BASS COAST DINOSAURS TRAIL MASTERPLAN - Hassell
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
BASS COAST
DINOSAURS TRAIL
MASTERPLAN
Hassell ©
Hassell Contact
61 Little Collins Street Adam Gardner Mark Haycox
Melbourne Landscape Architect Principal
3000 agardner@hassellstudio.com mhaycox@hassellstudio.com
hassellstudio.com +61 3 8102 3084 +61 3 8102 3133
@hassell_studio
Document Control
Rev Date Approved By Description
01 11.05.2021 BB For discussion
02 08.06.2021 MH/BB For information
03 02.07.2021 BB For information
04 30.07.2021 BB For information
05 13.09.2021 MH For approval
2 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Precinct Overview
3. San Remo
4. Kilcunda
5. Wonthaggi
6. Eagles Nest
7. The Caves
8. Inverloch
9. Appendix
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 3
Masterplan, September 2021
We recognise that this project area is situated on the traditional lands of the Bunurong; members of the Kulin Nation who have lived here for thousands of years. We pay our respects and acknowledge Bunurong ancestors, Bunurong elders and the Bunurong community. We offer our respect to their elders past and present and through them, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation has been engaged with the master planning process for the Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail, and we acknowledge that this commitment is fundamental. Through this project, we aim to continue nurturing this relationship, and find adequate opportunities to transmit and safeguard Bunurong cultural heritage and cultural values.
INTRODUCTION
Approximately 125 million years ago,
the Bass Coast was a landscape
occupied by a unique and diverse range
of polar dinosaurs and prehistoric
fauna.
During this period Australia was still
firmly attached to Antarctica and this
area would have looked very different
to what it looks like today; instead
of cliffs and sea, there was a wide
geological rift valley with mountain
ranges to the north and south. Over
time rift gradually widened and filled
with sand, mud and gravel sediment
deposited by ancient rivers and lakes
and it is in these deposits that the
fossils of Australian dinosaurs have
been found.
This document is the first step towards
creating a Masterplan that celebrates
and educates users about the
uniqueness of polar dinosaur fossils,
their history and the prehistoric fauna
found in the region.
Bore Beach, San Remo. Image: Hassell
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 7
Masterplan, September 2021
VISION
What? Amplify the Bass Coast region’s pre-historic past and to elevate it as a
unique and exciting tourism destination.
How? An experience of dinosaur discovery, learning and creativity. A journey
that links together history, community, culture and environment.
8 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021
SETTING THE SCENE
In the Early Cretaceous period,
approximately 125 million years ago,
AUSTRALIA TODAY
Australia lay alongside Antarctica and
was known as Gondwana, which also
included South America, India and
Africa. During this time what is now
known as the state of Victoria, lay well
inside the Antarctic Circle.
The southern supercontinent hosted an
assemblage of animals and plants that
lived under climate conditions having
no modern analogue. The average
temperature appears to have ranged
from frigid to low temperate. Through
the long winter, the sun did not shine
for weeks or months at a time.
The continents began to break up more
than 100 million years ago, when a GONDWANA 125
rift valley formed between what would MILLION YEARS AGO
become Australia and Antarctica.
Stream channels in the valley
accumulated bones gathered by
floodwaters that periodically swept
these broad plains. The bones, together
with muds, gravels, sand and silt,
produced the fossil-bearing formations
of the Bass Coast.
S
AR
YE
N
Source:
IO
Vickers-Rich, P. and Rich, T., 2014. Dinosaurs
L
IL
of Polar Australia. Scientific American, pp.46-53 M
5
Vickers-Rich, P. and Rich, T., 2020. Dinosaurs 12
of Darkness: In Search of the Lost Polar World.
Indiana University Press
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 9
Masterplan, September 2021
PURPOSE
The Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail (BCDT) Culture
will reinforce the Bass Coast region as The trail will draw together existing
a year-round tourism destination and scientific, historical, cultural and
provide a unique attraction that draws educational tourism experiences into
upon the region's heritage. The project one cohesive offer that can become
will provide a platform that improves an integral part of the communities
the infrastructure for better amenity, who live, work and visit the area.
accessibility and encourages sustained It will present engaging heritage
cultural tourism - continuing to unlock interpretation, reveal stories and
the potential of the coast and to open establish new places for education,
up visitation and tourism activity across cultural expression and social gathering.
the whole year.
In future development stages, the Bass
The BCDT is positioned to leverage Coast Dinosaurs Trail will continue to
from and support other strategic engage with Traditional Owners and
investments in planning underway in seek opportunities for interpretation
the region including the Yallock-Bulluk and management of Aboriginal Cultural
Marine and Coastal Park. These and Heritage.
other initiatives comprise a portfolio
of projects that diversify the visitor
experience and upgrade the amenity Environment
and services to support that offer. The project will protect, enhance and
promote responsible use of the coastal
environment, providing opportunity to
Economy educate visitors on the significance and
The region's local economy and small diversity of the natural environment.
businesses are supported by the
visitor economy and an investment
Through careful consideration, the trail
in the Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail will
will protect the environmental values of
contribute to continued economic
the Bass Coast region whilst catering
growth.
for the increased visitation demand
and changing visitor uses. The project
Tourism is in the top three sectors for provides Council with an opportunity to
economic output and local jobs in Bass further collaborate with Parks Victoria,
Coast. Local jobs will be sustained and DELWP and Traditional Owners/
created through additional investment. custodians of the land to ensure its
conservation and sustainable use.
Further economic modelling will
determine the direct jobs generated
by the investment in establishing
the trail, including the positive spin-
offs, the flow-on industrial effects in
terms of local purchases of goods and
services, consumption effects and the
employment multiplier. Rockpools, The Caves Beach. Image: Hassell
10 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021
MASTERPLAN ROADMAP
The purpose of this document is to
outline the scope and project delivery
APRIL JUNE SEPTEMBER SUBJECT TO
requirements of the Dinosaurs Trail. It 2021 2021 2021 FUTURE FUNDING
will serve as a strategic roadmap and
provide a framework that will curate the
delivery of the experiences over time by
different groups.
The Masterplan will document the CREATIVE RESPONSES
overall vision, design framework, site FOR SIX SITES
planning, design narrative for each
location and supporting strategies for
the trail. This includes; scope, creative
design responses, the location of
artworks, way finding, interpretation
and curatorial framework for each of
the six identified project sites. It will
identify the associated infrastructure,
maintenance, transport and movement
required to deliver the works.
