Hi everyone, you may have noticed a new pic up on the site - Eromanga, The Furthest Service Station from the Sea - I've had this pic (photo-copy) for a few months now, and almost thrown it away a few times, but looking at it again I thought OG might find it interesting. Eromanga is in Queensland and famous for being the furthest town from any of our oceans. It was originally established in the early 1880's because huge amounts of opal had been found in the area. The local hotel (The Old Royal) was built in 1885 , and is still housed in the original building. The oil and gas basins there today produce around 1.5million barrels of oil per year.
If your interested to see the area or find out more about it, just google 'Eromanga'.
If anyone wants to go to an 'out of the way - far from the maddening crowd' kind of place, I reckon this might be one of them.
Looking forward to seeing some of your Unusual Pictures / Places.
All thru the fields and meadows gay .... Enjoy Take Care...Cathy
Posted - 02/01/2009 : 05:47
Yes Frank, that's what I meant but not being of the fraternity I got the wrong term...... (Mind you it is still a tin box.....)
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
Posted - 03/01/2009 : 07:50
...definately fills the criteria for unusual though...it is obviously the back end of an old van.....still...it would be shelter. You would likely get cramp with your knees around your ears trying to sleep. Maybe it was for the kiddies..
get your people to phone my people and we will do lunch...MAZ
UNUSUAL PICTURES / PLACES
