Eromanga Archives - Australia by Red Nomad OZ

Eromanga Distance Sign, Outback Queensland

Signs #19 – Where’s the Ocean? Eromanga, Queensland

February 2, 2012 Red Nomad OZ Australiana, Eromanga, Outback, Queensland, Signs

There’s only one town in Australia furthest from the sea – in EVERY direction! Surprisingly, to me at least, it’s NOT in Central Australia! Australia’s weird continental shape means the geographic centre is relatively close to the Great Australian Bight to the south, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north. No, the title of furthest from the sea currently[…]

Plesiosaur at the Stone House Museum, Boulia

Aussie ABC – F is for Fossils!

October 10, 2011 Red Nomad OZ Aussie ABC, Boulia, Dinosaur, Eromanga, Fossils, Hughenden, Isisford, Mt Isa, Muttaburra, Outback, Queensland, Richmond, Winton

The ancient landscape of OZ, eroded by time, long disappeared sea beds and a harsh climate has given rise to weirdly unique and bizarre creatures. Well … their remains, anyway! I knew this. But I DIDN’T know the present day Outback fossil fields near northwest Queensland’s Richmond, would engender a creature more fantastic than any of them. And I was[…]