The next four days will have you and the family uncovering Australia’s history amongst rugged wilderness without even opening a textbook. Welcome to a classroom of a better kind.
Australian history runs through the veins of Winton, from the ochre red soil below to the walls of the grand-old pubs that line the streets.
Grab your Akubra, a set of wheels and pack the kids; you’re in for one fun-filled history lesson — bet you haven’t believed that before.
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Some key highlights of the journey - but come out and experience Winton to find even more hidden gems.
Your first history lesson begins at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs.
A natural history museum, home to the world’s largest collection of Australian dinosaur fossils!
A tour to the Rangeland Rifts for sundown will be sure to put the whole family in awe.
Visit the iconic Cambo Waterhole - famous for inspiring the words to the ballad which captured the spirit of Australia – Waltzing Matilda.
Continue your history lesson of the bush ballad in Winton at the Waltzing Matilda Centre, the first museum in the world dedicated to a song.
If your mini palaeontologists are wanting to uncover more of Winton’s past, come explore Lark Quarry.
Opal studs the veins of Winton, so we won’t be surprised if the glisten of an opal catches your eye. Check out the gems from the nearby mines and free fossicking pits.