𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗭𝗡 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀. 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸. 𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:

I think the ultimate highlight during my time at the Museum was the trip Dai Herbert and I made to Madagascar in May/June 2005. We were invited to go on a collecting trip which comprised travelling down the Mahavavy River between the villages of Kandreho and Sitampiky - a distance of about 120 kms in rubber Zodiac boats. We were able to stop and collect wherever we felt would be a good spot to try.
We collaborated with Mary Cole of the East London Museum and had many memorable field trips to the Eastern and Western Cape. A highlight for me was finding Afrorhytida on the farm Wedgeley just outside the cottage we were staying in - it turned out to be a new species.