Funding
The Masterplan will serve as an
advocacy document for building
sustainable regional tourism and
assist with future State and Federal Preliminary Site Analysis Draft Design Concepts For Incorporate Council + Procurement + Installation of
governments funding opportunities. Report Each Site Stakeholder Feedback Artworks at Each Site
Future stages will actively seek an
initial allocation from State and Federal Council + Stakeholder Council + Stakeholder Application for all Permits +
sources to complete the future phases Consultation Consultation Permissions
of the project.
Community Consultation Council, Stakeholder +
Community Consultation
Cost Plan + Visitor Economy
Development Masterplan Final Review +
Update
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 11
Masterplan, September 2021
CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES
THE TRAIL IS COMPRISED OF
FOUR KEY CREATIVE ELEMENTS
As identified in the Bass Coast – Signage
Dinosaurs Trail Creative Opportunities WAYFINDING + –
–
Artwork
Education
Brief, each site will provide opportunity
INTERPRTATION
– Storytelling – Dino Digs
to create unique and engaging works – Discovery – School events
of resonance and explore science,
landscape, imagination and culture.
EVENTS – Community
events
– Retail
connections
Creative elements are encouraged to
explore various levels of engagement,
experience and learning for the
Extensive interpretive way finding
communities who live, work and visit reflecting and expressing the science, local
the area. significant stories and values of Traditional A ‘dig’ festival steered by
Owners. Opportunity for integration with community and held every two
Tell people and they may forget, the proposed Yallock Bulluk infrastructure years as a community celebration
and access plan. of music and art.
Show them and they may remember
Involve them and they will understand
BASS COAST
DINOSAURS TRAIL
Artist's Brief
The Masterplan will provide strong Provision of a supporting
digital platform to explore
guidance to specific location(s),
more stories with links to
narratives, themes and curatorial research and learning.
drivers for each work. It is the role Artwork and installations
of the artist to provide creative to explore, science,
propositions that respond to this landscape, imagination
brief for further development. With and culture through a
a curatorial framework, artists are variety of approaches.
encouraged to move beyond literal
depictions and works should explore – Mobile Apps
the depth of knowledge, science,
landscape, imagination and culture.
DIGITAL – Augmented
Reality
PLATFORMS – Virtual Exp.
– Light and
Projection
Each site is unique and works should
reflect the significance and diversity
of their location and its history. It is ART –
–
Sculpture
Nature Play
PROJECTS
– Soundscapes
recommended that artists understand – Kinetic Work
and engage with the scientific practices – Temporary
they are trying to communicate.
Ongoing engagement with the scientific
community is integral to the success of
the trail experience to ensure accuracy
and correctness throughout all creative
responses.
12 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021HERO DINOSAURS
'Ankylosaurus' Large Therapod 'Koolasuchus'
Site: Inverloch Site: Eagles Nest Site: San Remo
Type: Ankylosaur Type: Carnosaur Type: Amphibia
Size: 3.0m (L) 1.0m(H) Size: 6.0m (L) 2.0m(H) Size: 4.5m (L) x 1.0m (H)
Weight: 1,500kg Weight: 350kg Weight: 500kg
Diet: Herbivore Diet: Carnivore Diet: Carnivore
Ankylosaurs were heavy-bodied, quadrupedal herbivores. They A top predator during the Early Cretaceous period, this speedy Koolasuchus cleelandi was a large amphibian with ornamented
were armoured for protection against predators which included dinosaur had huge claws on its hands and slender-toed feet, bones and teeth that was first discovered by Mike Cleeland and
belly armour and scutes, spikes and dermal ossicles over the neck and has been described as the cheetah of Cretaceous Australia. prepared by Lesley Kool near San Remo in 1990. The Koolasuchus
and trunk. It did not have a clubbed tail and, unlike almost all Whilst better known from Queensland, one of its claws was found lived in the same polar region as the dinosaurs, 125 million years
other Ankylosaurs, had no dermal armour on the skull. It is likely near Cape Otway indicating that the natural range of this genus ago and is one of the last temnospondyl species to survive up into
that Anklosaurus ate the cones of podocarps as well as ferns and once included Victoria. Compared to other Australian carnivorous the Cretaceous period. At 3 meters long, it may have preyed on
other soft-leaved plants. dinosaurs, we have the most complete fossil record for this some of the smaller ornthithopod dinosaurs as well as large fish
species. from its cool aquatic environment
'Qantassaurus' 'Serendipaceratops'
Site: The Caves Site: Kilcunda
Type: Ornithopod Type: Ceratopsian
Size: 1.8m (L) x 1.0m (H) Size: 2.0m (L) 1.0m(H)
Weight: 45kg Weight: 350kg
Diet: Herbivore Diet: Herbivore
Qantassaurus interpidus was a small herbivorous dinosaur, Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei was discovered by
about the size of a kangaroo – discovered by Nicole Everard in Mike Cleeland at the Arch, near Kilcunda, in the Strzelecki
1994 at the Dinosaur Dreaming site at Inverloch, Victoria. Named formation, Victoria in 1993. It is the first representative of the
after the Australian airline Qantas, in recognition of the role the ceratopsians to be found in Australia. The only known bone of
airline played in helping to transport the Great Russian Dinosaurs Serendipaceratops is an ulna (forearm bone) and it is widely
exhibition around Australia in 1993. Qantassaurus had to cope agreed that it is a primitive species of horned/frilled dinosaur like
with the long periods of Antarctic winter darkness and have Protoceratops.
survived temperatures well below 0 degrees Celsius.
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 13
Masterplan, September 2021SITE LOCATIONS
DINOSAURS TRAIL
“The Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail peels
back the layers of earth, life and time
over millions of years and re-imagines
them in a contemporary setting.”
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Creative Opportunities,
Bass Coast Shire Council, 2020
The trail is a creative, interactive and
sensory experience consisting of
six sites located from San Remo to
Inverloch.
SAN KILCUNDA WONTHAGGI EAGLES THE INVERLOCH
Individually each site is unique and REMO NEST CAVES
present as standalone destinations.
Although when combined, all six
sites present a connected journey of
dinosaur experiences and learning.
Stitched together by an overarching
narrative of discovery and exploration.
