Written history dates back to about three o’clock Wednesday afternoon in the year five thousand BCE or roughly seven thousand years ago. In 1968 and again in 1974 the remains of two people were found at Lake Mungo. The two individuals, one male one female, are thought to be six times older than recorded history and they are far from the oldest humans ever found. That’s all I’m prepared to say on the matter.

The now dry Lake Mungo

By the way….

1. The Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger, above) once found all over mainland Australia went extinct about 3200 years ago due to the introduction of the Dingo (native dog) bought here by the early aboriginal settlers. The last recorded Thylacine died in a zoo in Tasmania in 1936. Food for thought.

2. The self guided tour and loop track were closed due to “poor road surface” and as the ranger said while looking to the sky “some other ongoing issues”.