Today
was the return to the Age of Dinosaurs for the Ralh family. We drove a
short 100km to Lake Quarry to visit the fascinating fossilised
remains of the world's only recorded dinosaur stampede – which was also used for
inspiration in the Jurassic Park movie. Over 100 dinosaur prints probably
caused by a single event.
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| World's only recorded dinosaur stampede |
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| Four ton Theropod prints chasing his prey |
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| Emu sized ornithopod and chicken sized coelurosaur prints |
We
finished the day visiting the excellent Age of Dinosaur Museum, 20km outside Winton. George, the enthusiastic Steve Irwin of palaeontology introduced us to
Banjo and Matilda – the remains of two world first Australian
Dinosaur discoveries. It was an excellent and thoroughly entertaining
museum and certainly recommended.
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| Age of Dinosaur's |
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| Piecing together the puzzle |
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| Banjo - a Raptor |
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| Matilda - a Titanasaur |
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| Fossils waiting inspection |
We
drove on and stayed at a small caravan site in Ilfracombe, which in
itself was nothing to write home about but which put on a bush-poet
show at happy hour. Robyn caught up with laundry and we all made
ample use of the showers after a week on the road. Our feral family
was almost human again.
From
Ilfracombe, we visited nearby Longreach and the Stockman's Hall of
Fame – my highlight was the interactive map of explorers as well as
stories of local bushmen which dotted the walls.
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| Stockman's Hall of Fame |
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| Hot Springs at Winton |
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