Comments on: Signs #19 – Where’s the Ocean? Eromanga, Queensland https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/ go-see-do guide for adventurous travellers Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:59:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-50776 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:55:14 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-50776 In reply to John Deckert.

Thank you for your clarification, John. As with many claims, they often come down to a specific condition, rider or disclaimer—Eromanga’s is that it’s furthest from the ocean in every direction, not just one. Of course this is also open to debate, as I have already flagged in my post and comments and provided additional links that interested readers can follow for more facts and information. The Eromanga claim is often interpreted to be a claim that they are the geographic centre of Australia, however this and the claim of being furthest from the ocean are two different things. The link you provided gave me a ‘page not found’ error—perhaps this is the link you meant? https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/centre-of-australia-states-territories. Thanks once again for your response to my post! Happy travels!

]]> By: John Deckert https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-50160 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:06:03 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-50160 Hi Redz. When you publish something it is good to check your information. Eromanga is not the furtherest town in Australia from the sea. Check Geoscience Australia http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/dimensions/centre-of-australia-states-territories.html
You will find Papunya 365 k, Harsts Bluff 345 k and even Alice Springs at 355k are towns far more distant than Eromanga at 315k.
Eromanga has been promoting this myth for 40 years. It is time somebody corrected it or people will start to believe it. John Deckert.

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3703 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:50:35 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3703 @GR – Your pedanticism is welcomed, and I would happily stand corrected IF a) your facts were in dispute and b) I had claimed otherwise in my post! Luckily, we are in complete agreement as I a) HAVEN’T claimed Eromanga as Australia’s geographic centre and b) HAVE noted that even it’s ‘furthest from the ocean’ claim has yet to be definitively proven! Thanx for dropping in – glad to see you’re still going strong!!

]]> By: Grey Roamer https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3694 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:26:47 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3694 Hate to be pedantic, but. . . While Eromanga is the farthest point from any coast, the “geographic centre” of OZ is Lambert Centre, near Finke NT

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3633 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:13 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3633 @Diane – Just goes to show that every cloud has a silver lining!
@Michelle – Haha! I’m still working my way through the left side …
@ruma – Thanx for dropping by again! Hope your weekend is great!
@Miss Tina – Just keep reading the blog and you’ll find out everything you need to know!!!
@Sallie – many towns have a ‘hook’ now, whether they need it or not!! With tourism advertising $ focussed on the coast, the outback HAS to be creative!!

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3632 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:36:34 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3632 @darlin – Haha! You’re better off deciding where you’re headed well before you get to Eromanga!
@Alessandra – Hey, thanx! I’ve been off the air a bit for the last week. Will be visiting everyone shortly!!
@Ann – It’s a weird feeling having exactly how far to the ocean spelled out like that!
@diane b – Haha! You’d be better off dumping a load of sand by the river and making your own inland beach!! There are places in OZ with inland lifeguards!!
@PDP – Haha! I keep forgetting you guys are SO remote from the rest of OZ!! It’d take a braver person than I to dispute the findings!
@Gladys – It feels a little weird to actually get to the beach after being this far inland!
@Ken G – I too, stared at the opals for a VERY long time!! They’re so big and colourful I could also imagine lots of jewellery, ALL for me!
@TMWH – Haha!! What other towns??!!
@Tracey – RED Lemonade?? Not sure if that’d be a good or bad thing … I’ll have to look it up!

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3631 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:29:24 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3631 @Magsx2 – that’s what I thought too! But the continent’s shape makes it pretty hard to call.
@Lesley – You’re right! If you need fuel at Eromanga, it doesn’t matter a damn how much it costs!!
@George – That’s why I’m here!!
@Filip – Indeed you do!! There aren’t too many choices in some places!!
@Windsmoke – Haha! And yes, the opals are real!! But they’re pretty solidly embedded – I reckon you’d be noticed if you were trying to remove them …
@Courtney – the good thing is that there’s a neat public toilet just near the opal miners tribute!!!
@Jim – It made me feel very small!!
@Beach Bum – It can be cold in the outback in winter, but everyone would think the end of the world was nigh if they got 6 ft of snow!
@ruma – Thank you, my friend!
@Saucy Kod – There are MANY opal mines in the region still open; and yes, the opals are real!! And I think if you got this far, you’d already have some clue as to where you were headed …

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3629 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:40 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3629 @Julie – You’re right – unless you count Eromanga as part of the Cooper Basin!! My bad – should have spelled that out!! I’ve yet to visit the geographic centre – but I imagine I’d also be emotional!!
@Toni – I’m glad I’m not the only one with a BIG list … just that my list probably contains all the places out west that you’ve already seen …
@Andy – Haha!! But I’m sure you could at least narrow it down to east or west??!!
@Angela – Haha!! How true!!
@MJWC – Yeah, maybe! BUT then I wouldn’t be able to find NEW places!!
@River – You got it!!! Although it WAS part of an inland sea, so who’s to say it won’t be again??!!
@Kath – Hahahaha!! Maybe it looks like one too!!
@SFlaGuy – HHHMMMmmm… I think OZ is a little bit flatter overall than the US! Better to just invest in a large boat!!
@Jane & Lance – not sure if it’ll show on the map … but let your imaginations run wild anyway!!!
@Glen – AH … there you have me! If it did, it certainly wasn’t scenic enough to stand out!!!

]]> By: Sallie (FullTime-Life.com https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3615 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:21:23 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3615 Looks like a very interesting place to visit — furthest from the sea or not.

]]> By: ruma https://www.redzaustralia.com/2012/02/signs-19-wheres-the-ocean/#comment-3611 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:03 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=153#comment-3611 Hello, Red Nomad OZ.

　　Attractive works.
　　You are the excellent artist.

　　I thank for your usual and hearty support.
　　And i pray for you and yours peace.

arigatou gozaimashita !!
ありがとう　ございました。

ruma

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