Walls of China
Carved dunes.
Roger K Jolley — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rueparadis — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kelliejane — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alakebro — CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Tann from Sydney, Australia — CC BY 2.0
Mungo National Park is a protected park in south-western New South Wales covering about 111,000 hectares in Balranald Shire, about 101 km in a straight line north-east of the city of Mildura and about 875 km west of Sydney. The park is part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Willandra Lakes Region, an area of 2,400 square kilometres containing seventeen dry lakes. It is the traditional meeting place of the Muthi Muthi, Nyiampaar and Barkindji peoples, and its land preserves traces of people living around the lake in the deep past. It also has a 45 m woolshed built of Murray pine in 1869. Its best-known feature is the «Walls of China», a chain of crescent-shaped dunes on the south-eastern edge of the dry lake, carved by wind and rain into shapes, pillars and gullies of white and orange sand and clay. The flat lakebed stretches to the horizon, emus and grey kangaroos wander through the scrub, and the sky here feels vast and clear, especially at night. An entry fee applies, and roads to and within the park are unsealed but suitable for ordinary cars, though they close in wet weather. The dunes may be climbed only with an accredited guide, and services are few, so carry water and fuel.
Carved dunes.
Flat to the horizon.
Among the scrub.
Balranald Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Only with an accredited guide.
Unsealed, and closed in wet weather.