Lark Quarry is 110km south-west of Winton. Lark Quarry is the name of the excavation site that uncovered the Dinosaur Stampede. The drive is half bitumen road surface and half gravel. We started fairly early and met a few animals at breakfast time.

Lots of road kill on the way out to the Dinosaur Stampede so plenty of raptors. Wedge-tailed eagles

Black kite – there were hundreds circling in the skies

The was a lot of cattle both off…

… and on the road.

What a lot of bull!

Female red kangaroo (Blue flyer)

We had to take it easy as many roos were still out and about.

Jump up country half way to the Dinosaur Stampede.

Solanum were plentiful on the roadside.

Mesa close to Lark Quarry

The Dinosaur Stampede fossils are protected from the elements inide this building built into a hillside where the fossils were discovered.

There are over 3000 separate dinosaur footprints. It is believed a large meat eating dinosaur startled a huge number of smaller dinosaurs causing them to flee across the muddy surface. This surface was then flooded with more sediment preserving the footprints.

Big ones and little ones.

Dinosaur stampede – some of them survived the stampede – they had herd immunity.

Spinifex trail around the mesas of the jump-up country behind the centre.

The Dinosaur Stampede building from the Spinifex trail.

Views from the Spinifex Trail

Jump ups of the Tully Range

Female Hooded robin

Eremophilas (above and below)

On a side road to seek out some of the resident feathered friends. There were many areas of red gibber ironstone on the tops of the jump ups.

Masked woodswallow

Hall’s Babbler has a very small range in Western Queensland.

View from the Jump up looking into the Diamintina River valley (about 150km wide) on the road to Old Cork.

Spotted bowerbird

Footprint of a modern day dinosaur relative – the emu.

Williams Valley

The crumbling jump up.

Back to the Winton-Lark Quarry Road – they have thoughtfully put in a series of sealed overtaking sections.

More ant than plant. (Cassia)

Spinifex pigeon

Hibiscus

Brown quail

Crested pigeons

Brown falcon

A very talon-ted Wedge-tailed eagle

Common bronzewing

We couldn’t wait for this drive to be done and dusted.

View north from the jump up half way back into Winton.

Bustard

Winton sunset with new Moon. Thought for the day – if you’re taller, the sunset lasts longer.