Photos: Decanting Discovery 

Senior Exhibitions Preparator Sebastian, Collections Inventory Lead Technician Ashley, Exhibitions Technician Brendan and Collections Inventory Cataloguing Technician Julia move the swans nest that was visible through the glass floor of Discovery. The nest was fragile and needed to be moved carefully.

Collections Inventory Digitisation Technician Sarah uses the air cushion machine to make padding for objects once they are boxed up.

Exhibitions Technician Liam and Senior Exhibitions Preparator Sebastian dismantle one of the walls in Discovery.

A peek into Discovery with the pack-down in progress.

Senior Exhibitions Preparator Sebastian and Collections Inventory Digitsation Technician Sarah deep in discussion. I'm not sure what they were talking about – perhaps, "How are we going to get all these antelope down?"

Collections Inventory Cataloguing Technician Louise and Exhibitions Technician Liam remove a replica fossil from the wall.

Heron chicks are packed into their box with tissue paper so they don't move around during their travels.

Senior Exhibitions Preparator Sebastian vaccuums a ledge in Discovery.

Packed boxes stacked in the butterfly room in Discovery.

Okay, this is not technically in Discovery but it's right outside. Exhibitions Technician Jack and Senior Design Preparator Chris begin dismantling our allosaurus skeleton, starting with the head.

Exhibitions Technician Brendan dismantles shelving in Discovery.

Collections Inventory Cataloguing Technician Louise dusts down a taxidermied sloth specimen.

These big birds were wrapped in air pillows for safe transport.

Exhibitions Technician Liam prepares a padded box for a fur seal skeleton.

Collections Inventory Lead Technician Ashley and Exhibitions Technician Brendan package the baby giraffe.