Lake Mungo New South Wales, 19 July 2024.

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We were staying two nights at Mungo so that gave us lots of time to drive the Mungo Track.  This is a 70 kilometre loop road that takes a couple of hours to traverse.

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Red Top Lookout.

First, a few images from Red Top Lookout, near the start of the track.  I will have more images from there in the next post.

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Pink Cockatoos.

(Major Mitchell Cockatoos).  Our Aboriginal guide from the Lunette Tour on the previous day suggested we were likely to see more of these cockatoos on the track and this proved to be the case.  However, there was a very strong wind blowing at the time.  I had a monopod but that wasn’t enough to hold the long lens steady (These images were taken at the full-frame equivalent of 600mm or 1200mm).  I had to take shelter in a nearby bush.

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The cockatoos are eating “paddy melons”, a wild form of the watermelon.  It is thought to have been brought to Australia either with camels in the nineteenth century, or accidentally.  The melons are not palatable to humans..

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Mulga scrub.

Mulga (acacia aneura) is a stringy woodland common in outback Australia.

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Australian Raven.

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All ravens and crows, wherever they are found around the World, are a type of bird that originated in Australia.

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Sand dune and bush.

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This emu appeared at the bottom left of the dune.

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Looking out across Lake Mungo.

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There are a couple of red kangaroos looking at the camera towards the right.  One in front of a bush and the other behind.  (Maybe click for a larger image to see them).  Red kangaroos are the largest surviving species and can stand six feet tall and weigh up to 90 kilos.

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Looking back towards the lunette.

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A bit of sand and dust thrown up by the wind.

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These trees almost look like Tasmanian Pines but they clearly are not.

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Towards the end of the track now, at the old Zanci Station.

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Close-ish encounter with an emu.

Not to be taken for granted, but emus are not usually dangerous to humans.  Cassowaries on the other hand….

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Maybe a wheelbarrow for wool.

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Yanci woolshed.

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