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Where to Find Dinosaurs Around Brisbane

Dinosaur play equipment Riverdale Park

Updated: Jun 14, 2026

Young dinosaur fans, here's where to find everything dinosaur in and around Brisbane, from a dinosaur-themed park, playgrounds with dinosaur digs, museum dinosaur garden and exhibitions, a triassic forest with dino footprints and even a Hologram Zoo with dinosaur section. 

DinoFest Brisbane
DinoFest Brisbane
DinoFest will see more than 30 life-size, moving and walking dinosaurs stomp into Kalinga Park for the school holidays
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Dinos Alive: The Immersive Experience
People lookign at dinosaurs
The internationally acclaimed Dinos Alive: The Immersive Experience is stomping into the Fever Skygate Exhibition and Experience Centre
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Riverdale Park
Riverdale Park, Meadowbrook
The popular southside park has been upgraded to include a fantastic, dinosaur-themed playground
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Haigslea Ewe Nique Hobby Farm
Children feeding sheep in a pen with a man at Haigslea Ewe Nique Hobby Farm
Young dinosaur fans are in for a real at this hobby farm with a collection of large scale dinosaur sculptures which can be found in an enclosure of fern and palm trees
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Denmark Hill Conservation Park
Denmark Hill Conservation Park Ipswich
A 200m trek heads into pavilion with info boards about the Triassic period in this neck of the woods and some sandstone dinosaur prints
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Queensland Museum Kurilpa
Entrance to Queensland Museum Kurilpa
Ar the fascinating pre-historic Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibition, come face to face with Queensland’s own ’velociraptor’ Australovenator and in the Dinosaur Garden a lifesze T-Rex and Triceratops
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Thornlands Community Park
Thornlands Community Park
The massive bayside playground has a dedicated ‘dinosaur dig’ sandpit where young explorers can uncover the giant dinosaur fossil buried within
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Johnston Park

Johnston Park in Rosewood, Ipswich features an epic dinosaur section with life-size statues, fossil footprints and dino eggs

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Hologram Zoo
Hologram Zoo
Have a ROAR-some time at the Hologram Zoo and see the prehistoric beasts in action, including te giant Apatosaurus, Triceratops, and Tyrannosaurus Rex
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Image 3 - courtesy of Haigslea Ewe-Nique Hobby Farm

Images 4 & 6 - courtesy of Ipswich City Council

 

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