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The Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation was established as a memorial to Thomas McLaughlin. (Tom).

The primary aims of the Little Blue Dinosaur foundation are to:

- Champion the review of road safety within Holiday Towns (beach/rural hamlets), where infrastructure caters for residential populations, not seasonal population spikes.

- Produce and distribute age specific education to young children about road safety, specifically safety around differing roadway environments.

- Facilitate support services for families who have lost a child in sudden and tragic circumstances.

30/10/2026

The Tom McLaughlin prize is awarded each year at the Australasian College of Road Safety annual conference for an individual or organisation delivering the best submission with implications for improving outcomes for child road safety.

No child or family should have to experience such shocking trauma. Yet sadly children continue to be killed and seriously injured on our roads. These crashes are preventable.

Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation believe that evidence based actionable projects, policies and procedures reduce harm and improve outcomes for child road users in our communities and this dedicated work more than deserves special recognition and encouragement!

Congratulations to:- ❤️🎉❤️🎉
Natalie Ashton & Patrice Smith from City of Casey Council
For their Project: From Local Evidence to Safer School Precincts. They developed a ‘Practical Guide to Safer School Precincts’ May 2024 - December 2025 to translate local evidence, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) findings, and practitioner experience into a practical, scalable framework and delivery model for improving road safety and movement around schools. Designed for Councils and partner agencies, the guide consolidates lessons from their existing program into a structured, transferable model that supports consistent and equitable decision-making. (Ashton & Smith 2026).

https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/school-precinct-road-safety-framework

26/10/2026

I’m so pleased to be attending the 2026 Australasian College of Road Safety Conference across this week in Sydney. Nothing closer to my heart than road safety especially where our vulnerable child pedestrians are concerned.
I love attending this event each year and learning all the latest and greatest research and insights from the country’s finest road safety expert academics and advisors. One thing I’ve learned is that road safety is absolutely about collaboration to save lives and make a true impact and that difference is really about the coming together!
✨❤️🚸✅🚘

01/10/2026

HOLIDAY TIME IS HERE AGAIN ✨👫🚙🚸✅
Please be mindful that there are more children moving around in our communities. They will be enjoying walks, rides and busy public areas around beaches, parks and pools! Kids 10 years and under require their hands held near to moving busy roadways, driveways and car parks. They can be fast and unpredictable and I know that it only takes 1 second to change your life if there is a crash involving your child.
❤️🦕

01/10/2026

School’s out, and our streets are filled with excited kids enjoying their holidays!

Remember to slow down, stay alert and take care when on the roads.

Our continued support of Little Blue Dinosaur's 'Holiday Time: Slow Down, Kids Around' safety campaign means that you will find these colourful reminders across the region throughout the school holidays.

Together we can work towards reducing child pedestrian accidents and injuries.
👇 Learn more about the campaign:
www.littlebluedinosaur.org

01/10/2026

Thank you for your support of child pedestrian safety as always Coffs Harbour Road Safety 💖👫🚙🚸✅. Much appreciated as always!

05/09/2026

Happy Father’s Day ✨🩵 to all the amazing Dad’s, Stepdad’s, Grandpa’s & those who are our father figures. We are especially thinking of those who are missing their Dad or their child today. Remember their love and the joyful memories they leave with us. They live on in our hearts forever ❤️.

When you are out and about celebrating today- ENJOY!

Please remember to hold the hands of little ones under 10 on or need roadways, driveways and in carparks 💖👫🚙

17/06/2026

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Absolutely deeply saddened always to see these crashes involving precious little people who have had their lives taken so young. It happens and it’s random unfortunately.

LBDF sending heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the families affected - such devastation is truly shocking and devastating for those affected it is lifelong trauma & grief💔💔🩵🩵🩵🩵🦕

24/05/2026

Winding up National Road Safety Week 💛✨🙏🏻 …We thank our incredible LBDF student volunteers ❤️❤️❤️🦕 who have been hard at work in our community educating people about the importance of understanding the vulnerability of our children near roads, driveways and in carparks.

21/05/2026

Special thanks to the amazing Director, Stephanie and her staff at Only About Children- Artarmon (OAC) for inviting Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation in today for a road safety talk ❤️🦕✨🙏🏻 👫👫👫🚙🚌🚒

We discussed keeping safe around roadways, driveways and shopping centre car parks and how important it is to ALWAYS hold an adult
by the hand when we are out in our community!

We read the Tom’s Holiday story book because road safety is necessary 365 days per annum.

This preschool is located within a super busy industrial zone with many moving trucks and vehicles.Parents will be educated via newsletter using LBDF’s child road safety information for parents and carer for National Road Safety Week 💛✨ 2026

19/05/2026

Today, Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation ❤️🦕visited St Angela's Primary School in the Hills District, Sydney NSW to talk ‘ROAD SAFETY’ during National Road Safety Week! So lovely for me to go back to where I grew up.

We are grateful for the opportunity to share lifesaving road safety knowledge and resources with all the students from Kindergarten to Year 6.

Nothing makes me happier than to spread the message of ‘hold my hand ‘ & help children understand how important that simple action is in helping them to keep safe outside a vehicle given their cognitive, physical & perceptual limitations around roadways, driveways and carparks.

In addition, the students have made a well
informed road safety video for their parents to view around safe drop off & pick up at their school via their page. Well done everyone 🙏🏻💖💖💖💖🚌🚙🚚🛵 at St. Angela’s and special thanks to their Principal, Mrs Nettleton and teaching staff for supporting this project….Thanking you all for your amazing attention to protecting your students from road trauma through effective communication and education of your student and parent community.

Address

71 Dickson Avenue
Sydney, NSW
2064

Website

http://www.littlebluedinosaur.org/

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