Richmond - Dinosaur Capitol of Australia

Yep, overnight stay at an old WW2 airfield on the Barkley Highway after a full days drive from Tennant Creek.  We are in Queensland!   A small fire and drinks with some of the resident 'Grey Gonads' was fun but Fletcher had to be dragged kicking and screaming to bed "I want to play with my friends!"





But we were 'on the road again' this morning for the long haul to Richmond via Mount Isa and Julia Creek.  Fortunately, we arrived just in time to watch the afternoon feeding of the Julia Creek Dunnart during a short stop at the visitor's center- a pea sized chunk of frozen meat.  Fascinating....

 An oversized rodent and the Julia Creek Dunnart

 

A couple of hours further down the road and we are now at Richmond, where apparently there were shed-loads of dinosaurs before the earth cooled and the inland sea receded to the current day coastline.  Clearly, the dinosaurs weren't smart enough to follow the water where they could flourish and eventually eat millions of humans at will and achieve world domination.  Instead, they perished in the desert and left a whole stack of bones and fossils for tourists to look at.   Aren't we lucky!