Dinosaurs and opals by Luca

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After getting ready for the big day ahead we drove to The age of dinosaurs  museum to go to our 2nd tour in the past 5 days. 

First we went to the lab to see fossils of potentially the only long necked dinosaur with gut content found in the world. Then we saw some of  the animations that scientists and animators made and were supposed to be almost like the real thing.

 Replica of the stampede! The only known place in the world where fossils have been found of a Dinaosaur stampede.





  Finally we went to the dinosaur canyon and saw all of the galleys that they had set up. After returning from the Age of dinosaurs jump up we went to town to do the washing and go to the North Gregory hotel for some live bush poetry and live music.

Before we went to the North Gregory
Hotel we went opal hunting where we each found one small opal each and Joe the opal miner put holes in using a diamond drill. We now have opal leathers. 

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  1. darcyAugust 3, 2020 at 4:25 AM

    Awesome reporting Luca! That dinosaur place looks amazing:)

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