Mungo NP
Submitted: Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:46
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Member - Matt L (NSW)
Hi All,
Is the detour to
Mungo national park worth it and can you sneak in and out with a small dog.
Regards,
Matt
Reply By: GoneTroppo Member (FNQ) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:51
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:51
In two words YES and NO.
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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:53
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:53
ha ha
see post 43536 and ask do a search on Willem's site about "Grandma"
sorry mate, have not been there yet but certainly sounds like you should go there.
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Reply By: Member - John and Val W (ACT) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:54
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 08:54
Mungo NP is a very special place - an important destination rather than a detour!!Quite apart from it's importance as a historic site dating back tens of thousands of years, it has some fantastic wind sculpted sand formations on the western side and on the eastern side of the main dune (lunette) is also
well worth visiting and climbing.
Dog? Dunno. No way I would.
HTH
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Reply By: Member - Arkay (SA) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:27
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:27
IMHO - Mungo Lodge accomodation &/or meals now managed locally and is fine, Visitor & interpretation centre is O.K., Woolshed is good if you have not seen many before,
Walls of China accross
Lake Mungo are worth the visit but may not be as high as you may be expecting, Exploroz readers should definitely take the 60km or so loop drive (anti-clockwise) behind the Walls (several bush camping sits available) & see Vigars
Well (old Cobb & Co stopping off point) etc.
You can go up from
Mildura then back by
Wentworth (less dirt more bitumen). Overall rating for the trip 8 out of 10.
Dog? Nope.
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Reply By: DIO - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:33
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:33
G'day Matt, you'll find Mungo a very fascinating place. Enthralling history, huge vista, peaceful and quiet. Lots of wildlife, running roaming all over the place (depending on time of year). Last thing NP would want is a dog entering the environs and perhaps bringing in disease or infection (always a possibility) and besides, in that part of the country you need to be be very wary of baits (1080/Strychninne type) they cause death very swiftly.
Check with NP Office at Buronga (just across the bridge from
Mildura) if there's any rain in the area. They will advise you of road conditions and if open. Roads are all dirt (clay) and they become impassable after small amoount of rain.
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Reply By: Kumunara (NT) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 10:08
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 10:08
Matt L
I studied
Lake Mungo at University. It therefore held some interest for me when I visited and I thoroughly enjoy it.
It is a very important site and I suggest you visit.
As for you dog - I love dogs but do not own one for that very reason. You can't take them into most Caravan Parks and National Parks.
Tjilpi
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Reply By: Dave198 - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:47
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:47
Gday Matt, I have been to Mungo many times with my prevoius job, and it's
well worth the trip.
There is an FM radio channel you can tune into to get when you get there, it gives you quite a lot of the story about Mungo.
I always used to allow 2 hours to go along the
Arumpo road to Mungo from
Mildura (108 Kms). There are usually quite a few bulldust holes and corrugations along there.
The
Top Hut Road is generally better but is a lot further to go.
Haven't been along the Balranald road though.
There are some good websites with Mungo info, just Google.
Dogs. No!
Dave
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Reply By: Andrew from Vivid Adventures - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 14:58
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 14:58
The Buronga to
Arumpo Road is currently in really bad condition.
There is a kitty-litter mine up there and they are bringing tipper trucks with tipper trailers (big ones) up and down there.
Once you're off the bitumen, it is bulldust gallore until you get to Mungo basically.
There is one section where some tourists put their Wicked Van and it was so deep in bulldust they couldn't get out!
Now, the council has put up those red warning posts - lots of them, and made a few km of slalom track ... don't put a wheel wrong at speed - the wholes are terrible.
Also a couple of the grids are in bad repair too...
But worth the trip - absolutely, although they have probably finished the boardwalk now at the erosion gullies where
the loop road crosses the shoreline, so you will be penned in a little more than a few weeks ago.
Cheers
Andrew.
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Reply By: Middle Jeff - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 20:43
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 20:43
Hi Matt
It is a very special place and
well worth the visit, check the NPWS web site and find out when the local Aboriginal people who now run the park are holding their walks and talks as they are great. The road up from Balranald is OK and the
camp ground is OK with showers at the
visitors centre. No dogs.
Have fun
Craig
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Follow Up By: Andrew from Vivid Adventures - Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 21:51
Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 21:51
Walks and talks generally only done in the school hol's at the moment. If you ring the Buronga office you might be able to arrange something special.
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Reply By: mechpete - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 23:10
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 23:10
Hi Mat L
Haven,t beeen there for a few years but I wouldn,t hesitate in going back
allow a couple of days
cheers mechpete.
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Reply By: Member - Mungo Explorer (NSW) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 23:42
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 23:42
Been there dozens of times, best place in NSW but strictly no dogs. Roads are not as bad as some other posts suggest, easy access even for 2WD with care and when dry, but a different story altogether after rain. The
Arumpo road from
Mildura is rougher than the Balranald road(s) but also prettier. There's always the approach via
Pooncarie, some of which is blacktop. My own favourite is from Ivanhoe.
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Follow Up By: Andrew from Vivid Adventures - Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 21:53
Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 21:53
Mungo Explorer - if you've not been on the Buronga-
Arumpo road recently you don't realise how bad it is. Sure, there are numerous people driving it in 2WDs, but is in a very bad state because of the volume of trucks.
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Reply By: RichieK - Saturday, Mar 24, 2007 at 19:57
Saturday, Mar 24, 2007 at 19:57
Willandra NP is also worth a look, particularly if you ever used to sing "Flash Jack from Gundagai" at school (or pubs even) ..the penny never dropped with me until I got to
the woolshed... good accomm there (gotta book) and basic campsites. Lots of birdlife near the weir..
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Reply By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Mar 24, 2007 at 20:03
Saturday, Mar 24, 2007 at 20:03
>and can you sneak in and out with a small dog.
Yep. Took my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in there and the world didn't fall down as many (repressed) people on this
forum would have you believe.
Is it worth taking a detour to see...?
Nope.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Member - Matt L (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 13:25
Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 13:25
Thanks Mike,
Our travelling companion is also a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and we cannot imagine traveling without him.
Thanks to all who replied to my post.
Regards,
Matt
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Reply By: Member - Prickle (SA) - Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 21:38
Sunday, Mar 25, 2007 at 21:38
Matt,
Great place and worth visiting.
When we went there someone did get kicked out for having their dog, so be warned.
Regards
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