Michael Durrant is the founder of the “World of Fossils” museums – a series of prehistory exhibitions that are now popping up all over Australia. His Peak Hill exhibition has been installed at the Peak Hill Caravan Park and was officially opened on the 6th October 2009 by the local MP Dawn Fardell.

Michael: “The thought of creating an ancient museum at Peak Hill seems so appropriate – the extraordinary “Open Cut Mine” just a few metres away attracts a lot of people with either geological or natural history interest – it just made perfect sense. The rock layers that host the mine are over 350 million years old, and this museum looks at life from before and after that time”. “What also excites me is that we have added a palaeontology component to what we call “Science Alley” on the Newell Highway. “The Dish” is just 30 minutes south at Parkes and the ‘Western Plains Zoo” is just up the road at Dubbo”.    

There is something for everyone who has a interest in prehistoric wildlife – from the earliest jellyfish, to even the scull of a ‘tiny’ ancestor of T.Rex.The gigantic ‘star’ of this collection is the largest fossil fish on display anywhere in Australia.  It is called Xiphactinus, and lived during the time of the dinosaurs. ‘The Big Fish Fossil Hut’ specimen is about 4.5 metres long.  Every fishing fanatic travelling the Newell Highway will no doubt want to see it close up.

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