Day 7 Hughenden - Richmond - Hughenden - Porcupine Gorge - Hughenden

Up early and we head off to Richmond to have a look at Kronosaurus Korner.

This is huge!

The Kronosaurus was discovered at the Marathon Station just out of Richmond by the owners.

They were out looking for cattle and one of the owners went to the creek to have a look, as he walked down the riverbank he saw what he thought was a tip of skull from a cow.  

So he kicked it! and realised there was a lot more under the earth. He came back later that day with his brother and a shovel and started to have a dig around. It was only when more of the snout of this Kronosaurus was uncovered that they thought they had better get people in to check it out.

So now in the museum is the actual skeleton. The best preserved one in the world.

It is very long and interesting to see its skeleton.

There are so many fossils to see that have been found in the Richmond, Hughenden area it took a long time to see all of them. You could also watch a palaeontologist at work. (they work with fossils and dinosaur stuff). If I put on all the photos I have taken you wouldn't have to go and look yourself.

After this we headed back to Hughenden and had a look in the Flinders Centre.

And this is inside!

Muttaburrasaurus

After we looked at more fossils and the History of Hughenden, (They are celebrating the 150th of the town this year) we walked around town and had a look.

This is how water was bought to the surface after boring into the Great Artesian Basin.

These are made from old car and truck parts.

After this we headed 67km out of town to look at Australia's Grand Canyon.

Procupine Gorge.

On our way we noticed Points of Interest signs, on the way back we stopped at them.

The Pyramid

It's a long way down!

We then drove to the Lookout. 

I thought this lookout was much better.

When we were leaving there were about 23 Black Cockatoos, they flew very low over us.

After we left we stopped at the Point of Interests on the way back to Hughenden.

This is the Whistling Bore. When you put your head closer you can hear what sounds like a kettle simmering away then a whistle starts and stops.

This is an unmarked grave

This is Bottle Tree lookout. This is a Bottle Tree.

The view from Bottle Tree Lookout.

Eaglehawk Gorge Lookout.

Everywhere we went there was Brahman cattle grazing on the side of the roads. A lot of the properties up here are so big they don't have fences on the side of the roads but have one fence with a cattle grid stopping the cattle crossing into the next paddock. 

After this it was nearly dark and went back to the camp to have dinner.