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Dinosaur Experiences Australia

🦖 Celebrate National Dinosaur Day on May 7 the Dino-Way! 🦖

🦖 200 million years later, Dinosaurs still steal the spotlight! 🦖

 

Queensland is known for its beaches, reef, and rainforest—but did you know it’s also one of the most dinosaur-rich places on the planet? As National Dinosaur Day approaches on May 7, it’s the perfect time to discover the prehistoric secrets hiding in Queensland’s Outback, ancient inland seas, and fossil-filled rock formations. With 10 of the world’s most significant dinosaur and megafauna finds discovered in Queensland, and as home to over 80 per cent of Australia’s dinosaur fossil finds ,the state truly is Dinosaur Country!

 

From Australia’s largest dinosaur, the colossal 'Cooper' the Titanosaur to the ferocious marine predator Kronosaurus queenslandicus, Queensland has a fossil history that spans hundreds of millions of years—and it’s waiting to be explored. Just head to dinosaurexperiences.com 🦕

 

Here’s a fun dino-question: have a guess where you can actually walk through a real dinosaur stampede site? That’s right, only in Queensland 😃 So, whether you’re a family seeking hands-on adventure, a grey nomad with a love of history, or a dino-mad traveller chasing the ultimate Outback experience, here’s what you need to know about the best prehistoric places to visit, dig, and discover.  IMAGES HERE

Let’s get our Jurassic on!

 

THE FAMOUS FOUR –  GET OUT THERE AND DIG IT! 🦕

Queensland is home to a network of fossil centres, museums, and dinosaur trails—each offering a chance to get up close with ancient history. Celebrate National Dinosaur Day by planning a visit, and booking that trip of a lifetime (or millennia!).

So, pack your sense of wonder, and your boots because the ancient past is waiting. Must-stops include:

 

🦕 Eromanga Natural History Museum - Home to some of Australia’s largest dinosaurs, including Cooper the titanosaur—the country’s biggest dino ever discovered—the Eromanga Natural History Museum is an Outback marvel. Located in Queensland’s south west, this state-of-the-art facility lets visitors get up close with real fossil labs, experience behind-the-scenes tours, and even meet the palaeontologists unearthing ancient secrets. It's a once-in-a-200-million-year kind of place!

 

🦖 Flinders Discovery Centre - At home in Hughenden, the Flinders Discovery Centre is where the past comes alive. Featuring the life-sized replica of Hughie, a Muttaburrasaurus, and showcasing an incredible array of fossils from the inland sea era, the centre is both an educational hotspot and a launchpad for exploring the broader Flinders region’s dinosaur trails and geological wonders.

 

🦴 Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre (Outback at Isa) - Step into the ancient world of Australia’s prehistoric mammals at the Riversleigh Fossil Discovery Centre in Mount Isa. As the gateway to one of the world’s richest and most significant fossil mammal deposits (a UNESCO World Heritage site), the centre showcases rare and remarkable finds—think giant platypuses, marsupial lions, and megafauna—from a time when the Outback was a lush, tropical paradise (yep, it actually was).

 

🦈 Kronosaurus Korner - Dive into Australia’s ancient inland sea at Kronosaurus Korner in Richmond, home to Australia’s most complete marine reptile fossils. The star? Kronosaurus queenslandicus, a fearsome pliosaur with teeth the size of bananas 🍌! With immersive exhibits, dig experiences, and a fossil prep lab on show, this museum is a jaw-dropping window into Queensland’s prehistoric underwater world.

 

DINOSAURS AHEAD – 10 DISCOVERIES THAT START TO TELL QUEENSLAND'S FOSSIL STORY…. there’s so much more to uncover! 🦕

1. Muttaburrasaurus langdoni - Australia’s most famous plant-eating dinosaur, first unearthed near Muttaburra, with that iconic bulbous snout and shearing teeth.
2. Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways - Home to the only known dinosaur stampede on Earth—over 3,000 footprints frozen in time near Winton.
3. Sauropods of Winton - Queensland’s long-necked legends include Wintonotitan wattsi and Rhoetosaurus brownei, the most complete Jurassic dino found in Australia.
4. Richmond Polycotylid - An incredibly complete fossil of a sleek marine reptile with long jaws—on display at Kronosaurus Korner in Richmond.
5. Kronosaurus queenslandicus - A 10-metre sea monster with 30cm teeth, named in 1899 and one of the largest pliosaurs to ever live.
6. Eromangasaurus australis - A long-necked elasmosaur found near Maxwelton, showing tooth marks that suggest it had a run-in with a predator—possibly a Kronosaurus!
7. Rhoetosaurus brownie - Discovered near Roma, this Jurassic sauropod is unique with four hind-foot claws and is one of the country’s most important fossils.
8. Chinchilla Fossils - The Darling Downs reveal ancient marsupials, giant tree kangaroos, and the roots of the Komodo dragon.
9. Riversleigh World Heritage Area - Home to some of Australia’s oldest and most bizarre creatures, from giant platypuses to extinct marsupial lions.
10. Murgon and Geebung Fossils - Boat Mountain near Murgon boasts Australia’s oldest Cenozoic vertebrate fossils, including frogs and marsupials linked to South America.