DINOSAURS
The planning of each site has been
approached to enable each site to play
COMMUNITY
to its strengths and to provide different
but complementary experiences of
the overall narrative. The experience
of one site differs to another but
CULTURE
when combined the overall collective
experience is amplified.
VEGETATION
COAL
16 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021SAN REMO
KILCUNDA
Lions Park, San Remo
Kilcunda Beach Foreshore
WONTHAGGI
LOCATION
Site to be determined
The Bass Coast is one of Victoria’s
most iconic tourism destinations, INVERLOCH
renowned for its unique combination
of rugged, beautiful coastline and
picturesque rural hinterland. Located
just over an hour’s drive south-east
of Melbourne, the area is connected
THE CAVES
Rainbow Park, Inverloch
via the South Gippsland Freeway and
Bass Highway.
The six sites identified for investigation EAGLES NEST
are San Remo, Kilcunda, Wonthaggi,
Eagles Nest, The Caves and Inverloch.
These locations reflect the breadth
The Caves
of the study area and strategically
include multiple townships, whilst
Eagles Nest
individually each site presents its own
distinct qualities and characteristics.KEY CULTURAL INTERESTS
The trail draws upon a nationally
significant body of work and creates
a dynamic and creative approach to
expressing the environmental and DINOSAUR SIGNIFICANCE
cultural layers of the region. The project Locations of significant
will support local needs and drive the dinosaur discovery and
arts and sustainable cultural tourism in palaeontological importance.
the region, aligning with the Bass Coast Sites that are connected to COMMUNITY CONNECTION
Shire Council Arts and Culture Strategy the exploration and discovery Sites that are located in
2019-29. of polar dinosaur fossils, close proximity to existing
prehistoric fauna found in townships and communities.
The key cultural interests of the project the region, sites of scientific Highlighting locations within
are: importance and ongoing dig the tourism experience
– Dinosaur Significance locations. where visitors can interact
– Community Connection with local business and
– Cultural Heritage accommodation offerings in
– Environmental Value the region.
– Coal Formation
The relative positioning of these key
interests are aligned to the six sites.
The positioning of each experience to
each site is summarised in the site plan COAL FORMATION
on the adjacent page.
Locations significant to the
formation of coal. Deposited by
rivers and lakes over 125 million
years ago, Early Cretaceous
sediments accumulated into
CULTURAL IMPORTANCE
swamp material would later be Places of key Aboriginal
compacted over time to form significance and connection
the coal seams located in these to country. The BCDT is
areas. engaging with Bunurong
Land Council Aboriginal
Corporation to ensure that
known locations are protected
and the stories and cultural
values are complimented by
ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE paleontological information
and historical dig references.
Areas of environmental
importance, significant coastline
and geological foundations. The
BCDT will promote responsible
use of the coastal environment
and highlight the significance
and diversity of the natural
environment.
18 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021SAN REMO
KILCUNDA
WONTHAGGI
LEGEND INVERLOCH
THE CAVES
EAGLES NESTREGIONAL VISITOR EXPERIENCE
The Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail These industries that have been
will compliment existing tourist particularly devastated by COVID-19 in
destinations, infrastructure, regional Victoria. The Dinosaurs Trail
environmental and cultural assets to provides an opportunity for COVID-19
extend the offer and assist in attracting recovery and activate year round
visitors to the region. visitation, that inputs geo-heritage
tourism experience within the arts and
New tourism activity, particularly in culture economy.
shoulder and off peak periods would
assist the region in achieving stable There is opportunity for existing groups
and continued economic growth. Giving such as the Dinosaur Dreaming
Bass Coast the opportunity to continue project to leverage the uplift in visitor
to capitalise on the long-term trajectory experience, generating additional
of tourism. Visitors that come to awareness and funding that supports
experience the Dinosaurs Trail are likely the ongoing research program.
to expand their activities into townships
and surrounding tourism offer. Museum and Cultural Centre
The Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail
Economic Impact presents an opportunity for the
As part of the final Masterplan a formal development of a Museum/Cultural
economic impact assessment will be Centre in Inverloch, a space that
completed to assess the economic incorporates the overarching themes
opportunities that come with from and narrative of the Dinosaurs Trail
investment into the Dinosaurs Trail and also enable a space for ongoing
experience. education and research and ensure
the sustainability of the Bass Coast
Overall, the development of the Dinosaurs Trail.
Dinosaurs Trail in Bass Coast can,
amongst others: The museum concept development
– Enhance the visitor experience; would be considered with the local
– Increase visitation across the year; community and special interest
– Increase private investment; community groups to deliver a
– Increase regional economic activity; multifaceted facility. It presents
– Raise the brand profile of the region; further opportunities for community
– Protect and conserve the area’s participation, as well as science and
natural and cultural heritage values; cultural intercourse. A Museum/
and Cultural Centre would explore
– Increase, develop and maximise the connections among scientific
regional tourism/commercial knowledge and culture linked with
partnerships. stories.
Economic modelling indicates the It is a chance to extend the Dinosaurs
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail will be a Trail experience, bring together
significant job creator for the broader complementary experiences and
Gippsland region generating hundreds become a key tourism driver.
of direct and indirect year-round
employment. Refer to appendix A for
further information.
20 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021SAN REMO
KILCUNDA
WONTHAGGI
LEGEND INVERLOCH
THE CAVES
EAGLES NESTACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Melbourne is connected to the Bass Wayfinding and interpretation Future Shuttle Bus
Coast region by the South Gippsland The creative art installations will be
Hwy and Bass Hwy. All sites can be The BCDT presents an opportunity
complimented by extensive interpretive for an electric tourist bus shuttle that
accessed and serviced by a variety of wayfinding that compliments the
major and secondary roads networks natural landscape and reflects the circulates between each proposed site
and car parks, under the management culture and connection to country location.
of various authorities. of the Bunurong Traditional Owners.
