'What we did in the 80s': This family built its own dinosaur theme park

When Tim Myers put out a call on social media asking for photos of regional Victoria's World of Dinosaurs theme park, he was swamped.A volcano of nostalgia erupted over a carefree time in the 1980s and 90s when a weekend picnic looking at large motionless dinosaurs was a big day out.

"After many rejections from banks for finance, [they] began the journey of establishing this dinosaur theme park," Tim Myers said, of his grandparents.Despite his wife being "a bit worried", Bill Myers started building large-scale fibreglass dinosaurs, piece by piece, in his garage. A photo supplied to Tim Myers after his social media call-out for photos and information about the World of Dinosaurs theme park in Creswick.

David Plunkett said he was sad the park had closed and believed it would still be popular today if it had remained open."When things like Jurassic Park came out and people found out what a real T-rex head looked like, it was quite different," he said.The park received more than 30,000 visitors annually in the 1990s, Mr Plunkett said."It was a job that required seven days a week, from early mornings to late nights," Mr Plunkett said.

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