Between the visitors centre and
Mungo Lodge, is perhaps the best
place to lay your head; the Main Camp.
This sits within the National Park yet
surprisingly is very well maintained
and offers facilities that many other
national parks don’t. Camping spots
are well marked, all have fireplaces
and there’s centrally located toilets.
At AU$8 per person, per night this is a
great location, easy walking distance
to everything in the area, and offers
a great experience. Being a national
park there’s a few things to consider;
you will need to bring your own wa-
ter (this area is one of the driest in
Australia, in warmer months allow 5
litres per person, per day) and your
own firewood, what little wood is lo-
cated in the area is protected as a part
of the national park, in many cases it
is home to native animals.
Animals are present in the area.
Kangaroos and emus are plentiful,
cohabitating with humans, most have
a weary respect, so you can get close
but not to close that they are tame. It
adds to the over experience.
With the astonishing significance of
Lake Mungo, it is fast becoming popu-
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lar with tourists and many have put it
ahead of Uluru as a place that must be
visited, yet it’s location, environment
and facilities have provided a feeling
that is still real and represents the
true outback. There’s still a feeling of
being challenged as you ride into the
area, yet not too difficult that the inex-
perienced won’t attempt it. Make the
effort, visit Lake Mungo, experience
human history at its most oldest, the
worlds oldest living culture … Austra-
lia’s first culture. LW