Dinosaur history shapes future of drought-ravaged Eromanga

In recent years Eromanga has been so dry, there would not be enough feed around to sustain the giant creatures who used to roam this land.The Quilpie Shire, more than 1,000 kilometres from Brisbane, has been drought declared for 13 of the past 18 years.About 400 people live in this pocket of south-west Queensland.While cattle and sheep grazing has been the traditional source of income, the discovery of dinosaur bones and megafauna has changed the landscape forever.Now tourists are drawn here to see fossils of the long-necked sauropods that inhabited this area millions of years ago.It is estimated some ate about a tonne of foliage a day.Most of the early finds that are being painstakingly researched at the Eromanga Natural History Museum were made by young people, stumbl