GEELONG’S National Wool Museum is hosting some of the most unusual dinosaurs to have ever roamed the planet – and they’re all from our own backyard.
Meet cryolohophosaurus the Antarctic dinosaur, megalania the giant lizard, and his lunch: bullockornis the giant flightless bird.
A global environmental crisis, food shortages, birds so big they couldn’t fly and one big, mean komodo dragon-like creatures – it’s just another day for the Wildlife of Gondwana exhibition.
The exhibits show where drifting continents affected the evolution of dinosaurs and mega fauna from 3.8 billion years ago to the present. Surrounded by life-like environmental murals, the exhibition features real fossils, skeletons and 20 full-scale skeletal casts, many of which have never been on public display in Australia before.
PrimeSci! will conduct dinosaur workshops in January, while excavation group Dinosaur Dreaming will answer questions about fossil finding and identification.
Patrons will also find real fossils from the Otway to look at and handle.
Alongside the exhibition, the museum’s ‘Qantassaurus Lounge’ has puzzles, a little Lego station and colouring activities.
The museum also hosts dino birthday parties.
More information about the exhibition, dino activities, workshops and parties is available by phoning 5272 4701 or visiting nwm.vic.gov.au.
