As a result of amateur paleontologists, coincidences and chance meetings over 20 years ago, the Winton, Richmond area of Queensland has become the epicentre of dinosaur research and discovery in Australia. We visited one of the large facilities near Winton where the extracted fossils are being cleaned, reconstructed and investigated.
Fossils embedded in rock are encased in plaster to preserve them before extraction. This rack could take 20 years to fully investigate.
Dental equipment is used to remove rock from the fossils. It is painstaking detailed work largely completed by volunteers. Some huge bones have been found.
This sample is made up of the actual fossils extracted from the rock.
An ancient mud flat is also preserved that shows the progress of a variety of dinosaurs across the (then) soft mud.
The animals discovered range from tiny to enormous.
A sunset dinner was the perfect way to end the day.
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