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Inside was the message (written in Mandarin): "May all your wishes come true. Starting from the heavens, may everything go peacefully for you. Move with force in 2015!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/8afbd10f-c60c-47e5-b882-f932639455d4/2.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two shark teeth, possibly belonging to Carcharodon hastalis (an ancestor to the Great White shark) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/17085496-a721-4c2e-bbfe-d5348c9597fb/3.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Three chunks of unknown fossil whale bone - maybe part of a rib? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/3b57a5d7-d491-4239-b836-d4460fa7fd1c/4.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site One large and one smaller shark tooth - possibly belonging to the ancestor of the Great White shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/0fdac8e8-b367-4759-8453-76c8a0407eb5/5.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two fossilised sand dollars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/8d990963-d246-4900-bea6-1857e7a3f429/6.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site A chunk of the fossil seafloor, with a small shark tooth embedded inside of it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/1a08f3c2-bc8f-4e20-9d5e-97b2f60e9300/7.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two shark teeth, one imbedded in fossil sediment, another loose in the sand. Possibly from the ancestor of the Great White shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/36ea59db-e7de-4afc-ae69-be6102db383a/8.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The backbone of a fossil shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae (which includes Tiger and Bull sharks) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/7dbb238b-3bb4-4999-9cb0-1c9e5af4042c/9.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The modern egg casing of a ray (or skate?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/d089f872-ebdc-4999-80da-59d57df8bc53/10.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The modern egg casing of a Swellshark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/3c498d94-5f11-443b-907a-8097dfdd438c/11.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site A fossil cone snail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/e23682e4-40ed-4c0e-bdd9-302f805b9408/12.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two chunks of fossilised stony coral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/8f435e5b-5bff-4767-8ef3-345ce6d2a391/13.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two more shark teeth, likely from the ancestor of the Great Wite shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/9fd934ee-2e1d-4d3c-8bc4-9f113737ab86/14.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Another tooth from a fossil Great White shark ancestor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/1e66afb9-2eef-4ab1-a865-008640e42a39/15.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site An unknown chunk of fossil whale bone, possibly from a section of vertebra (backbone) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/165071d7-ab94-45be-a5c7-ecc87cda362c/16.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Three fossil solitary corals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/b1519845-6e22-4991-98ca-534ff6b8ee67/17.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site An unknown chunk of fossil whale bone - possibly from the jaw of a Baleen whale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/2f697866-32f5-423b-a275-b6f776b32606/18.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two more fossil shark teeth, likely from the ancestor of the Great White shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/d924d641-20fe-407e-a32d-562822b21410/19.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The two thin fossils are Dentalium, a fossil tusk shell. One of them has a hole in it, from a predatory snail. The white shell above them is recent, and was also eaten by a predatory snail - an interaction that has been happening for millions of years. The shells next to them belong to two recent herbivorous snails and a fossil one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/359e5b48-5f0a-40db-a9c2-24b445ffad04/20.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The "test" (skeleton) of a recent sea-urchin. Next to it, is a small fossilised shark tooth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/d6f17809-fe36-4031-9cc1-455d77afd6c7/21.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two heart urchins (known as Lovenia) are preserved in the fossil sediment. Next to them, are two more fossilised heart urchins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/64bbb57e-4d23-41bd-974e-7613fa5f8976/22.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site To the left, a 5 million year old bivalve shell. To the right, a recent shell that was found on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/52ed5d97-d239-4293-b562-3c156ce771fc/23.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Three small chunks from a fossil whale epiphysis - a portion of the backbone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/f1f5c38e-35fb-45ed-bca8-a5b9b34b7d66/24.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two MORE shark teeth, likely from the the ancestor of the Great White shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/8337b6b3-5a53-4737-8c85-9a5129b8f0fc/25.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site MORE SHARK TEETH?? Two more from the ancestor of the Great White shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/e22cb6a3-b288-42ae-a28b-cc1d41a93c90/26.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site A portion of fossil fish jaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/da2751a0-c81a-428c-bbb0-cf8e49b85dcf/27.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The back bone (vertebra) of a large bony fish, possibly a large tuna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/f751c20a-b614-46a1-a2b2-83279ca4c0c6/28.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site A fossil vertebrae from a small whale, possibly something like a small dolphin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/e7bb0079-b571-42a3-a28c-af756077a0f5/29.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Rubbish. There is rubbish everywhere in Bayside, and we can all do our part to pick it up when we see it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/1254b5d8-721f-41b7-86c8-0193d6c0e6d6/30.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Three small chunks of sea-glass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/e994325a-acbf-4b77-a411-1940bbebfcd1/31.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Three pseduofossils (bits of ironstone). Ironstone is everywhere in Bayside, but these are not bits of fossil bone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/3a44c7b2-3c7b-4081-8e46-207cc2b807fa/32.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Another shark tooth, and a piece of modern tile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/84fcc764-df46-44ff-89dd-6637caf4c508/33.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site A small Megalodon tooth. Do you notice the serrations along its blade? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/2da76a5c-dafc-439e-89e8-5fba0d9302ae/34.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Another shark tooth?! Likely from the ancestor of the Great White shark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/81677992-7c6a-4378-9c41-72a7ea30e108/35.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two fossilised grinding plates from an ancient porcupine fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/1f5af346-790a-437e-95fa-2fb58d8131f8/36.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two small fossilised Tiger shark teeth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/5d7010c4-da89-40ad-83f4-8d795f3a4fa6/37.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site The fossilised grinding plate from a prehistoric Elephant fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/db6e2fbc-8522-4f21-8cd0-709e7420621f/38.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two more shark teeth? One loose, another embedded in the fossilised sea floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/b77e44f5-5f7c-4dde-b938-897d02020e85/39.png The Prehistoric Bayside Dive-site Two small "jelly-bean" like teeth from a fossil Port Jackson shark, and a modern egg from a recent Port Jackson shark. These sharks specialise on eating hard shelled prey such as sea urchins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fcb60689bc6403dd659443/370bd17d-154b-4942-8d2d-7b6c1090d5b6/40.png