pezimm
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I've been eyeing this place on the map for quite a while now, so the time had finaly come. The lovely wife and I decided to go on a trip to Mungo National Park this Easter.
We left Melbourne on Good Friday, early in the morning. Headed straight to Mildura on the Calder Freeway, then to Mungo NP through Arumpo Road. This road starts off as bitumen and then becomes a dirt road for around 85km until you reach the park entrance.
A couple photos of the way in - the day was glorious!
Upon arrival, we were greated by a number of Emus. Even though I was doing about 30km/h and being very careful, one of them decided it would be a good idea to through itself against my rear wheel. Luckly, it must have bounced rather than underneath as it stood up and ran away.
The adventurous Emu:
Soon after we made our way to Main Camp and set up our tent just to realise I had forgotten to get firewood, which needs to be brought in. So we enjoyed a wonderful sunset with an empty fireplace, but still feeling very lucky for being where we were, soaking it all in:
Saturday morning was a bit overcast as we set out on to explore the park. There is a 70km track around it, properly named 'Mungo Track'. It starts from the visitor centre (which is increadably well appointed) and takes you across Lake Mungo - well, the lake's bed - first up. Here's us 'crossing':
Once you get to the western shore, you get the beautiful view of the lake bed behind you and the famous Mungo Walls of China in front of you - but more about them later. Here's the view of the lake:
We left Melbourne on Good Friday, early in the morning. Headed straight to Mildura on the Calder Freeway, then to Mungo NP through Arumpo Road. This road starts off as bitumen and then becomes a dirt road for around 85km until you reach the park entrance.
A couple photos of the way in - the day was glorious!
Upon arrival, we were greated by a number of Emus. Even though I was doing about 30km/h and being very careful, one of them decided it would be a good idea to through itself against my rear wheel. Luckly, it must have bounced rather than underneath as it stood up and ran away.
The adventurous Emu:
Soon after we made our way to Main Camp and set up our tent just to realise I had forgotten to get firewood, which needs to be brought in. So we enjoyed a wonderful sunset with an empty fireplace, but still feeling very lucky for being where we were, soaking it all in:
Saturday morning was a bit overcast as we set out on to explore the park. There is a 70km track around it, properly named 'Mungo Track'. It starts from the visitor centre (which is increadably well appointed) and takes you across Lake Mungo - well, the lake's bed - first up. Here's us 'crossing':
Once you get to the western shore, you get the beautiful view of the lake bed behind you and the famous Mungo Walls of China in front of you - but more about them later. Here's the view of the lake:
Luckily the odd one out (that bounced off your rear wheels) didn't do any damage.
