{"id":131,"date":"2026-10-16T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.scouts.com.au\/flinderspark\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-10-16T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T02:06:03","slug":"joey-scouts-travel-back-550-million-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.scouts.com.au\/flinderspark\/joey-scouts-travel-back-550-million-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Scouts Travel Back 550 Million Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Flinders Park Joey Scouts recently took a trip back in time to discover the amazing creatures of the Ediacaran Period!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, strange soft-bodied organisms lived in shallow seas covering parts of what is now South Australia&#8217;s Flinders Ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a special science-themed Scout meeting, our Joeys explored these ancient creatures through games, fossil matching and a hands-on experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They discovered organisms such as Dickinsonia and Spriggina, and learned how fossils can preserve evidence of life from hundreds of millions of years ago. 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