Wayfinding signage will guide people
through the sites and townships along Providing access to these sites via
Vehicular access and car parking are
facilities managed by either Parks the Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail. shuttle bus will help reduce congestion
Victoria or the Bass Coast Shire. on local roads, Bunurong Coastal Drive
Consideration of visitor experience It will feature practical information that and the associated car parks. Similarly,
via car is essential and some sites provides visitors with relevant mapping, it will allow visitors from Melbourne to
may need carparking infrastructure accessibility levels and proximity to visit the sites without relying on a car,
upgrades as a result of increased towns and amenities. While signage is connecting at key community locations
visitation and tourism. Safe access to an obvious wayfinding device, planting
the site locations, ability to navigate such as San Remo, Wonthaggi or
palettes, material selection, sound or Inverloch.
and meet are all essential accesiblity text based storytelling and embedded
considerations for each site and its elements within the surrounding
associated car parking. landscape can also provide direction The shuttle bus has the ability to be
and orientation.
connected to the proposed museum
Existing carparks at the site locations and cultural centre at Inverloch, and
are to be reviewed to ensure they can Wayfinding signage would be a vehicle
accommodate higher visitation and a provide further information and history
to embed stories and information on the polar dinosaurs as visitors travel
potential electric shuttle bus drop off/ across the region. The Bunurong
pick up. There is further opportunity stories, cultural values and connection between each location. This concept
to include electric charging spots be to country would be complimented adds an additional layer to the trail
implemented at key sites where site by paleontological information and experience and forms an essential part
carparks are to be reconfigured. historical dig references. of the regional tourism offering.
Public transport Given their proximity, the Dinosaurs
San Remo, Kilcunda, Wonthaggi Trail experience provides significant
and Inverloch are all connected to opportunity for wayfinding and
Melbourne via the V-Line coach interpretation elements to be integrated
network. Local public transport services with the proposed Yallock-Bulluk
further improves on the access options. Marine and Coastal Park Access and
Existing and future upgrades to walking Infrastructure Plan.
and cycling infrastructure helps to
support and encourage active modes of
transport between site locations.
22 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 202110 MINUT IVE
E DR
SAN REMO
KILCUNDA
14 MINU
TE DRIVE
WONTHAGGI
12 MINUTE
DRIVE
12
M
INU TE DRIVE
INVERLOCH
LEGEND
THE CAVES
EAGLES NESTSITE LOCATIONS
Image: HassellINVERLOCH
SCIENCE, ART AND IMAGINATION...
SCIENCE
ENGAGING USERS IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING, IDENTIFYING
EXCAVATING, PREPARING, AND RECONSTRUCTING FOSSILS
Story Key Themes
The process of finding, excavating, Educating users in scientific
preparing, identifying, naming enquiry and palaeontology -
reconstructing fossils is fascinating and exploring the art and excitement
often capture people’s imagination. of fossil discovery types and
sites. Connecting users to
the Bunurong Environment
ART
What we know about these polar
dinosaurs is largely a result of 40 years Centre, its dinosaur display and
of research into the fossils carefully and associated Dinosaur Dig Tours.
painstakingly extracted and conserved
from along the coast, many isolated
bones and teeth.
Real life dinosaur detectives;
palaeontologists, geologists, and
geochemists all piece together clues
to build a picture of the dinosaurs and
the environments in which they lived.
This story of investigation, recovery and
conservation extends to the historic
Amazon shipwreck buried on the beach
nearby.
IMAGINATION
28 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021THE
ESP
LAN
DE
1
Wyeth-McNamara Park Site Considerations
D
BLV
This site is all about immersing visitors 1. Relationship and proximity to
in scientific enquiry and discovery. Bunurong Environment Centre and
EY
Highly sensory and participatory, carpark
MS
the installations invite visitors to 2
RA
investigate, inquire, experiment, 2. Existing Wyeth-McNamara Park
uncover, ponder, wonder and imagine. shelter, BBQ and seating facilities
Visitors become the prospector, 3. Ramsey Boulevard parking
palaeontologist, preparator or 3
paleoartist. 4. Wyeth-McNamara Park playground
Future upgrades proposed 2022-23
WYETH- 4 6
7
Future plans to upgrade and redevelop 5. Existing gym station and exercise
MCNAMARA PARK 5
Wyeth-McNamara Park provide the equipment
canvas to include a dinosaur narrative 6. The Glade shelter, BBQ and picnic
through play, sculpture and user facilities
engagement. The park’s proximity to
the Bunurong Environment Centre 7. Open lawn of the glade to be
provides an opportunity to engage retained. Location of Inverloch
schools and connect with public events. Community Farmers Market
8. Existing boardwalk access to
The site also provides opportunity Inverloch Beach
for a Museum/ Cultural Centre to be
developed in Inverloch, a space for
community participation, as well as
ongoing education and research and
ensure the sustainability of the Bass
Coast Dinosaurs Trail.
Inverloch is an ideal place to explore
the science that underpins the entire
dinosaurs trail. The form of the hero
dinosaur could reflect the idea that
what we know about polar dinosaurs is
a result of years of study, painstakingly
pieced together.
0 25 50m
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 29
Masterplan, September 2021INVERLOCH
SCIENCE, ART AND IMAGINATION...
ENGAGING USERS IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING, IDENTIFYING
EXCAVATING, PREPARING, AND RECONSTRUCTING FOSSILS
How it could look Precedents
1. Wyeth-McNamara Park playground 1. Fossil Hunters nature playground,
uses scientific enquiry as a Naracoorte Caves National Park
launching pad for play, where 2. Centenary Lakes nature playground,
children are invited to ponder, Carins by Landplan
experiment and make their own
discoveries. Sculptural elements and 3. Stegosaurus rock climbing wall,
hidden fossils await discovery as Megasaurus Playground by Urban
families explore and investigate their Edge Landscape Architects
way through this adventure-fuelled
play space.
2. Sculptural and artististic
installations to be integrated with
nature based play and the proposed
upgrade of Wyeth-McNamara Park
playground. Artistic interpretation
of dinosaur features and elements
provides opportunity for climbing,
swinging, sliding and engagement
with the surrounding landscape.
Image: Claire Lock 1.
3. Footprints of Galleonasaurs act as
wayfinding and navigation tools to
direct people from the township into
the play space. Different species of
dinosaur and their footprints lead
to different elements of nature play
within the space and encourage
children to explore and discover. The
re-imagined playground compliments
the development of a future polar
dinosaur ‘hub’ with fossil displays,
interactive exhibits and on-display
preparation lab, proposed nearby.
Image: Andrew Watson 2. Image: Urban Edge Landscape Architects 3.
