At Winton,
my imagination gains a little insight into the dinosaur footprints at
Lark Quarry. A model of the big dinosaur towers over the smaller ones
it hunted . . . and us. Yet the size of that animal pales against the
bones of another of Winton’s prehistoric populace.
A bone about
the size of a person from a brontosaurus-type dinosaur stands above
eye level. This dinosaur has been affectionately named Elliot, after
one of the scientists that found it. It’s the largest dinosaur
discovered so far anywhere in Australia.
Recreations, models and drawings, make the dinosaurs look quite appealing. Elliot’s footprints would be half a metre across, but they haven’t found those ones yet.
Recreations, models and drawings, make the dinosaurs look quite appealing. Elliot’s footprints would be half a metre across, but they haven’t found those ones yet.
Dinosaurs
are without doubt one of Winton’s drawcards. Suddenly the green and
yellow, oddly shaped rubbish bins that line the main street fall into
place. They’re shaped like dinosaur feet and remembering the size
of the tracks at Lark Quarry, are about the right size too.
