Post by Graybeard on Jan 31st, 2012 at 7:28am
Hi Peoples .... been away for a while. Just got back from a trip to Lake Mungo.
From the Wiki ....Lake Mungo is a dry lake in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 760 km due west of Sydney and 90 km north-east of Mildura. The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park, and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region. Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, and Mungo Lady, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated.
Not from the Wiki ..... Lake Mungo cycles from dry to wet over periods of thousands of years. The last time it contained water was over 15,000 years ago. Each time it drys out the westerly winds blow the sandy lake bed up on to the eastern shoreline creating layered lunettes. The main lunette is called the 'Walls of China' and is a single dune 20klms long and 3-4klms wide.
It consists of three main layers, the Gol-Gol or bottom layer, the Mungo or middle layer, and the Zanci or top layer.
The photo below is taken from the top of the Lunette and in the receding distance is the dry lake bed with the dirt track below my right arm curving away across it
The following photos are from the top of the lunette or 'Walls of China'. The wind sculptures mainly consist of the Zanci layer which has been severely eroded in the last 15000 years
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. The top of the lunette. My friend Roscoe is walking on the exposed Mungo layer
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. Part of the exposed Gol-Gol and Mungo layers
Below .. A small Desert Lizard at Vigers Well, on the northern end of the lunette
Hope you enjoy .... greg
From the Wiki ....Lake Mungo is a dry lake in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 760 km due west of Sydney and 90 km north-east of Mildura. The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park, and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region. Many important archaeological findings have been made at the lake, most significantly the discovery of the remains of Mungo Man, the oldest human remains found in Australia, and Mungo Lady, the oldest human remains in the world to be ritually cremated.
Not from the Wiki ..... Lake Mungo cycles from dry to wet over periods of thousands of years. The last time it contained water was over 15,000 years ago. Each time it drys out the westerly winds blow the sandy lake bed up on to the eastern shoreline creating layered lunettes. The main lunette is called the 'Walls of China' and is a single dune 20klms long and 3-4klms wide.
It consists of three main layers, the Gol-Gol or bottom layer, the Mungo or middle layer, and the Zanci or top layer.
The photo below is taken from the top of the Lunette and in the receding distance is the dry lake bed with the dirt track below my right arm curving away across it
The following photos are from the top of the lunette or 'Walls of China'. The wind sculptures mainly consist of the Zanci layer which has been severely eroded in the last 15000 years
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. The top of the lunette. My friend Roscoe is walking on the exposed Mungo layer
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. Wind Sculpture
Below .. Part of the exposed Gol-Gol and Mungo layers
Below .. A small Desert Lizard at Vigers Well, on the northern end of the lunette
Hope you enjoy .... greg
