7 May 2012 - Lark Quarry

Today we set out to visit Lark Quarry, the footprints in the rock that tell the story of a dinosaur stampede. Although the site is 110km from Winton, it is well worth a visit. The footprints are very distinct and well able to tell the story of the small dinosaurs fleeing their larger cousin.

The centre is well set out and after visiting the footprints, we walked around some of the walking trails and did some fossicking. I found one rock that looks a high potential of being a footprint 'positive' so we will hang onto that one.

After lunch we headed back toward Winton via the Nareen Jump Up, a lookout across the plains. Up Jump is the term for the larger hills in the area which have survived the weathering processes of the last few million years. The land in this area was originally 200m or so higher than present and the hills or Up Jumps depict the original level. At the bottom of the Up Jump, we did some fossicking for opal but only managed to find some more fossils instead.

Back at Winton we visited Arnos wall, a wall of 'stuff', from car wheels to microwaves, cemented into the wall around the house of a local eccentric. Interesting concept but probably not everyone's cup of tea.