Tours

There are several tour companies that operate in and around Winton.

Two companies run tours from Winton:

>> Carisbrooke Tours,  which operates Tuesdays and Thursdays to Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways and the working Cattle and Sheep Station, Carisbrooke Station. Other days except Sundays are on request and subject to a minimum of four. These tours operate regularly April to September.

>> Matilda Country Tours, which operates daily half day tours to Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways, April to September (by arrangement rest of year, min. 4 persons).

Another regular tour operator into the region is Outback Aussie Tours, which operate tours, departing Longreach, taking in parts of the Winton Shire. Other companies operate from Brisbane and Sydney - please check at your nearest travel agent for details of these.

For detailed information on itineraries and planned departures, please contact tour operators directly.
Winton Snippets
Palaeontology

Winton, part of Queensland's Dinosaur Country, is a rich collecting area for palaeontologists. During the 1970s, a small number of sauropod dinosaurs were collected north-west and south-west of town and in the 1980s more dinosaur bones were found in Bladensburg National Park. Specimens of sharks, lungfish and dinosaurs have also come to light. Several localities in the Winton region contain well-preserved fossil plants, which have provided information about vegetation during the time of the dinosaurs. Younger fossils, the remains of fresh water crocodiles and giant marsupials less than a million years old, have been found in some dam excavations.
- Dr Alex Cook, Queensland Museum

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