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Where to Find Dinosaurs Around Brisbane

Updated: Aug 19, 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.

Riverdale Park

The popular southside park has been upgraded to include a fantastic, dinosaur-themed playground

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

Denmark Hill Conservation Park

A 200m trek heads into pavilion with info boards about the Triassic period in this neck of the woods and some sandstone dinosaur prints

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

Thornlands Community Park

The massive bayside playground has a dedicated ‘dinosaur dig’ sandpit where young explorers can uncover the giant dinosaur fossil buried within

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

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

Image 3 - courtesy of Haigslea Ewe-Nique Hobby Farm

Images 4 & 6 - courtesy of Ipswich City Council

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