Winton has many links to prehistory:

>> Opal, th Queen of gems, first discovered in the Opalton area in the late 19th century - catch a glimpse on the Opal Walk.

>> Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways, discovered in the 1960s, and which represent the world's only known record of a dinosaur stampede - see the Diorama at Corfield & Fitzmaurice.

>> The Australian Age of Dinosaurs, founded in 2002, now carrying out fossil preparation and conducting annual "Dinosaur Digs".