34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012
34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012
34th International Geological Congress (IGC): AUSTRALIA 2012
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NSW Extended Trips<br />
NSW-1 Lake Mungo - Early Man, Regolith, Landform Evolution<br />
Post Trip: 6 days 5 nights - Saturday 11 August to Thursday 16 August <strong>2012</strong><br />
Starts: Broken Hill<br />
Finishes: Mildura<br />
Numbers limited to 30<br />
Cost: Land: $2480 per person share twin/double<br />
Single supplement: $825<br />
Air: $750<br />
Trip description: Scenic Lake Mungo is in the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area. The study of the<br />
regolith has also revealed a fascinating history of landform evolution and climate<br />
change. Initially a freshwater lake, water levels gradually receded and prevailing<br />
westerly winds shaped an extensive lunette on its eastern shore, which has since<br />
been eroded to form the spectacular ‘Walls of China’. Aboriginal occupation of the<br />
area is believed to extend back at least 40 000 years. Fossils of extinct megafauna<br />
have also been found<br />
Highlights: Indigenous history, fossils, Willandra National Park<br />
Trip Leader: Roger Cameron<br />
Special notes: Specific joining instructions apply to this field trip and will be provided upon<br />
receipt and confirmation of trip booking.<br />
Day by day itinerary Day 1 - Saturday 11th August <strong>2012</strong> - Arrive Broken Hill<br />
Early morning arrival into Broken Hill. You are met on arrival to start your drive to<br />
Silverton (Mad Max country) for lunch and a leisurely afternoon around Silverton.<br />
Viewing of Duricrusts and regolith on basement and Silverton railway cutting,<br />
Mundi Mundi lookout and possible duricrusts developed on Pre-Cambrian. Return<br />
to Broken Hill for dinner and overnight.<br />
Check into your hotel for the night and meet for dinner, followed by a talk on<br />
surface and sub-surface characteristics of Murray Basin (M.B.) and Willandra Lakes’<br />
place in that setting.<br />
Overnight: Motel in Broken Hill<br />
Meals: L / D<br />
Day 2 - Sunday 12th August <strong>2012</strong> - Broken Hill to Lake Mungo<br />
After breakfast, early departure from Broken Hill for Lake Mungo with visits along<br />
the way to learn about the Northern limits of the Murray Basin, Darling River and<br />
basement ‘islands’ in the Murray Basin. Drive to Wilcannia to see the Darling River<br />
and continue to Manara Range to illustrate rocks that are basement to the Murray<br />
Basin followed by Gypsum Palace to show the saline history of the Murray Basin.<br />
Continue on to Ivanhoe and Mossgiel to show the Willandra Creek as the Palaeo-<br />
Lachlan (feeding Wilandra Lakes). View the ‘featureless’ Riverine Plain, showing<br />
imagery of the Lachlan Alluvial Fan. After lunch you will see the transition from<br />
Riverine Plain to Aeolian sand plains and dunefields. Travel down to Mossgiel to<br />
show the Riverine Plain then travel west to Garnpang - stopping at Alma Lake to<br />
show the boundary between the Riverine Plain (to the east) and the Aeolian Plain<br />
(to the west). Brief stop at the Lake Garnpang lunette then travel on to Mungo<br />
Lodge.<br />
Overnight: Mungo Lodge<br />
Meals: B / L / D<br />
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