File:Sandsculpting, Frankston, Vic jjron, 21.01.2009.jpg

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Dinosaur sand sculptures at the Sand Sculpting Australia "Dinostory" exhibit held at Frankston, Victoria, Australia 2008/2009.

The sculpture was the created with the combined efforts of an international team of sand sculpting artists:

Jino van Bruissenen and Christina Mija (NSW, Australia) - background panel.

Date

21 January 2009

Source

Own work

Author

jjron

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Camera location	38° 8′ 51.91″ S, 145° 6′ 57.15″ E	View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	( Info)-38.147754;145.115876

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