Chris

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Dr. Chris Turney
President to the INQUA Sub-Commission for Tephrochronology and Volcanism
(SCOTAV)
Web page: http://www.gns.cri.nz/inquatephra/
Tephra extraction techniques virtual workshop:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/arcpal/Tephra/Tephratrace/Home.htm

Australian Research Council Queen Elizabeth II Fellow
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Wollongong
Wollongong
NSW 2522
Australia

Home page: http://www.uow.edu.au/science/eesc/staff/cturney/ct.html
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