Drip drip effect of dinosaur water

Water said to have "dripped off the backs of dinosaurs" is being bottled and sold to boost the finances of a small rural town in Australia.

A company in Mitchell, 400 miles west of Brisbane, has been producing bottled mineral water tapped from the Great Artesian Basin for the domestic market since last year.

But it has now attracted international interest from a Japanese company, which was hooked by Booringa Enterprises' claim that the water in the 600ml and 1.5 litre bottles once "dripped off the dinosaur's back".

Queensland primary industries minister Henry Palaszczuk said he had presented a Japanese firm with a trial shipment of the water during a recent trade visit.

"With extensive interests in the food and beverage sector in Japan, the company I met with were very interested in the product and in particular how it was marketed," Mr Palaszczuk said.