Today was all about dinosaurs especially since Winton is the dinosaur capital of Australia.

 

The region around Winton, Richmond and Hughenden has unearthed a lot of dinosaur fossils in the blacksoil. 

 

There has been that many fossils found, the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum and Laboratory is now located just out of Winton.

 

The Ultimate Experience ticket we purchased gave us 3 tours, the collection room, the laboratory and Dinosaur Canyon.

 

The three main dinosaurs in this area are Australovenator wintonensis (Banjo), Diamantinasaurus maltidae (Matilda) and Savannasaurus elliottorum (Wade).

 

It was a good 4 hours learning and looking. We would recommend it to anyone interested in dinosaurs.

 

Winton has the Royal Open Air Theatre in the main street. It has been here for 100 years and this week just happens to be the “Vision Splendid” Film Festival so we took in a movie.

 

Last time we did an outdoor theatre was in Broome a couple of years ago.

 

The movie tonight was “The Butterfly Tree” an Australian film which was listed as a comedy, family drama. Not sure about the comedy or family but was definitely drama.