Ok, Mungo Mungo national park is the site of many archeological wonders. They include what is thought to be the oldest known human remains found on earth and the oldest forms of ritualist burials and cremation known. These date back some 50,000 years. Walking on the same ground where life posibly began was a real humbling experience. There was a time line in the vistors center that had the Egyptian the Aztec and Myans shown and they date back only as far as 5000 years. The aboriginal people here were hunting and gathering and growing crops some 45,000 years before an Egyptian even thought about a pyrimid.
Uncovered at the park was also the largest cache of fossilized footprints in the world. There were footprints of 23 individuals, including a man thought to be running up to 12kmh based on the patterns and a one legged man seeming to move at a normal stride with no aide. We didnt actually see the footprints because they were reburried for preservation. The park is also one of the few run by the aboriginal community and they wanted to preserve their own history. The park has great wild life like Roos and Emus and snakes. We only saw the first two. Definitly worth the drive out here. We didn't get a good picture of the sunset the night before this one, and we are kicking ourselves for not doing it. The sky was blood red, I don't even think that taking a picture of it would have given it any credit.
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