30 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021TRE NG
RE
CEN URO
ENT
ENT UN
NC
NM O B
TOW
IRO N T
TO
ENV ECTIO
ESS
NN
ACC
CO
FUT
D
U
VAR
CU RE M
LTU US
RAL EUM
ULE
CEN AN
Key Moves Legend TRE D
BO
– Play space to provide a variety Playground extent
of nature play experience and
SEY
challenges for a variety of different Junior play; located close to E
age groups. EN SPAC
existing facilities E OP
RAM
– Situated between and under existing O GLAD
trees, canopy cover and open Senior play LIN
KT CCESS T
O CA A
air will provide a diversity of play RPARK
experiences. Intermediate play
– Provide clear visual and pedestrian
connection between play space and Intermediate play; with connection
Bunurong Environment Centre. to Environment Centre
– Access to existing carpark, shelter Sculptural and intergrated dinosaur INVERLOCH COASTAL
CO
themed play elements RESERVE
NN
and open lawn to be retained and
ECT
enhanced.
ION
Physical site locator/wayfinding
– Navigation and wayfinding elements
TO
to be incorporated into the space, Future museum and cultural
BEACH
highlighting dinosaur trail elements centre
and enhance connections through to 0 12.5 25m
town centre Major pedestrian connection
Secondary pedestrian connection
Existing vegetation
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 31
Masterplan, September 2021THE CAVES
PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE...
A CELEBRATION OF THE TIRELESS WORK AND THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE INCREDIBLE DISCOVERIES OF POLAR DINOSAUR
PASSION
FOSSILS
Story Key Cultural Interests
We wouldn’t know anything about the Celebrating the tireless effort
polar dinosaurs if it wasn’t for the and continually work of the
people who continue to discover them. volunteers and community
involved with dinosaur
From William Ferguson’s discovery discoveries along the Bass
of Australia’s first dinosaur fossil in Coast. Providing stories and
1903, to the tireless work of the ‘700’ insights into their passion,
volunteers of the Dinosaur Dreaming perseverance and experiences.
project today and those that support
them, the people behind the incredible
discoveries will be revealed. Dramatic coastal views,
geological rock formations
The challenging nature of the work and intertidal Cretaceous rock
at this site makes their valuable platforms all contribute to this
discoveries even more remarkable. site's character and should be
Thousands of hours of hard, rock- expressed.
breaking work go into the discovery of
a fossil. Personal stories, told by the
Dinosaur Dreamers themselves, will
provide heartfelt, individual insights
into discovering dinosaurs and how the
thrill of these discoveries fuels their
passion and perseverance.
“The rock is hard, and the yield is low.”
Thomas Rich"
PERSEVERANCE
34 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 20211 3
Site Personality Site Considerations
The site is located within the Yallock- 1. Potential intersection to upgrades
RD
Bulluck Marine and Costal Park (a improve safety and traffic flow into
marine protected area) and is to be carpark
H
OC
treated sensitively and protected. The
ERL
creative response should be small- 2. Existing carpark. Recommended
NV
scale, compelling and have a light upgrade and redesign
N-I
touch on the ground. Where possible,
SO
3. Discovery 'hot spot'; fossils,
ER
landscape enhancements and digital footprints, petrified wood, coal 2
PAT
elements along the existing beach seams and natural rock formations
access pathway provide opportunity for all in this location
PE
users to engage with the stories of the 6
CA
Dinosaur Dreamers, past, present and
future.
4. Existing polar dinosaur history,
palaeontology discovery and STAIRS AND 4
narrative signage (outdated).
Opportunity for digital replacements BEACH ACCESS
Access to the site is via a small
carpark, a steep staircase, descends 5. Stair access down to beach and rock
onto a rock platform which is largely shelf. Sculptural elements along
covered by water at high tide. Rather path edges would provide acitvation 5
than be a hinderance to the trail, these and engagement
limitations provide an ideal backdrop
to appreciate the challenging work 6. Beach access to rock pools and
undertaken at the site. The planning dinosaur dig site
restrictions limit installation opportunity 7. Beach access to The Caves
with a focus on updating signage,
suggesting something more personal in
scale and nature.
7
0 25 50m
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 35
Masterplan, September 2021THE CAVES
PASSION AND PERSEVERANCE...
A CELEBRATION OF THE TIRELESS WORK AND THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THE INCREDIBLE DISCOVERIES OF POLAR DINOSAUR
FOSSILS
How it could look Precedents
1. Sculptural elements and forms 1. Dinosaur Coast Track Guide mobile
provide sense of arrival from the application, Broome
site's existing carpark, accompanied 2. Dinosaur Dreaming fossil dig at Flat
by digital platforms that provide an Rocks, Inverloch
explanation to dinosaur experience
at The Caves. Installations of 3. Theropod footprint, Dinosaur Coast,
different size and forms are located Broome
at the critical node and viewpoint of 4. Stone etched QR code, Source
the path as users descend down the Unknown
stairs. Each element invites closer
exploration, encouraging users to
stop and engage with the stories of
the volunteers and the surrounding
environment.
2. Digital platforms and QR codes bring
an installation to life, revealing the
story of the rock-breaking work that
happens along the rock platform
below, the challenging conditions in Image: Dinosaur Coast Management Group 1.
which the discovers are made, and
the dedicated people and partners
that make it all possible. Visitors can
‘meet’ some of these people and
hear about the personal experiences
at the site.
3. The virtual treasure hunt; a digital
platform allows visitors to become
a palaeontologist themselves, Image: Andrew Seabourne 3.
encouraging exploration and
searching for hidden treasures
throughout the site. The digital
platform emphasises the sensitive
nature of the site and the use
of 'virtual' objects allows for the
protection of existing fossils
and features hidden within the
landscape. Ensuring that visitors
leave only footprints. Image: Robert Zugaro 2. Image: Unknown 4.
36 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021AD
RO
H
EXISTING
LOC
CARPARK
ER
INV
N-
SO
TER
PA
PE
CA
Key Moves Legend
– Entry experience to pathway to Entry/arrival experience; sculptural
provide sense of arrival and gateway element and digital platform (QR code)
to the digital dinosaur experience; QR Activated path edges provide
codes and Augmented Reality to be information and narrative
embedded in the landscape. Recommend carpark be reconfigured to
– Each apex provides opportunity for incorporate higher use and shuttle bus
sculptural intervention. View lines to Physical sculptural intervention to be
LS
be enhanced and provide different embedded in landscape adjacent path
POO
experiences as users descend down
ND
stair case. Digital discovery element
L
FA
– Augmented reality and digital treasure embedded within the landscape
CKSHE
O
hunt highlights unique features in TO R
Physical site locator/wayfinding CONNECTION
the landscape encouraging visitors TION
to explore and search for hidden AL E XPLORA
Key installation sightline/viewpoint IGIT
treasures throughout the site.
