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Events - February 2026
The Dinosaur Team is planning a number of exciting events in Inverloch in February 2026, to coincide with the 2026 Field Season.
Installation at The Hub
Opens Sunday 1 February
Inverloch Visitor Information Centre (The Hub)
Free community display
Join the Dinosaur Dreaming team for an engaging hour of stories, science, and discoveries from the dig site. Learn about Australia’s dinosaurs, hear the coolest finds from this season’s excavation, and bring your burning questions for the palaeontologists working on the ground.
This session also offers a chance to support the future of the dig — donations to Dinosaur Dreaming help keep this long‑running scientific project thriving for years to come.
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This session also offers a chance to support the future of the dig — donations to Dinosaur Dreaming help keep this long‑running scientific project thriving for years to come.
More information at:
Why Dinosaurs?
Saturday 15 February • 2pm–4pm
Bunurong Environment Centre, Inverloch
Tickets $12
See a dinosaur movie with real palaeontologists!
Why Dinosaurs? is a documentary about dinosaurs and the people who love them.
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Why Dinosaurs? is a documentary about dinosaurs and the people who love them.
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Dinosaur Discovery Day at Inverloch
Saturday 21 February • 11am–1pm
Inverloch Visitor Information Centre (The Hub) - Internal Street Area
Free community event
Step into the world of Australia’s ancient past with the Dinosaur Dreaming team. Drop in anytime between 11am and 2pm to explore a hands‑on fossil touch table featuring real specimens from the Bass Coast. Chat with working palaeontologists, learn how dinosaurs lived right here in Australia, and discover what makes Inverloch one of the country’s most important fossil sites.
At 12pm, enjoy a special dig update straight from the field, sharing the latest discoveries from this year’s excavation. Perfect for families, fossil‑fans, and anyone curious about the prehistoric life beneath our feet.
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At 12pm, enjoy a special dig update straight from the field, sharing the latest discoveries from this year’s excavation. Perfect for families, fossil‑fans, and anyone curious about the prehistoric life beneath our feet.
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What about the fossil plants?
Monday 23 February • 11:30am-12:30pm
Inverloch Library
Jack Biggs (Dinosaur Dreaming team member) and Miriam Ford (Australian Plant Society) will give a joint talk on the comparison of fossil plants and modern plants.
Dinosaurs in your street
Sunday 08 February • 3:00-4:30pm
Dig House, Cape Paterson
We will invite our neighbours around for a cuppa and show off our crew and our fossils
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