Dinosaur Cove

Dinosaur Cove was discovered by Dr. Tom Rich and his associates in December 1980 as part of an extensive search of the Early Cretaceous Otway coastline. They initially found four thumbnail fragments of bone at the base of a ninety metre cliff in the then un-named cove. They returned the following year and six more bone fragments were discovered in the same fossil deposit. As the fossil layer was at the base of the cliff it became obvious that to follow the deposit meant tunnelling into the vertical cliff face.  You can read more about the first dinosaur dig at Dinosaur Cove and all the adventures that followed in "Dinosaurs of Darkness" by Thomas H. Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich. Published by Indiana University Press, 2000.

Dinosaur cove is home to about 180 footprints, some forming clear trackways.