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Closest You Will Get to Dinos in Canberra

  • February 3, 2009
  • Rated 2 of 5 by Poole Party from everywhere, Virginia
Closest You Will Get to Dinos in Canberra

This building is two storey but the exhibit is really housed only on one floor. The exhbit has 10 full size replica skeletons of dinos and huge displays of fossil plants, fish and mammals. The displays are quite complete, and include lots of interactive corners for kids to play and touch footprints and so forth.

There is a guide who can take you around and give you a detailed tour of the place, with full explanations and narrative of the evolution of the Australian Dinos.

The only criticisms I would have of the place is that the building is quite run down, the down stairs is somewhat of an attempt to make it a play area but all the equipment (large floor size puzzles, little rides) was dirty and/or broken. There was also a section to look like a play arcade, but again, the area was dark and quite oppressive.

For what you got, the dinosaur museum is somewhat overpriced at $10.50 per adult and $7.50 per child over 4. However, if you are a super fan of dinosaurs and love to read every bit of information you can, this is probably the closest you will get to dinosaurs in Canberra.

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