Prehistory comes to life at the multi-award-winning Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History. Just 24km south-east of Winton lies The Jump-Up Dark-Sky Sanctuary, a primeval place featuring huge cliffs, dramatic gorges and panoramic views of rolling plains. This pristine wilderness area is not only breathtaking but also home to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History and Australia’s first International Dark-Sky Sanctuary.

A guided tour of the Museum includes seeing the holotype specimens of Diamantinasaurus matildae (Matilda), Australovenator wintonensis (Banjo), Savannasaurus elliottorum (Wade), Ferrodraco lentoni (Butch), and Confractosuchus sauroktonos (Chookie). The Ultimate Dinosaur tour of the Museum includes a guided tour of the Fossil Preparation Laboratory, Collection Room in the Reception Centre, the March of the Titanosaurs exhibition and a self-guided exploration of Dinosaur Canyon.

Endorsed by countless visitors as a ‘must see’ experience, the Museum’s guided tours often spark a greater interest and desire for involvement. One such program open to the public is the Prep-A-Dino experience. If you crave the thrill of working with real dinosaur bones, each a national treasure and new to science, seize the opportunity.

The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum welcomes visitors daily from April to October and six days a week from November to March (closed on Sundays, Christmas Day and Boxing Day).

Dinosaur Stampede

A dramatic tale of hunter and hunted has been frozen in time at the Dinosaur Stampede National Monument at Lark Quarry Conservation Park, the site of the only known dinosaur stampede on the planet. In a remarkable piece of scientific detective work, palaeontologists have discovered over 3,300 dinosaur footprints of dinosaurs that lived in Outback Queensland 95 million years ago. 

This ancient drama was imprinted in the mud, preserved by nature, and immortalised in stone. Preserved inside a modern building, the amazing Dinosaur Stampede National Monument is accessible to everyone at Lark Quarry Conservation Park.