Richmond is only a small town with a
massively interesting museum. Back in the day when Richmond was actually the
ocean floor for millions of years aquatic dinosaurs would swim the waters in
this area and when the ocean retreated their remains were trapped in the soil
and clay, and over 100-110 million years the bones became fossilized. Farmers
working the land found many bones around this area. The museum Kronosaurus
Korner provides us with fantastic displays and information.
We make the silly mistake to cause a flat tire
on the Toyota while driving it out of the trailer. Unfortunately there is no tire-fitter
in town today able to help us out. Jolmer changes the tire in no time though,
so we decide to drive to the dig-site on our spare.
The afternoon is filled with playing in the
rubble of a previous sand-pit used by Council for road constructions. Now
abandoned by heavy dig-machines it becomes playground for tourists like us. The
children have variable levels of interest in digging. Other things that are
entertaining include parts of the dig site consist of mud, or more so clay. It
is easy to get very, very dirty without too much effort.
Flickie is roaming around the sand pit as
well, getting patted and sticking around to see what we’re doing.
There is a lady who has been here for a
while and she explains how we should be digging and also what we found: a
fossilised jaw of a fish, with teeth. It is not pretty and it’s not a dinosaur,
but it’s something!
We camp the night on a block provided again
by the Council, for self contained vehicles. Long showers in the bus are out of
the question, but the children do need a good scrub. I take them to a public
shower on the other side of town. The water is not heated, but the weather has
been so nice that it’s not really cold either.
After they all finish scrubbing I
get them to wear their new Richmond T-shirts. We like it here. However we did
not know that Richmond was about to become a sad part of our trip and forever
personal to us.
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