Imagine you’re that dinosaur kid! The one who knows all the names of all the things, and dreams of one day going to university to study palaeontology in order to become a palaeontologist. Of course, most dinosaur kids don’t get to do that. But imagine you are one who makes it. You do get accepted into a palaeontology degree, and even better, make it through the first year!

In this episode of Palaeo Jam, host Michael Mills chats with three students who’ve just completed their first year of a palaeontology degree at Flinders University. During the episode, we find out from Dylan Slinn, Natalie Jackson and Thomas Khajeh, what brought them to Flinders University, what they were expecting when they got here, and how it turned out across the year, both good and bad.

So, why the title of the episode, “The Dinosaur Kids… Part 1”? At the end of the episode, we get a very definite commitment from all three to get back together at the end of second year, and record a follow-up episode. That’ll be Part 2… and we’re pretty sure we’ll get a Part 3 and beyond as we follow the journey of these three dinosaur kids in pursuit of their dream! We can’t wait to see how the journey for each of them unfolds!

You can find Natalie at:

Tik Tok -  @nataliemaree_art https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=nataliemaree_art

Twitter - @PalaeoNat https://twitter.com/PalaeoNat

Thomas’ sister's Insta is at @thelostgirldraws https://www.instagram.com/thelostgirldraws/

Her etsy is at https://www.etsy.com/shop/LizzysStickerCo

Dylan Slinn can be found as Dylan Slinn on Facebook

Michael on Twitter at @HeapsGood https://twitter.com/Heapsgood

And Dinosaur University on Twitter at @DinosaurUni https://twitter.com/DinosaurUni

And Facebook at @DinosaurUniversity https://www.facebook.com/DinosaurUniversity

The dinosaur book Natalie talks about is “The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures” by Dougal Dixon It can be found online at Book Depository, Dymocks and Booktopia.