 

HERE’S HOW TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL DINOSAUR DAY AT HOME 🏠

Even if you’re staying home, you can still go prehistoric! Celebrate May 7 your way—and get ready to explore the real fossil frontier in Outback Queensland.

1. 🎨 Create Your Own Dinosaur World - Grab the pencils, crayons, glitter and go wild! Draw your favourite dinosaur, invent a new species, or download dino-themed colouring sheets (bonus points for naming it something epic like Glittertopsaurus Rex.)

2. 📚 Read Up on Your Roar-some Faves - Dust off the dino books or hit up your local library. From picture books to science-packed encyclopaedias, there’s a prehistoric adventure for every age.

3. 🦖 Visit the Queensland Museum IRL or Online - The Queensland Museum in Brisbane has incredible dino fossils on display—including the mighty Muttaburrasaurus. Can’t get there? Their website is packed with cool online exhibits, games and dino facts!

4. 🗺️ Plan Your Dino-Hunting Road Trip - National Dinosaur Day is the perfect excuse to start planning a journey through Outback Queensland. Book now for the school holidays and hit the dino trail from Winton to Richmond, Eromanga and Mount Isa!

5. 🦴 Make a Fossil at Home - Mix up some DIY salt dough, shape it into dinosaur bones, and let it dry to create your own “ancient discovery.”

6. 📣 Roar Like a Dinosaur Challenge - Get the whole family involved and see who can do the most ferocious dino roar! Film it, share it, tag it. #RoarLikeADino #NationalDinosaurDay

7. 🍿 Have a Dino Movie Marathon - From The Land Before Time to Jurassic Park and Prehistoric Planet, there’s no shortage of dino-flicks to binge. Don’t forget the popcorn (and maybe some gummy dinos for snacks!).

8. 🦖 Wiggle It, Wiggle It Real Good - Play Dorothy the Dinosaur by The Wiggles on repeat — bonus points for dancing in costume, skivvies optional.

9. 🦴 Create a Dino Dig at Home - Fill a tub with sand or rice and hide plastic dinos or “fossils” (aka painted pasta bones) for a mini-excavation mission.

10. 🦖 Make Dino Snacks - Dino-shaped cookies, dino-egg cake pops, or cupcakes with “lava” icing… prehistoric and delicious.

 

HERE’S WHY EVERYONE LOVES DINOSAURS (because everyone does!) 🦕

1. They’re Giant, Mysterious, and Totally Roar-some - Dinosaurs were Earth’s OG rockstars—massive, fierce, and sometimes downright weird. From razor-toothed predators like Banjo the Australovenator to plant-munching giants like Muttaburrasaurus, they’re creatures of pure imagination… except they were real!

2. They Bridge Science and Storytelling - Dinosaurs spark curiosity like nothing else. Kids grow up obsessed. Adults stay fascinated. Whether it’s digging up fossils, watching documentaries, or geeking out over Jurassic Park, dinos make science feel like an adventure.

3. They Walked Right Here in Queensland - You don’t have to go to Hollywood to find dinosaur magic—Queensland is packed with prehistoric places where dinosaurs actually lived. From ancient stampede tracks at Lark Quarry to marine monsters once swimming through the outback, these aren’t just stories—they’re fossil facts under your feet.

4. They’re the Ultimate Time Machine - Dinosaurs transport us to a world before humans, cars, or coffee. They’re our living link to a lost world—one of meteors, megafauna, and continents still drifting into place. Learning about them makes our place in history feel wild and wonderful.

5. They’re Just Plain Cool - Let’s be honest: what’s cooler than a 12-metre carnivore with claws like scythes? Or a sea monster with 30cm-long teeth? Or a fossil trackway frozen in time? Dinosaurs are the original icons of awesome—and we’ll never get over them.

 

🦕🦕All the roar-some information you need is here

 

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Heading there? Here are some drive itineraries to discover Queensland’s pre-historic story:

• Outback Queensland 7 Day Dinosaur Trail - Outback Queensland
• Outback Queensland Ancient Outback Mount Isa Loop - Outback Queensland
• Outback Queensland Australian Dinosaur Trail - Outback Queensland
• Outback Queensland Dinos, Crocs and Gold - Outback Queensland
• Outback Queensland Overlander's Way - Outback Queensland

 

             

For media enquiries, interviews, images and more please contact Kath Rose | 0416 291 493 | [email protected]

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National Dinosaur Day is May 7 - here's how to celebrate. 

Contact details:

Enquiries, interviews, images and more -  contact Kath Rose | 0416 291 493 | [email protected]