Victoria · Attraction
Mungo National Park and the Walls of China
Ancient lunette, timeless landscape
schedule 1 min read / Updated Jun 2026
Mungo National Park, roughly 116 kilometres north-east of Mildura, protects one of Australia's most extraordinary archaeological landscapes. The Walls of China, a crescent-shaped lunette of pale sand and clay, stretches for 30 kilometres along the edge of the long-dry Lake Mungo, where human remains dating back approximately 40,000 years were discovered, rewriting the known history of the continent.
The lunette formed as westerly winds pushed lake sediments into a dune system over tens of thousands of years. As the dunes erode, they continue to expose fossil remains and evidence of Aboriginal occupation across an immense timescale. The park is part of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, jointly managed with the Muthi Muthi, Nyiampaa, and Paakantyi peoples.
A wheelchair-accessible viewing platform at the Walls of China gives a clear panorama of the lunette without requiring a guided tour. For those who want to walk among the formations, ranger-led guided tours of the lunette are available with bookings through NSW National Parks. The Mungo Visitor Centre has exhibits on the park's geology and Aboriginal heritage.
Roads into the park are mostly unsealed. Summer temperatures frequently exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Fuel is not available in the park, so plan accordingly, and mobile reception is very limited.
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