Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Visitors to Alice Spring fossil sites can be part of the excavation process


img_2253The eight-million-year-old fossilised remains of giant wombats, crocodiles and flightless birds known collectively as megafauna will have a new lease of life with $3.97 million in Territory Government funding.


Chief Minister and Minister for Tourism, Adam Giles, said Budget 2016 includes $3.97 million to develop visitor amenities at the Alcoota fossil site, about 200km north-east of Alice Springs, and preliminary consultation has begun with traditional owners and will continue.


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