Please see previous posts of Mungo National Park.
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Mungo National Park New South Wales Australia (Part 4)
More images of this truly unique World Heritage Listed area.
Mungo National Park New South Wales Australia (Part 3)
Mungo National Park, including the now dry Lake Mungo, is a very important part of Aboriginal culture and history. As earlier stated in a previous post, Mungo Man and Mungo Woman were discovered here as well as 20000 year old human footprints and trackways.
The landscape is truly unique and resembles a moonscape.
There are numerous tours available ranging from one day to multiple days – this is indeed a remarkable place to visit.
Mungo National Park New South Wales Australia (Part 2)
Located within the Mungo National Park is the Mungo Woolshed which was built in 1869. At its peak, the woodshed used 18 men handshearing over 50000 sheep.
The Mungo Woolshed is located adjacent to the Mungo Visitor Centre where a fantastic display of Aboriginal and settler history is available for the viewing of visitors. It is highly recommended.
Mungo National Park New South Wales Australia (Part 1)
Mungo National Park is located in the south western corner of New South Wales. If driving, there are a number of ways to reach the park however all involve driving on often corrugated gravel and dusty roads which can be closed after rain so make sure your vehicle is capable of doing the trip!
Mungo National Park is World Heritage Listed and is rich in Aboriginal history. Mungo Woman and Mungo Man were buried more than 42000 years ago and were discovered resting just metres apart on Lake Mungo’s shores.
If you can, spend a few days exploring this fascinating National Park as there is so much to do. There are even day tours available from nearby towns such as Mildura.
Part 1 of this blog will show sunrise and sunset at Mungo National Part. Unfortunately the sunset was not as spectacular as hoped.
Sunrise near Mungo Lodge 
Sunrise at Mungo Lodge 
Mungo Lodge 
Sunset from Red Top Lookout 
Sunset from Red Top Lookout 
Sunset from Red Top Lookout with a rising moon 
After sunset from Red Top Lookout
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