National park in South Australia
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Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park is a South Australian national park in the Outback. It was established in November 2021 with an area of 3,600,000 ha (), making it Australia's largest national park, even bigger than Kakadu, Denali, Belgium, Wales, or Massachusetts and four times larger than Yellowstone.
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A rather rare and unusual set of scientific gypsum outcrops. At one point in time, they were the highest dune crests in that area. Because of this, going off the designated vehicle trails is not permitted unless you would want to cop some hefty fines.
A thriving Coolabah that's in the middle of Rig Road today. These types of trees usually grow near watercourses, but unusually, this one is far from one but rather on top of heavy clay soils. How is it surviving and how did it come there? – no-one knows.
An area that is almost completely covered in desert and wilderness with less than 2 people per square kilometre around the lake. It rarely gets rain in the first place, but on the occasion it's full, it's because of flooding from Queensland.
Poeppel's Corner
Where the state of Queensland meets South Australia and the Northern Territory. Rather interestingly, New Year's Eve occurs three times each year at thirty minute intervals in Poeppel Corner, similar to Cameron Corner and Surveyor Generals Corner, since it is at the intersection of three time zones. Unfortunately, this is only for four-wheel-drive tourists as 2WDs won't be able to get through the road.
Getting into Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park is hard, so hard, that it requires lots of 4WD driving experience, previous outback experience – and it's not a park you would want to go if you've never been to…
Read in the guideGetting around should ideally only be done via car. SA Parks advises against all walking to get around the park, and not off marked trails.
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