Australian Age Of Dinosaurs

This Australian museum is absolutely unbelievable. Is this the Australian equivalent of Jurassic Park? That's something we'd support. The Australian Age Of Dinosaurs is a natural history museum in the small Queensland town of Corfield (population: 183). It has Australia's biggest dinosaur specimens. If you want to completely immerse yourself in all things country, you can stay on-site at this museum in cabin-style housing, which is based on what used to be a sheep station. You may also assist with anything from excavating to preparing dinosaur fossils for exhibition.

The AAOD Museum is located on top of 'The Jump-Up', a massive mesa 24 kilometers south of Winton and 600 kilometers south of Townsville. Visitors coming from Longreach should travel northwest approximately 164 kilometers on the Landsborough route before turning left into Dinosaur Drive. The Museum is 11 kilometers off the motorway on a sealed road. Caravans can be pulled to the top of the Jump-Up, although tourists towing a caravan with a tiny 2WD vehicle will find an unhitching place at the base of the mesa.

The AAOD Museum is being built in three sections, each of which takes up a different portion of the Jump-Up. Stage 1, which contains a temporary fossil processing facility, two staff cottages, and volunteer accommodations, is now complete, as is Stage 2, which includes the AAOD Museum's Reception Centre and a public parking lot. The concept planning phase for Stage 3, which will house the AAOD Museum of Natural History, is already complete, and work on the outdoor galleries has begun. The building of the AAOD Museum of Natural History has yet to be financed.

Location: Lot 1 Dinosaur Dr, Winton, Queensland 4733, Australia

Website: australianageofdinosaurs.com