We set the alarm for 7am this morning and we were up 15
minutes later. We had a quick coffee and packed up our stuff. It was cloudy and
cold this morning. Therefor we were extra keen to get to the Visitors Information
Center because they had free hot showers available. Yay!
After having a shower we signed up for the Mungo guided
tour, where the ancient heritage is shared by the people who have lived the
landscape for over 45.000 years.
The tour started at 9 am and an aboriginal tour guide took
us to the ‘Walls of China’ (large sand dunes which you are only allowed on with
a guide). During the tour we learned a lot about the history of the
environment which in the old days used to be a massive lake. There’s lots of
erosion taking place revealing bones, relics and footprints preserved in clay
from thousands and thousands of years ago. We also learned about ‘bush tucker’
which is the ‘wild’ food from the land that aboriginal people eat. The weather wasn't
the best for taking pictures but the tour was great!
Back at the parking lot we decided to do the self-guided
driving tour of 70 km that took us a bit further into the National Park. The
drive was pleasant with a few nice views along the way. We saw heaps and heaps
of emu’s (one of them ran along next to our car for a bit). Emu’s are large
birds, more or less like ostriches.
We had a lunch stop at the end of the drive at the Zanci
Homestead. From there we headed for Pooncarie, 80 km back to civilisation. Nothing
much too see there, so we drove on to Wentworth (110km).
In Wentworth we bought some food for dinner and the visited
the Old Wentworth goal ($8 pp). This prison dates back to 1880 and is still in
a remarkable good state.
Back at the car we discovered we were only 5 minutes away
from a basic camp site (Thegoa Lagoon) so we decided to check it out. Again a campsite next to
the river J
Wat zijn shuddebuikjes? *_*
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