Mungo National Park

Traversing the corrugated path to Mungo NP was a bumpy but memorable journey where clay and sand pinnacles stand in the desert, and the Walls of China highlight the experience. It’s here that Mungo Man and Lady Mungo were discovered — the oldest human remains found in Australia and laid to rest over 40,000 years ago. There’s plenty of encounters with ancient burial sites (including the world’s oldest-recorded cremation site), stone tools, and old fish bones remaining fixed in the sand.

Location: Mungo National Park, NSW, Australia