OURNEY OF D
AJ
– Signage and wayfinding to be
interactive and engage users as they Major pedestrian connection
0 12.5 25m
travel down onto the beach.
– Opportunity for totem/signage on Secondary pedestrian connection
Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road to act
as wayfinding device and provide Existing vegetation
physical locator of the site.
– Existing carpark to be reconfigured
to tolerate increased visitation and
possible shuttle bus.
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 37
Masterplan, September 2021EAGLES NEST
FOSSIL FRAGMENTS...
SHOWCASING THE DIVERSE RANGE OF POLAR DINOSAUR
FOSSILS AND REMAINS FROM 125 MILLION YEARS AGO, BURIED
IN LAYERS OF ROCK
FOSSIL
Story Key Cultural Interests
A diverse range of dinosaur fossilised An exhibition of the variety of
remains have been discovered along polar dinosaur fossil discoveries.
the Bass Coast, many being isolated The ‘Cape Paterson Claw’,
bones and teeth. However, these are Australia’s first dinosaur fossil,
only part of the fossil picture. A range of was discovered in 1903 by
other fossilised remains continue to be William Ferguson near the
found including shells, feathers, leaves,
invertebrates, coprolites, burrows and Eagles Nest site. This was the
footprints. first evidence that dinosaurs
once inhabited Australia.
Seeing the remains of life from 125
million years ago buried in rock, in Eagles Nest refers very directly
the very ground on which we stand, to Bunjil, the creator, who
reminds us that Country connects us inhabited this place because
all, regardless of time. of its great vistas along the
coast, both west towards Cape
The Bunurong, the Traditional Woolamai and east towards the
Custodians of the Bass Coast area Wilsons Promontory.
have cared for Country for thousands of
years, the same Country that contains
the diverse fossil remains of the past Viewing the layers of time;
dinosaur life, and supports life today framing dramatic coastal views,
and into the future. geological rock formations
and intertidal Cretaceous rock
FRAGMENTS
platforms
40 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021AD
RO
H
L
OC
VER
N
ON-I
ATERS
P
E
CAP
1
Site Personality Site Considerations
The cultural significance of this site 1. Existing Eagles Nest car parking
suggests the solution should focus on 1 4
embedded elements that provide deep 2. Existing shelter, signage and day
and rich experience of place, time and facilities. Proposed improvements
to universal access, seating and
Country.
signage as part of YBAIP OPEN LAWN 2
3
Proposed exploration of digital 3. Bunurong Marine National Park AND SHELTER
platforms, QR codes and augmented singage and information board
5
or virtual reality design responses can 4. Beach and tidal rock shelf access 7
include stories about the Bunurong via stairs
connection to Country, the very ground
in which Australia’s first dinosaur fossil 5. Key viewlines east to The Caves 6
was found, and allow visitors to explore 6. Key viewlines south to Bass Strait
the myriad of fossils along the coast. 8
7. Open lawn
The cultural significance of this site 8. Bass Coast Whale Discovery Trail
precludes large scale infrastructure signage
propositions. It is an existing tourist
destination, rich with geological value, 9. Eagles Nest lookout. Proposed
existing site facilities and beach improvements viewing platform as
access. Current plans to redevelop part of YBAIP
access and infrastructure as part of the
Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park
Access and Infrastructure Plan are key
factors.
9
0 25 50m
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 41
Masterplan, September 2021EAGLES NEST
FOSSIL FRAGMENTS...
SHOWCASING THE DIVERSE RANGE OF POLAR DINOSAUR
FOSSILS AND REMAINS FROM 125 MILLION YEARS AGO, BURIED
IN LAYERS OF ROCK
How it could look Precedents
1. Visitors are invited to walk across 1. Dinosaur Coast Track Guide
an extensive virtual fossil field, as augmented reality, Broome
they explore, augmented reality 2. Astronomy/Stargazing augmented
enables visitors to find and identify reality mobile application
a diversity of tracks, footprints, bone
fragments, jaws, teeth, leaves and 3. Viewfinder, Sculpture By The Sea
feathers each based on real fossils Bondi 2019 by Joel Adler
found along the coast. Hidden
amongst the virtual fossils is the
Cape Paterson Claw, discovered at
the site in 1903, the question is,
can you find it? Once discovered,
a multitude of digital dinosaur
characters are brought to life
dramatically, exploring the site, and
interacting with visitors.
2. A virtual reality experience illustrates
how the Eagles Nest site may have
looked during the time of the polar Image: Andrew Seabourne 1.
dinosaurs, framing key views east
and west. The dramatic views along
the coastline are contrasted by
depictions of Australia reconnected
to Antarctica. A visual story
illustrates fossil formation process
from is very inception 125 million
years ago, all the way until present
day.
Image: Jack Fusco 2. Image: John McDonald 3.
42 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021AD
RO
H
L
OC
VER
N
ON-I
ERS
BEACH
PAT
E
CAP
ACCESS TO
EXISTING
CARPARK
Key Moves Legend
– Key view lines east and west to be Signage, wayfinding and instructions
LINK
framed through digital platforms. to be located within existing shelter
Opportunity for embedded landscape CAR
TO
Entry/arrival experience; sculptural PARK
elements to act as navigational tools element and digital platform (QR code)
to support these locations and views.
– Existing shelter provides opportunity Existing lawn space to be retained
for signage and wayfinding elements
to be integrated with a ‘light physical Digital and small scale physical
intervention and sightline marker OPEN LAWN TO
touch’. BE RETAINED
– Visual connection from carpark to link Physical site locator/wayfinding
both digital and sculptural elements.
– Opportunity for totem/signage on Key sightline
Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road to act
as wayfinding device and provide
physical locator of the site. Major pedestrian connection
ACC
Secondary pedestrian connection ESS
TO
LOO
Existing vegetation KO
UT
0 25 50m
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 43
Masterplan, September 2021WONTHAGGI
PAST POLAR INSIGHTS...
