Virtual Jurassic Dinosaurs in the ACT

Science Week is the time of the year when you can reflect on all the great things science has done for us. What was life like before we had our touch-screen phones to play us music, order us pizzas and get our Facebooking done. Now, those phones are bringing the dinosaurs back. At special locations around the Territory throughout Science Week, you can have your snapshot with a Stegasaurus, your portrait with a Parasaurolophus.

Be photographed with one or more Jurassic dinosaurs at a range of venues in the ACT. You will need a smartphone (and see our instructions to make it work). Once you have done this, find one of the orange spots located around Canberra (see the co-ordinates below), hold your phone up in camera mode and a dino should appear. Use your photos to enter a national competition!

Where to hunt for your virtual dinosaur

Paste the coordinates listed into Google Maps for exact locations.

Tyrannosaurus

One of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever.
4.6 to 6m tall, 12m long. Carnivore
Where to find them:

Canberra Times fountain outside Canberra Centre
(-35.2807169576,149.1324307963)
Parliament House
(-35.3069807146,149.1256149656)

Parasaurolophus

Name means “like crested lizard”. 2.8m tall at hips, 12m long. Herbivore.
Where to find them:

Near the Tent Embassy on King George Tce, Parkes
(-35.3016750000,149.1307220000)
University of Canberra, outside Refectory
(-35.2386546553,149.0839922073)

Pteranodon

Flying reptile that ate mostly fish. Wingspan of 3.8 to 5.6m. Carnivore
Where to find them:

Civic Square, between CMAG and ACT Legislative Assembly
(-35.2812066923,149.1309118479)
Old Parliament House, front steps
(-35.3019527909,149.1299364008)

Triceratops

Name means “three horned face”. 2m tall at hips, 9m long. Herbivore
Where to find them:

University of Canberra, grassy area in front of Building 6
(-35.2372250661,149.0839040258)

Stegosaurus

Brain the size of a walnut. 2.75m tall at hips, 8-9m long. Herbivore
Where to find them:

Outside the Uni Bar, University Ave on the ANU campus
(-35.2772829995,149.1209805632)
Geoscience Australia visitors car park, Cnr Hindmarsh & Jerrabomberra, Symonston
(-35.3428162172,149.1583465595)

Diatryma

Large flightless bird. 2.25m tall. Carnivore
Where to find them:

Questacon, walkway off Enid Lyons St.
(-35.2976360000,149.1321090000)

Troodon

Troodon means wounding tooth. 1m tall at hips 2-3.5m long. Carnivore
Where to find them:

The Carousel, Canberra City
(-35.2794991568,149.1321858909)
Questacon, small car park on the National Library side
(-35.2979074297,149.1311753214)

Chungkingosaurus

A type of stegasaurid. 3-4m long. Herbivore
Where to find them:

National Portrait Gallery, front of building on King Edward Tce.
(-35.3004227976,149.1339616220)

Ceratosaurus

May have hunted Stegosaurus. 0.5m tall, 6-8m long. Carnivore
Where to find them:

The chessboard in Garema Place, City
(-35.2785718533,149.1316950466)

Doedicurus

Mammal with a spiked club-like tail. 1m high, 4m long. Herbivore
Where to find them:

Outside The Street Theatre, City West.
(-35.2788210000,149.1237230000)
National Portrait Gallery, front entrance
(-35.3001362686,149.1347403264)

iiNet's National Photo competition - Calling all photographasauruses...

Simply share your Jurassic Science Week photos with iiNet by 21 August 2011 and you could win a years' worth of iiNet broadband. Find out more about how to enter from iiNet by visiting http://nationalscienceweek.iinet.net.au/competition.