June 2018
It’s a cold morning and we have a long drive ahead of us. This westerly route to Longreach is shorter but there are fewer towns. As we listen to the local radio they are discussing tourism and the dinosaur trail. “There is a kronosaurus down there that needs to be excavated.” Says the local expert. It seems that in a short decade or so cattle and sheep have taken a backseat to dinosaurs around here. No longer is cattle the king.
Suddenly a hundred galahs wheel in front of us in a cloud of pink and grey, what a sight.
There are small sand hills and wedge tailed eagles that are slow to fly away from their roadside lunch. One wonders how many dinosaurs are out there waiting to be discovered.
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You had them there, too?
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Those damn dinosaurs get everywhere!
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The black soil in the area we now call the Dinosaur Triangle in Western Queensland pushes the bones to the surface. Tourists can take part in a dig. We watched the cleaning process a few years ago.
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Here’s a little more detail on this area from when we last visited https://itchingforhitching.com/2016/09/28/dead-things/
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Many thanks for the link
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Wow cool!
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