Local Station Manager, Glen Seymour, first discovered the Dinosaur Trackways in the 1960s. He thought they were fossilised bird tracks, and showed them to local enthusiast Peter Knowles. What they were looking at was, and still is today, the world's only recorded evidence of a dinosaur stampede.

It wasn’t until scientists visited the area in 1971 that the Trackways story began to unfold. Although the scientists were looking for Cretaceous mammals, Peter showed them the dinosaur tracks as a matter of interest. The last period of the Mesozoic era, around 146 to 65 million years ago. Many dinosaurs and other organisms died out at the end of this era.

Five years later, palaeontologists and volunteers began the task of removing rock to expose the Trackways layer.

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In the years that followed, the Trackways began to deteriorate and paleontologists from Queensland Museum raised concerns about the possible loss of the Trackways unless action was taken to stabilise and protect them from further damage.

A new conservation building, funded by Queensland Heritage Trails Network, was erected in 2002.