We dropped into the Mungo National Park , looked around the visitor centre and historic woolshed.
The headed to the remote Belah campsite where we had our first encounter with emus . A mother and adolescent posed for Kate to take a few pics and videos . We visited the Great Wall of china on the Lunette and the site of mungo man and woman ( the oldest human remains in Australia and only second in the world to Africa ) . Sunset and sunrise in the park were beautiful with the magic hour at each end of the day being perfect for photos . We then headed out to a little bush camp near Pamamaroo lake which is sibling to the more famous Menindee Lake .We drove for four hours on sandy tracks testing out the van and my towing skills . Around the midway point we stopped at Pooncarrie ( the only habitation on the route ) . Unfortunately the coffee machine was broken as was the women’s manners who served in the cafe so it was a caffeine-less journey . Sitting high on the bank at the Burke and Wills campsite at Pamamaroo under the the van canopy. We were treated to an amazing array of wildlife. We watched numerous species of herons and cormorant achieve what I later failed to do ( catch fish ) . We watched a 3 foot goanna swim across the channel and waddle up the opposite bank . It had a fair bit of heft and perhaps had eaten a small cow or one four n twenty pie for lunch . I did however break the Woodburn duck on the Yabbie net – bloody nice too !
I managed to lose my fishing rig and beer can in one choreographed move which sent me trudging back up to sit at the table . The fishing gods then “baited” me by orchestrating my rig and half empty can to float away together in full view !
