Charlie McClennen   I am currently leading the Australian Study Group. All is going well for the students and my research with colleagues in the School of Geosciences, UOW. Next winter/spring I will have the Doherty Chair in Ocean Science at Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA. Reporting on last year, my third and final as Associate Dean of the Faculty included travel to Bologna and Venice for invited talks on the channel meander dynamics and subsidence research in the Lagoon of Venice. Nature Conservancy research continues on Lake Ontario in collaboration with Don Woodrow of Hobart-William Smith Colleges. In academic 2000-2001 my sabbatical leave will allow research analysis and writing and possible return trips to Venice and Antarctica depending on grant application funding. Amy Leventer continues to do a great job in replacing my teaching/researching responsibilities of the Department.