Hughenden

Next stop on the dinosaur trail was Hughenden. Technically Richmond was closer and not a logical way to go as we'll have to backtrack, but the direct road had a large portion that was dirt road.

We spent some time in the Flinders Discovery centre there, looking at more dinosaur fossils, including a large Muttaburrasaurus replica.

This area is more eroded than the Winton region, meaning the close to the surface fossils are usually from the earlier ocean covered era, when the Eromanga sea existed in inland Australia.

We also went up Mt Walker to admire the view.  A land of sweeping plains indeed.

The other main attraction near Hughenden is the amazing Porcupine Gorge. I think it is just as impressive as Karrajini in WA.

You can camp in a National Park campground there, and walk down into the gorge (at a more gentle entry point) and swim in the waterhole. Sadly, I was expressly advised NOT to go down the steep track by the lovely doctor I saw in town, in the interests of my knee getting better, so we were limited to admiring it from above. Another time perhaps.