The magic of Mungo is the ever changing landscape of the eroding ancient sand dunes. National Parks limit access to tour groups to minimise damage but you get a great information during the tour.
The ongoing erosion is revealing the history of the area. We saw the remains of cooking fires, midderns where shellfish remains and bones of animals had been discarded and the remains of ancient marsupials that had been buried in tunnel collapses. In this case, the skull of an ancient wombat was slowly being revealed.
Our tour started in the late afternoon so we were able to watch the sun set over the desert and explore the extraordinary landscape formed by the sand and clay deposits in the dunes.
We headed back to civilization the following morning after what had been one of the the best experiences we had ever had in the Australian outback.
Pumping the tyres back to road pressure has a way of bringing you back to reality.
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