Far West-Day 5 Mungo

Up early but a slow morning reading and a short walk watching birds. 

Continued on the Mungo Loop and stopped first at Round Tank. These dams  were built during the pastoral lease for stock watering.

Next stop at Vigars Well, where you can access the mobile dunes on the old lake shore.

The natural spring at Vigars Well was a coach stop for Cobb and Co and where the coach road went over the dunes to the lake and across to Mungo Homestead. 

Continuing on the loop the next stop is the old Zanci Homestead where they built an underground dugout to protect themselves from the summer heat. 

After a lovely hot shower and a coffee back at the Mungo Visitor Centre it was time to leave and head off to Mildura. Lunch at the Inland Botanic Gardens with a great display of Sturt's Desert Pea. 

Arrived late afternoon in Kemendok National Park on the banks of the Murray River between Mildura and Euston. 

Another easy camp in an ideal setting. 

Far west -Day 4 Mungo

After a short walk along the river and  a quick stop in Balranald for supplies I headed out to Mungo National Park.

Looking back over Lake Arumpo. 

Of course, all the lakes here are dry and have been for thousands of years.

After a late lunch in the picnic area I walked the Foreshore walk through the dunes behind the visitors centre.

Looking over the picnic area and the woolshed at Mungo towards the Walls of China on the horizon.

 Mungo was one of the old pastoral properties in the bed of Lake Mungo.

The woolshed at Mungo. 

Off in the late afternoon across the floor of the lake to The Walls of China. This is where the dunes have eroded creating lunettes and exposing 40,000 years of aboriginal life on the shores of the lake. These shots are taken from the Walls of China boardwalk. You are not allowed to leave the boardwalk and walk up through the lunette unless on a guided tour.

From the boardwalk I then commenced the 70klm one way loop drive which drives up and over the dune system. The next photos are from Red Top Lookout and boardwalk as you top the dune and look back over the Walls of China. 

Belah Camp is about half way through the 70klm loop in the mallee and where I stayed for the night with the campground to myself.

A last panorama of the Walls of China from the boardwalk.