Judy and David Elliott relax in the kitchen of their Belmont Station homestead.

Judy Elliott works on a large section bone in the barn at Belmont Station.

Rob Ievers with the fossilised remains of a 5 metre pliosaur on display at Kronosaurus Korner in Richmond.

Adam Murrell and Rob Ievers examine a bone from a 100 million year old ichthyosaur at Marathon Station near Richmond

David Elliott carves a leg of mutton beside the mother of all Sunday joints – the leg bone from a long-necked dinosaur nicknamed “Matilda”.

Each year, several ute-loads of fossils such as this sauropod radius held by David Elliott, are removed from the family property and taken to the Queensland Museum for restoration by experts.

Adam Murrell and Ron Ievers examine a bone from a 100 million year old ichthyosaur at Marathon Station near Richmond.

Adam Murrell examines marine fossils at a dig site just outside of Richmond in central Queensland.

Hughenden’s town centre.

Adam Murrell holds a large ammonite found in the fossil-rich environment around Richmond in Queensland.

Paleontologist Adam Murrell displays two ammonites from Richmond’s Kronosaurus Korner dinosaur museum.

Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond, Queensland.

David Elliott picks up a tiny fossil from one of the dig sites in his Queensland sheep station, Belmont.

Rob Ievers stands next to the ichthyosaur fossil that has emerged from the black soil of his extensive Queensland cattle property, Marathon Station.