Australian Age of Dinosaurs

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Winton, Queensland

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Lot 1 Dinosaur Drive,
Winton,
Queensland
4735.

The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History is a prominent science-based not-for-profit museum and major tourist attraction located atop a towering mesa known as The Jump-Up, approximately 24km south-east of Winton in Central West Queensland. The Museum focuses on preserving Australia’s fossil past for future generations to learn from and find inspiration in. The Museum includes the most productive Fossil Preparation Laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere, the Reception Centre and Collection Room, Dinosaur Canyon – featuring life-sized bronze dinosaur dioramas, the "March of the Titanosaurs" exhibition – housing Australia’s best-preserved sauropod tracksite, and the Gondwana Stars Observatory. Tours are conducted hourly through the Laboratory, Collection Room and Dinosaur Canyon starting at 9am daily. The last full tour for the day leaves a 2pm. Half tours are available thereafter. The entire tour takes three hours. Please aim to arrive 15 minutes before your tour start time so that you have time to purchase your tickets and to enjoy a cold or hot drink at the Cretaceous Café before your tour....

Entry Cost

$78 to $260


Includes a guided tours of the Laboratory, Collection Room and Dinosaur Canyon as well as transfers via the Noble Express shuttle.

Product Types

  • Galleries, Museums and Collections

Accreditation

  • ECO Certified (Nature Tourism) by Ecotourism Australia
  • Quality Tourism Accreditation
  • Savannah Guides
  • Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC

Tourism Organisation

  • QLD - Outback Queensland Tourism

Facilities found here

  • Cafe
  • Carpark
  • Coach Parking
  • Family Friendly
  • Gallery / Museum
  • Interpretive Centre
  • Picnic Area
  • Public Toilet
  • Shop / Gift Shop

Accessibility Information

  • Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
  • Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
  • Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
  • Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
  • Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
  • Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
  • Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
  • An access and inclusion statement is available (make this available on your website).

Activities you can engage in

  • Birdwatching
  • Walks

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Visitors in the Collection Room
Visitors with bronze titanosaurs
Guests with the Guardian of the Bridge
Touring the Lab
Dinosaur Stampede exhibit
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Inside the Fossil Preparation Laboratory.
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