Anzac Day (Part2)

After Anzac Day Dawn service as you know we went into Kings Park for a picnic, at a place called 'Synergy Parkland' which is an outdoor recreation area, and a great space for children to explore, learn, and play. It has a two-tiered island fort some large-scaled replicas of local dinosaurs, and a timber boardwalk for the kiddies to run wild across.



As I said there are some local Aussie Dinosaurs that the kiddies get to play on, and also learn about at the same time. Like this little aussie fella called Muttaburrasaurus, which was about 7 to 9 meters long and its mass was 4 tons. It had very powerful jaws equipped with shearing teeth, these were probably an adaptation for eating tough vegetation such as cycads. Here are the little nevilles with mums eggs, and if you look closer theres a little Muttaburrasaurusneville!












Here is Lycopod Island it’s surrounded by a ring of ancient lycopods, replicas of the world's first trees that existed awhile back.... about 1,200 million years ago. Strewth!


Then we come to this little fella a Phytosaur, the name 'Phytosaur' (plant reptile) is very misleading, and their friggin' snapping jaws clearly show that phytosaurs were predators. Although Phytosaurs were not true crocs themselves, they were related to the crocodilians, as both phytosaurs and proto-crocodiles share a common ancestor among the early Crurotarsi. Crocodiles did not become 'Phytosaur'- like until the Early Jurassic... clear as mud! But even if it's not really a croc, I wouldn't like to bump into it down a dark ally. Fairdinkum I reckon it wouldn't take much to eat these little kiddiebites!



Next we bump into a family of Bullockornis, they are an extinct flightless bird that appeared to have lived approximately 15 million years ago, in what is now Australia. This birdie stood approximately 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall, and it may have weighed up to 250 kg (550 lb) now that is one fat bird. Many believe that these big

birds were related to Geese and Ducks, and with three veggies on the side of a plate I reckon they would be a beaut feed. But with it's tremendous size and carnivorous habits, theres always the possibility that you might end up as the main meal at dinner time!

Then we come to our last Dinosaur in the Park, which was called a Diprotodon also known as the

Rhinoceros Wombat was the largest known marsupial that ever lived. They existed from 1.6 million years ago until about 40,000 years ago,They inhabited open forest and grasslands, they loved eating leaves, shrubs, and some grasses. They were about three meters(10 feet long) from nose to tail, standing two meters tall at the shoulder and weighing up to 2,786 kg....strewth thats one friggin big wombat mate.

And thats about it for the Park so on the way back to the commodore, we stopped to pay respect to the diggers as it was Anzac Day. This memorial is dedicated to the fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War, and that was our Anzac weekend Picnic.