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Jul 26, 2012 - Richmond 2

Today we went to the Cambridge Downs Heritage Display and saw couches the 1800s then we walked to Kronosaurus Korner and saw fossils of marine reptiles. We also saw giant turtles and ammonites then we went to the water park next to the lake and had lunch. After that we drove out of town to go fossicking for fossils and found plenty of shells and Keagan even found a volcanic rock. We came back to the caravan park and played at the water park next to the lake.

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Sep 1, 2010 - Richmond - the fossil centre of Australia

Richmond is a very nice little country town and although we planned only one night here, we stayed for two. The caravan park was small but clean and pleasant, overlooking the town lake. It was now 34 degrees and so it was down to the lake for a swim. An interesting tourist attraction in the town is the Kronosaurus Korner Fossil Centre. The centre houses a collection of prehistoric marine fossils all found in the Richmond area and dating from 110 million years ago when all this area was covered in a vast inland sea. There was also a very...

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Oct 12, 2009 - Mt Isa to Richmond. Days 92-94

Poor Kenny was bandaged up, given his helmet and his gun and ordered back into the trenches. He was a brave fellow and we limped our way across northwestern Queensland to Richmond, where Dad had told me to visit to see the Dinosaur centre. Once part of an inland sea, this flat grassy plains region is laden full of marine fossil life and seeing them laid in the sand at the excellent Kronosaurus Korner (Silly name for a serious museum) was really disturbing. To see such fossils, so obviously remnants of long extinct species, it really makes...

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Sep 4, 2008 - To Richmond

JOSH: Right now we're driving to Richmond. It's rrrrreeeaaalllyyy hilly!!!! It's amzing how land changes. ANG: Without being too negative, it feels like the best part of the trip is behind us. Maybe it's just that we really LOVED the NT - so wild, and huge. Monoliths which are so iconic, and then surprises in tiny stops. Natural wonder like you can't imagine. Colours in the desert. Ranges. Changing landscapes. So many animals. Beautiful birds. Seems that the most wild and rugged part is done. But, having said that, everyone says Tasmania...

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Aug 7, 2008 - Day 45 - Mt Isa to Richmond

Vital Statistics Distance: 415 KM Diesel Price Mt Isa: $1.79 – we read somewhere where the Qld Government subsidise Diesel by 8c per litre Fuel Economy : 12.8 ltr / 100 We were on the road at 8:25 on, what was a cold a windy morning. Originally we had planned to travel directly to Winton from Mt Isa. However, the kids were travelling so well, that we decided to detour East for an overnight stop to Richmond to checkout the large dinosaur museum there. We stopped at 9:30am for Breakfast at Cloncurry. We spent over an hour at the John Flynn...

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