WINDORAH TO QUILPIE 18/6 TO 19/6

We drove on sealed but mostly very narrow roads the next day heading for Quilpie. The rain eventually caught up with us, lightly at first, as we arrived at the caravan park in town. We noticed there were artesian spas next to the amenities block so decided to take advantage of them, sitting out in the drizzling rain in the hot, bubbling mineral water. Overnight the rain was constant and heavy and next morning there were “lakes” everywhere in the park. Thank goodness I brought the gummies!

By the morning the rain had eased and we decided to do a day trip to Eromanga (pop. 45) which has been made famous because of the 95 million year old dinosaur bones which have been found in the area. Also the area is famous for its opals and the oil and gas fields found there and is also the town furthest from the ocean in Aust. We spent an interesting hour at the natural history museum near town where we had a guided tour and viewing of some of the ancient bones which are still being painstakingly cleaned and prepared for preservation. All the dinosaurs have been named and the first found named Cooper, after the boy who stumbled on the piece of petrified bone, is to be eventually recreated as a replica when they construct a building big enough to house him.Read more