Diprotodon Insights at the Diprotodon MEGAfauna sculpture
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Diprotodon Insights at the Diprotodon MEGAfauna sculpture ended on Thursday 28 July 2022.
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Join children’s author Bronwyn Saunders for a 20 minute talk on the MEGAfauna trail to hear about Diprotodon, the largest marsupial to ever have lived.
Learn about Diprotodon’s strengths and weaknesses; and the environment megafauna lived in. This is aimed at children, but adults are encouraged to come along and learn too.
Weather dependent. No recording please.
When
6, 7, 13, 14, 21 & 28 July; 10.30 am & 11.15 am
Where
Meet at the Diprotodon sculpture on the Eucalypt Lawn
Price
Free