AN EXHIBITION OF THE LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT THAT
POLAR DINOSAURS INHABITED 125 MILLION YEARS AGO
PAST POLAR
Story Key Cultural Interests
The environment of the polar dinosaurs An exhibition of the landscape in
125 million years ago would have been which polar dinosaurs would've
very different to what is seen along the inhabited, showcasing the
Bass Coast today. uniqueness of megafauna and a
prehistoric environment
Though Australia was located much
further south and closer to the
Southern Pole than it is today, it is Provide a link between the
thought the climate was mild rather Wonthaggi's mining significance
than Antarctic, more like the cool, and the coal deposits that are
temperate areas of Tasmania. There the remains of trees and other
was something special about this vegetation from 125 million
polar environment that enabled some years ago
dinosaurs and large amphibians to
continue to survive, long after they had
become extinct elsewhere in the world. ‘Wonthaggi’, which translates
into ‘Home’ and reference to the
Understanding the environment helps significance of this place as a
scientists understand the dinosaurs ceremonial meeting ground for
themselves. The coal from the area is the Bunurong and neighbouring
fossilised vegetation from the same clans.
time as the dinosaurs. This provides
a link to talk about dinosaur habitat.
Incredibly, if you hold a lump of coal
mined from Wonthaggi, you are
touching what was one a dinosaur’s
home and its food!
INSIGHTS
The polar dinosaurs lived under the
same Southern Lights that can be seen
from the Bass Coast today.
46 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 20211
S DUDLEY RD
Site Personality Site Considerations 3
The site provides opportunity for a 1. Nyora-Wonthaggi Rail Trail
dramatic, large-scale sculptural and
landscape installation that visually 2. Rescue Station Arts Centre provides
demonstrates the link between connection with proposed Yallock 2
coal and dinosaurs. The installation Bulluk infrastructure and existing rail
trail and town centre BA
immerses visitors in the past polar SS
environment, including the plants CO
3. Wonthaggi Wetlands Reserve AS
and animals that lived alongside the 5 TR
AIL
dinosaurs. 4. Temporal wetlands TR
AIL
5. Open grassland (Parks Victoria). 4
The specific site is yet to be confirmed, Proposed cultural stomping ground
location as part of YBAIP
although the chosen site should provide
a connection between mining and the 6. Remains of Number 5 Brace
coal deposits that are the remains of 7. Guide Park site provides intersection 1
trees and other vegetation from 125 between the rail trail, upgraded 6 NUMBER 5 BRACE
million years ago - Wonthaggi’s link to
the Dinosaurs Trail. The site should
playground and Wonthaggi Town
Centre PRECINCT GUIDE PARK 7
provide artistic freedom to create large 8. Connection to YBAIP and access
scale immersive installations in line through to Wonthaggi Bushland
with the site story and site personality Reserve and Wonthaggi Heathland
Guide Park is undergoing significant
redevelopment and presents an MURRAY ST
additional location for consideration,
with opportunity for the Dinosaurs Trail
project to work in with the redeveloped
park precinct.
W AREA RD
8
GRAHAM ST
0 50 100m
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 47
Masterplan, September 2021WONTHAGGI
PAST POLAR INSIGHTS...
AN EXHIBITION OF THE LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT THAT
POLAR DINOSAURS INHABITED 125 MILLION YEARS AGO
How it could look Precedents
1. Gondwana Gardens. Large sculptural 1. Monash Earth Science Garden,
forms and a prehistoric planting Clayton by Rush Wright Associates
palette showcases the uniqueness 2. Fish Lane Town Square, Brisbane by
of vegetation from 125 million years by RPS Group
ago and the landscape in which
polar dinosaurs once inhabited. 3. Australian Garden, Cranbourne by
Dinosaur's can be seen feeding on TCL
plants that would later become the 4. Australian Garden, Cranbourne by
coal. Along the way, fossil material TCL
embedded in sculptural forms
contain cast fossils that reveal what
their environment tells us about the
dinosaurs and, what happened to
them.
2. Interactive sculptural elements and
interpretive installations illustrate
and explain the connection between
the coal formation process and
the remains of trees and other
vegetation from 125 million years
ago. Digital layers help visitors
visualise the lifecycle of plant Image: John Gollings 1.
matter; submerged in swamp
environments, broken down,
pressurised and transform into
coal over millions of years. This
coal could then be mined from the
Wonthaggi site and provide a link to
the township's mining history.
Image: Scott Burrows 2.
Image: John Gollings 2.
3. Image: Ben Wrigley 4.
48 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021Sound and Light Concept Precedents
A sound and light installation illustrates 1. Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside,
some of the creative possibilities for Brisbane
the Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail. 2. Yarra River Projections at White
Night, Melbourne
Sound and light can be developed
3. Electric Desert at Phoenix Botanical
in a partnership with the Bunurong Gardens, USA
Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
and local community to help tell their
stories through art at the Gondwana
garden to be created as part of the
project.
A Sound and Light Show in Wonthaggi
would offer a world class experience
within the Dinosaurs Trail and link
science, Aboriginal culture and history.
The collaborative work would support
the Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail
experience and become a key visitor
experience for the region.
Image: Graham Smith 1.
Image: Craig Walsh 2. Image: Unknown 2.
3.
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 49
Masterplan, September 2021KILCUNDA
FORCES OF NATURE AND TIME...
EXPRESSION OF THE SITE’S NATURAL ELEMENTS, UNIQUE
GEOLOGY AND HOW FOSSILS ARE FORMED THROUGH LAYERING
OVER TIME - EARTH. MOTHER NATURE. COUNTRY.
Story Key Cultural Interests
What can the polar dinosaurs teach us Expression of the site’s natural
FORCES OF
about ourselves and the world we live elements, unique geology and
in today? how fossils are formed through
layering over time - highlighting
Perhaps the biggest lesson they offer is the rugged coastline, unique
contained within the rock that encases environment, exaggerated
their fossilised remains. Earth. Mother topography and dramatic coastal
Nature. Country. The ground beneath views.
us continues to shift as time marches
on largely indiscernible, like the
evolutionary process that led a group “The Arch”is situated between
of dinosaurs to become today’s birds, Anderson and Kilcunda and has
including penguins. a history of revealing interesting
bones; including the holotype of
We are all connected to Country, Serendipaceratops, a theropod
regardless of time. Dinosaurs prompt tooth and an ankylosaur scute.
us to think about our rapidly changing
climate and our role in caring for
Country to ensure a sustainable future.
