Australian Age of Dinosaurs had great pleasure in showing the Irwin Family around our Preparation Laboratory earlier this month.
Robert decided to take his mum on a well deserved holiday around Winton for Mothers Day. While this is a great gift for Terri, Robert also loves Dinosaurs. Australovenator,  (aka 'Banjo') Australia's largest predatory animal, is his favorite dinosaur (along with Micropachycephalosaurus apparently), so needless to say he was in his element.



David Elliott took the Irwins behind the scenes, in the collection and introduced them to 'Wade' the dinosaur. Wade is an unidentified dinosaur and Robert is pictured above with Dave and Wades little toe.
Looking at Roberts smile, I think he is having a great time.



An up and coming Palaeontologist pictured here working on real dinosaur bone.
Robert was very content to sit and work on this dinosaur bone and when time was up, he didn't want to stop!



The family had a great time with the AAOD team and the dinosaurs. It was great to sit down with them over a cuppa and some cake to talk about their adventures with animals. Robert even taught me a few cool things about dinosaurs. It's always great to have an expert visit the Laboratory.
They were so blown away with what we are doing, they became Million Year Members!



Robert and Bindi are pictured sitting on the AAOD Foundation Stone. A great end to a fantastic day.
What a Mothers Day present!
The AAOD team wont forget this special visit, what a great family!

Until next time.