About Lark Quarry

Park features

Stampede! Panicked dinosaurs left more than 4000 muddy footprints on the shores of a lake 95 million years ago when a larger dinosaur tromped among them in search of a meal.

Travel across ancient mesas of jump-up country to the world’s only known dinosaur stampede site. The trackways are protected inside a solar-powered shelter built using ecologically sustainable methods.

Formed over millions of years, the ancient rocks bearing the stampede have been exposed through erosion causing a striking landscape of jump-up country with flat-topped hills (mesas), gullies, and steep, broken escarpments.

Learn more about the nature, culture and history of Central West Queensland parks.

Looking after the park

Everything in Lark Quarry Conservation Park is protected, including plants, animals and heritage sites and artefacts. Please appreciate, respect and help care for Lark Quarry’s outstanding natural and cultural values by leaving things as you find them, and encouraging others to do the same by following these guidelines.

• Leave everything as you find it. Avoid disturbing animals and plants, cultural artefacts and historical sites.
• Keep food away from wildlife. Accidental or intentional feeding upsets the balance of nature and can make animals sick and/or aggressive. Never leave food or food scraps in the day-use area.
• Manage your waste. Take your rubbish with you when you leave as no bins are provided. Secure rubbish in a sturdy rubbish bag in a sealable animal-proof container. Never bury rubbish as animals will dig it up. Dispose your rubbish at off-park waste disposal facilities.
• Use toilets where provided. Where toilets are not available—bury toilet waste (and paper) at least 15cm deep and 100m away from camp sites, tracks and watercourses. Bag all personal hygiene products including disposable nappies and wet wipes for disposal off-park. Never pour portable toilet waste into parks’ toilets, our toilets cannot cope with the waste or chemicals. Empty chemical toilets at approved toilet waste disposal facilities in Winton (see Tourism information links ).
• Stop the spread of weeds, pest insects and soil pathogens. New introductions can spread and displace resident species and alter the local ecology. Soil from your camping gear and footwear can contain weed seeds and foreign plant pathogens. Before you arrive clean all vehicles (especially the tyres and undercarriage), all camping equipment and walking gear.
• Domestic animals are not permitted in the conservation park. Please observe the before you visit guidelines for dog and pets.

Please read looking after parks in Central West Queensland.

Park management

Lark Quarry is jointly managed by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Winton Shire Council. The Queensland Museum provides scientific advice on ways to protect the trackways.

The park’s infrastructure was built using ecologically sustainable design principles and features solar energy, rainwater collection and minimal impact construction methods.

Tourism information links

Waltzing Matilda Centre
(contact for Dinosaur Trackways)
www.matildacentre.com.au
www.dinosaurtrackways.com.au
www.experiencewinton.com.au
50 Elderslie Street, Winton
ph (07) 4657 1466 or 1300 665 115
email waltzing@matildacentre.com.au

Winton Shire Council
www.winton.qld.gov.au
www.experiencewinton.com.au
75 Vindex Street, Winton
ph (07) 4657 2666
email info@winton.qld.gov.au

Longreach Regional Council
www.longreach.qld.gov.au
www.experiencelongreach.com.au
96 Eagle Street, Longreach
ph (07) 4658 4111
email council@longreach.qld.gov.au
email experience@longreach.qld.gov.au

For information on road conditions see: Queensland Traffic.

For tourism information for all regions in Queensland see Queensland Holidays.