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 our wonderful wildlife. There is also a Megafauna Discovery Walk, where visitors can experience and learn about extinct creatures from Earth’s past.
As you can see from the images below, the dinosaur mini-golf course provides lots of photo opportunities!
Capricorn Dinosaur Park & Mini-Golf links
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 |
| Target audience: | Tourists, families and kids of any age! |
| Location: | Capricorn Dinosaur Park, 9 Stones Road, Woodbury, QLD 4703 (see map) |
| Date completed: | 2021-22 |
| Related products: | Dinosaurs, Megafauna, Prehistoric Fossils & Bones, Fossil Digs |
| Related catalogues: | All Things Prehistoric, Megafauna, Mini-Golf Theming, Fossil Digs |
| Similar projects: | Prehistoric Glow Mini-Golf, Big 4 Traralgon Mini-Golf, Undersea Putt & Play |
Create your own mini-golf course or tourist attraction
It can be relatively simple to set up a successful mini-golf course. Natureworks has designed quite a few putt-putt courses over the last 40 years and can design your mini-golf course or simply provide sculptures and themed props to help you create a unique experience. Most of our animal sculptures and props can be adapted to suit mini-golf, for example by adding holes.
If you have a grand vision (like the managers of Cooberrie Park did), you can create something truly unique that becomes a world-class tourist attraction. Natureworks is happy to provide input to funding proposals and advise on cost, feasibility or design to help your project get off the ground.
Contact us to discover how we can help you create a custom mini-golf course, themed display or tourist attraction that provides a unique visitor experience.
