Mungo National Park
A dry lake bed in the far south-west of New South Wales, part of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage area. Along its eroded dunes, the Walls of China, archaeologists found the remains of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man, among the oldest known people in Australia.
- Where
- Mildura, New South Wales, Australia
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -33.7317, 143.0011
Get the Mungo National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mungo National Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your New South Wales volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mungo National Park
Barossa Valley 383 km
A valley formed by the North Para River, 60 kilometres north-east of Adelaide and one of Australia's best-known wine regions. Settlers from Silesia shaped its villages and food in the 19th century, and it is known above all for its old-vine Shiraz.
Grampians National Park 390 km
Sandstone ranges rising out of the western Victorian plains, called Gariwerd by the Jardwadjali people. The park holds many Aboriginal rock art sites, waterfalls such as MacKenzie Falls, and lookouts like the Pinnacle above Halls Gap.
Naracoorte Caves National Park 418 km
A park in the south-east of South Australia whose caves hold an extensive fossil record, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1994 together with Riversleigh. Of its 28 known caves only four are open to the public, the rest kept for research and protection.
Adelaide Botanic Garden 424 km
A 51-hectare garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, opened to the public in 1857. Its glasshouses include a Victorian palm house and the curved Bicentennial Conservatory, which holds a tropical rainforest.
Art Gallery of South Australia 425 km
The state's leading art museum, founded in 1881 as the National Gallery of South Australia and set along North Terrace in Adelaide. With almost 45,000 works it holds the second largest state art collection in Australia.
South Australian Museum 425 km
A natural history museum on North Terrace in Adelaide, founded in 1856, with the largest collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural material in the world. Its galleries also hold minerals, fossils and objects from early Antarctic expeditions by South Australian explorers.
Adelaide Oval 425 km
A cricket and Australian rules football ground in the park lands of North Adelaide, home to the Adelaide Crows, Port Adelaide and the South Australian cricket team. Its old heritage scoreboard and the view of St Peter's Cathedral beyond the stands are part of its charm.
Adelaide Central Market 426 km
One of the oldest markets in Australia, a covered hall in the centre of Adelaide with stalls of fruit and vegetables, meat, seafood, cheese, bread and small goods. More than 8.5 million visits a year make it one of the busiest places in the city.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in New South Wales
Questions
Where is Mungo National Park?
Mungo National Park is in Mildura, New South Wales, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Barossa Valley (383 km), Grampians National Park (390 km), Naracoorte Caves National Park (418 km).
How do I get the Mungo National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mungo National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your New South Wales volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mungo National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your New South Wales volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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