COOBERRIE PARK DINOSAURS & MINI-GOLF

A prehistoric world of fun, in the shape of a dinosaur mini-golf course featuring dinosaur sculptures and props by Natureworks, recently opened near Yeppoon in Queensland.

Capricorn Dinosaur Park and Dinosaur Mini-Golf are part of Cooberrie Park, which includes the beautiful Cooberrie Wildlife Sanctuary where visitors can get close to Natureworks wonderful wildlife. There is also a Megafauna Discovery Walk, where visitors can experience and learn about extinct creatures from Earth’s past.

Recreating a prehistoric world

The dinosaur mini-golf course opened in 2022, and the Dinosaur Park is under construction. Natureworks supplied a range of dinosaur sculptures and prehistoric-themed props for the mini-golf course and is busy creating a range of exciting pieces for the Dinosaur Park.

Capricorn Dinosaur Park, with its prehistoric-feeling natural landscape and rich red soil, will include over thirty life-size dinosaur sculptures as well as trails, play areas and a fossil dig. The experience of digging for replica fossils provides an enjoyable physical educational play experience for children.

Natureworks has also created a beautiful entry statement for the Megafauna Discovery Walk, which opened in late 2021. This educational walk features life-size cutouts and statues of the giant-sized megafauna that existed millions of years ago.

A tourist drawcard for the Capricorn Coast

The Capricorn Dinosaur Park project has been developed as a result of Cooberrie Park’s successful application for the Queensland State Government’s Growing Tourism Infrastructure Fund in 2020. The new tourist attraction has helped to create jobs in the area. As a Queensland-based business, Natureworks is proud to be involved in the project.

“Capricorn Dinosaur Mini Golf is the first part of a massive tourism venture that will include a one-kilometre wheelchair and stroller friendly dinosaur walk around lush, landscaped gardens, 35 life-sized replicas of dinosaurs, an educational fossil dig, an interactive indoor area and more….We’re talking substantial sized dinosaurs that are life-like and life-sized and they’ve all been built in Queensland.”

Kieron Smedley, Wildlife Ranger, Cooberrie Park

Project details

Client | Cooberrie Park

Project | Capricorn Dinosaur Park, Dinosaur mini golf and Megafauna walk

Date | 2021-2022