EROMANGA Eromanga is a town the traveler will pass through when on route to Noccundra or Thargomindah from Quilpie some 100k east. Eromanga is named after the aboriginal word meaning ‘hot windy plain’. The town lies on the edge of what is called the Eromanga Inland Sea, which existed in the Early Cretaceous. Its claim to fame is abundant oil wells, and opal mines, and of course many pioneering cattle and sheep property owners that came and took up land in the 1860s. The name of the Town Eromanga goes back as far as about 1860. Eromanga’s geographic claim to fame is being the furthest town in Australia from the ocean, and secondly the production of oil and oil exploration. Of recent times tourism and paeleontology have emerged as commercial drivers. The Royal Hotel was built in 1885 and is one of the original buildings. The Outdoor Museum is in the main street opposite the iconic distance to signs. The War Memorial is located in next to the mining memorial that is inlaid with opal. Be sure to stop for a cup and take a few photos.