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Queensland's largest national park that contains largely untouched sand dunes where you could 4WD across. They're 200 kilometers long, and range between 10 and 35 m in height, having formed about 30,000 years ago. Due to the heat, it's closed during summer (Dec 1 to Mar 15), so plan carefully if you're visiting this remote park.
Munga-Thirri National Park, formerly known as the Simpson Desert National Park, is the largest national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,495 km west of Brisbane. The park covers an area of 10,120 square kilometres (3,910 sq mi) in the Simpson Desert surrounding Poeppel Corner in the west of the locality of Birdsville in the Central West region of Queensland.
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Held each year in September in Birdsville, this is so much more than just a race day. Easily the biggest thing to happen in Birdsville. Funds are raised in aid of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. During the races the population is swelled to around 7,000 people for the two-day event.