MEGAfauna: once there were giants!
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MEGAfauna: once there were giants! ended on Sunday 25 July 2021.
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Current events
Culture on the Move – Bush Animal Weaving Workshops
Monday 10 July and Wednesday 13 July; 10–11.30 am & 1–2.30 pm — Banksia Centre
Create your own bush animal in connection with our MEGAfauna trail.
Culture on the Move – Traditional Weaving Workshops
20 July 10.00am–1.00 pm — Banksia Centre
Learn techniques of the age-old art of traditional weaving.
MEGAfauna: myths and legends!
1 July – 31 July ; 8.30 am – 5.00 pm — Special trail through the Gardens
Step back in time on this family adventure trail to meet the enormous creatures that inspired myths and legends, art and culture.
Reconciliation Day Weekend Walks
Sunday 29 & Monday 30 May; 10.30 am–11.30 am — Meet outside the Visitor Centre
Join Wiradjuri Man Adam Shipp as he shares his passion for native plants.
Embark on an adventure trail filled with nature, science and history! Come face to face with Australia’s prehistoric past by immersing yourself in the Gardens newest Megafauna trail – the first of its kind in Australia.
Giant animals that went extinct thousands of years ago will be on display throughout the Gardens: wombat-like creatures the size of hippos, flightless birds that weighed twice as much as modern emus, a turtle with a horned head and spiked tail, and a giant monitor lizard to name a few.
Adventurers are encouraged to step back in time and learn about the last ice age and gain an understanding of how plants and animals co-existed thousands of years ago.
Wheelchair and pram accessible.
When
26 June –25 July 2021
Where
Special trail through the Gardens
Price
Free
