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Dinosaur Discovery – Palaeo Laboratory
Highlights
- Discover Australian dinosaurs by creating your own plaster fossil replica, enhancing your palaeontology skills.
- Explore Wallace Avenue Community Park, breaking open rocks to uncover real fossils and connect with nature.
- Engage in hands-on activities at the Bunurong Environment Centre, painting your fossil for a personal keepsake.
- Enjoy a family-friendly experience with facilities like carparks and electric vehicle charging points for convenience.
This is a laboratory activity suited to budding palaeontologists.
Learn how to find and identify Australian dinosaurs, get up to date with the latest paleontology research and make your own dinosaur fossil.
You will get hands on and make a plaster replica of either a dinosaur footprint, the first fossil found in Australia, an Ammonite, or a Dinosaur Claw.
While the plaster is drying, participants will travel under five minutes to Wallace Avenue Community Park in Inverloch to break open rocks in a search for new fossils.
You get to keep any fossils you find.
You will then return to the Bunurong Environment Centre to paint your replica, ready for your to take home.
Tour details
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Single Available from 18 April 2026
Features
Service facilities
This business does not currently offer accessible facilities.
Operation information
Bunurong Coast Education
Bunurong Coast Education is the education arm of The South Gippsland Conservation Society Inc. which presents activities with an environmental focus through excursions, presentations and their famous school holiday program.
Join an experienced Tour Guide from Bunurong Coast Education to explore the local rock platforms and learn about the dinosaurs that roamed the Bass Coast area. A range of regular programs are offered for schools, groups and visitors. Talks and excursions can also be tailored to your individual requirements with wide range of topics are on offer, including dinosaur discoveries in the local area, rock pooling, erosion and human impact, local fauna and flora, geology, astronomy, whale watching and many more. If the particular subject you are looking for is not listed please get in touch with their presenters to assist.
Most tours are scheduled for two hours and include an introduction and safety briefing at Inverloch before transferring to one of the spectacular Bass Coast beaches or headlands. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a supervising adult. Participants will need their own transport. Warm clothing will be needed in cooler weather and sun protection should be worn. Please also make sure that you have suitable footwear for exploring the uneven, wet rock platform.
Memberships
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- Visitor Information Centre
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