Wonambi Fossil Centre

Useful Information

photography — Animatronic Diprotodon (*Wonambi Fossil Centre*) at Wonambi Fossil Centre, Naracoorte Caves, South Australia, Australia. Public Domain.

Location:	12 km south-east of Naracoorte. (-37.035740, 140.795750)
Open:	Visitor Center: All year daily 9-17. [2022]
Fee:	Wonambi Fossil Centre: Adults AUD 15, Children (4-15) AUD 9, Children (0-3) free, Family (2+2) AUD 39.50. Groups (10+): Adults AUD 13, Children (4-15) AUD 7.50. Stick-Tomato Cave and Wonambi Fossil Centre: Adults AUD 17, Children (4-15) AUD 10.50, Children (0-3) free, Family (2+2) AUD 45.50. Groups (10+): Adults AUD 15, Children (4-15) AUD 9.50. [2022]
Classification:	Cave and Karst Museum
Light:	Incandescent
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided, D=30 min.
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	yes
Bibliography:
Address:	Naracoorte Caves National Park, P.O.Box 134, 89 Wonambi Road, Naracoorte SA 5271, Tel: +61-8760-1210. E-mail:
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History

1998	opened to the public.

Description

The Wonambi Fossil Centre is a museum dedicated to the palaeontological importance of the Naracoorte Caves. The caves acted as pitfall traps, dens and roosts for more than 500,000 years. The result are massive remains of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles.

Palaeontologists studied the fossils for half a century. As a result some 130 species of animals have been identified. The Fossil Centre recreates the time 200,000 years ago, when megafauna roamed the area, with reconstructions and dioramas. There were about 20 kangaroo species living in the area, today there are only four.

The museum is located at the Naracoorte National Park Visitor Centre. Originally it was a small exhibition which was part of the Visitor Center and free to visit. In 1998 the museum was vastly extended with animatronics of reconstructed extinct animals and dioramas. There are new interactive display and artificial cave passages. It is now a separate museum and not free anymore.