We then jumped back in the car and headed for the Menindee Lakes via Poncarie. We came very close to running over some emus on the way out but made it to the main road okay.
Bye for now,
Richard
Friday, 16 September 2011
Day 5
We arrived at Mungo National Park last night and came across a few emus, wallabies and stumpy tail lizards. This morning we headed over to the Visitor Centre to learn all about Lake Mungo's ancient history. Lake Mungo has been dry for thousands of years, but once was a huge lake with sandy shores. Lake Mungo is famous for 'Mungo Man' and 'Mungo Lady'. These were two Homo Sapien skeletons found at the lake dated as being 40,000 years old - some of the oldest burial sites of this kind in the world. A time line shown to us at the centre showed Neanderthals still existing in Europe up until 30,000 years ago. Also at the centre was a lifesize model of a variety of Mega Fauna - a giant wombat, called 'ziggy', who stood about 4-5 foot tall. Bones of these creatures, giant kangaroos and thylacines (Tassie tigers) have also been discovered here.
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ReplyDeleteHey all, had trouble replying to your posts for a few days, tried the preview button then and it worked finally. It is fantastic, we love seeing where you have been and hearing about what you learned and the things you saw.
ReplyDeleteWe have an open house in the morning, so we will be having a mini stay at Pental Island while that is happening. Chloe has netball vote count tomorrow night. Ox is watering, he'll be up at about 0400 hours.
Hey Rich have you started teaching the kids the radio code.
Tango, Romeo, Indigo, Sierra, Hotel OUT.xxx
nice photo of you and the girls Rich
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