We acknowledge the excellent support provided by the ship’s crew and technicians of the JOIDES Resolution, who faced many challenges resulting from the difficulties of drilling in a carbonate platform environment and the use of a new drilling system. We also would like to acknowledge the funding support for the site survey provided by the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and the Australian Research Council. We greatly appreciate the hard work of many scientists and technicians at AGSO through all phases of the site survey cruise planning. In particular, without the efforts of Chris Pigram, Mike Sexton, and Phil Symonds, the survey cruise on board the Franklin would not have been possible.