NATURE
52 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 20212 1
3
4
PLAYGROUND AND 5
BA
SKATEPARK
SS
Site Personality Site Considerations 6
The expansive, elevated views and 1. Bass Coast Rail Trail and connection
HW
exposed nature of the site provide a to YBAIP
Y
perfect setting to prompt visitors to
consider deep time and our role as 2. Connection to Kilcunda Holiday Park
custodians of the Earth. Artworks and 3. Existing toilets
creative installations are to be low
impact and seek responses that outline 4. Existing shelter, BBQ and seating
a message to preserve and care for our 8
5. Existing playground (to be to
natural environment. renewed with township skatepark) 7
6. Kilcunda beach access via stairs
The site offers dramatic views along the
coastline and across to Phillip Island 7. Existing beach carpark
and provide opportunity to harness the 8. Key viewlines to Bass Strait
wind within the creative responses.
Located approximately 2km west of the 9. Kilcunda Beach access via stairs 1
Kilcunda site, ‘The Arch’ is a significant
location for dinosaur fossil discoveries
and access needs to be considered.
KILC
Proposed renewal of visitor amenities,
playground and future skatepark UND 9
provide the canvas for creative AB
proposition to be integrated into the EAC
planned upgrades. Opportunity to
create a minimal impact civic foreshore H
precinct for visitors to stop and
explore. Limited planning restrictions
offer flexibility, however community
engagement is key.
0 25 50m
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 53
Masterplan, September 2021KILCUNDA
FORCES OF NATURE AND TIME...
EXPRESSION OF THE SITE’S NATURAL ELEMENTS, UNIQUE
GEOLOGY AND HOW FOSSILS ARE FORMED THROUGH LAYERING
OVER TIME - EARTH. MOTHER NATURE. COUNTRY.
How it could look Precedents
1. Creative responses are integrated 1. Tudela-Culip Restoration Project by
within planned infrastructure EMF + Ardevol
upgrades of the site and express 2. Dinosaur footprints, Dinosaur Park
the site's natural elements; wind, by TBLD
water and earth. Kinetic elements,
shadow lines and embedded design 3. Moving Memories Memorial by Jones
propositions express the narrative Studio and coLAB Studio
of geology, evolutionary processes 4. Rosebud Foreshore Playground by
and its significance in the formation Hassell Studio
of fossils. Low impact installations
outline a message to preserve and
care for our natural environment.
2. The future skate and play
development at Kilcunda provides
an opportunity for connection
with Dinosaurs Trail Creative and
wayfinding elements. This creative
work tells the story of deep time,
polar dinosaurs and express the
narrative of layering over time and Image: a+t research group 1.
connection to Country, allowing
children to engage and play whilst
connecting knowledge and stories
that celebrate and explain this
unique landscape.
3. Interpretive elements and digital
layers explore the idea of 'deep
time', prompting visitors to consider
their role in shaping a sustainable
future. The name ‘serendip’ from Image: Ross Franklin 3.
Serendipiceratops is a synonym for
‘lucky’, and reminds us that whilst
there is an element of luck when it
comes to finding fossils, it requires a
concerted effort by many, and so too
does shaping a sustainable future.
Image: Bild Group 2. Image: Stephen Tan 4.
54 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021FUTURE
PLAYGROUND
C
CIV ONN FUTURE
IC ECT
SP P SKATEPARK
AC LA
E + YSP
BA
CO ACE
SS
Key Moves Legend AS T
ACCESS
BA
TLI O
SS
– Creative elements are to be Signage, wayfinding and education elements NE
HW
CO
AS
Y
integrated and embedded within to be located within existing shelter, suggested
TR
upgrade and integration to shelter H
AIL
existing and planned upgrade of BEAC PROPOSED
TR
AIL
infrastructure within the site and Proposed village green and civic space
harness the site's natural elements, CARPARK
to link with proposed playground
geology and coastal views.
Future playground to incorporate
– Existing shelter and picnic facilities to
intergrated dinosaur themed play PR
be upgraded and include integrated OP
wayfinding, signage and educational Recommend carpark be reconfigured OS
ED
elements. Opportunity for open lawn/ to incorporate higher use PEDESTR
IAN EXISTING
civic space to connect shelter with Embbed and integrated creative LIN CARPARK
proposed playground and skatepark – elements within play space KA
GE
creating a civic foreshore precinct.
Sculptural element situated along
– Opportunity for totem/signage
Nyora-Wonthaggi rail trail
elements to be located within
proposed playspace and adjacent Physical site locator/wayfinding
to Nyora-Wonthaggi Rail Trail to act 0 25 50m
as wayfinding device and provide Key sightline
physical locator of the site.
– Upgrades to pedestrian pathways Major pedestrian connection
improve connectivity and help to
protect and preserve the unique Secondary pedestrian connection
coastal environment.
– Carpark design to be optimised Existing vegetation
for effective use of space and to
accommodate increased visitation.
Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell © 55
Masterplan, September 2021SAN REMO
DISTINCT AND DIVERSE...
CELEBRATING THE VARIETY OF POLAR DINOSAURS DISCOVERED
ALONG THE BASS COAST, AND THE GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
DISTINCT
THIS STRETCH OF COASTLINE
Story Key Cultural Interests
An incredible array of polar dinosaurs Highlighting the vast array
has been discovered along the Bass and unique diversity of polar
Coast, including some found nowhere dinosaurs and pre-historic
else on earth. The diversity of these mammals discovered along the
dinosaurs will be showcased, enabling Bass Coast
visitors to see the remarkable collection
of dinosaurs discovered within the
region. Visual expression of Bass Strait
and the relationship between
The San Remo site presents significant Australia and Antarctica
opportunity for community integration approximately 125 million years
and partnerships with schools and the ago
academic curriculum; educating users
about the uniqueness of polar dinosaur
fossils, their history and the global
significance of this stretch of coastline.
In revealing the diversity of dinosaurs
the installation(s) explores how
scientists and others reconstruct
dinosaurs from tiny bone fragments.
AND DIVERSE
The story also showcases the
diversity of other animals that have
been discovered along the coastline,
including the oldest and most diverse
Australian mammal fossils, and
Koolasuchus cleelandi, the last of a
group of giant amphibians.
58 Bass Coast Dinosaurs Trail Hassell ©
Masterplan, September 2021You can also read
