HEART OF THE MULGA LANDS
Mulga is one of Australia’s most iconic and widespread plant species, occurring in every mainland Australian state except Victoria. It lends its name to a bioregion — the Mulga Lands — where it dominates 254,000sqkm of semi-arid outback extending from south-west Queensland into northern New South Wales. It’s a sparsely populated region, whose vast expanses are mostly used for grazing sheep and cattle.
At its heart, straddling the Paroo River, lies the Currawinya National Park, one of Queensland’s largest conservation reserves and an internationally significant Ramsar wetland. Home to the endangered bilby, the park offers some of the best remote bush camping in the state and the opportunity to witness the spectacle of bird aggregations in numbers rarely seen outside Kakadu or Lake Eyre.
“Home to the endangered bilby, the park offers some of the best remote bush camping in the state”
THE MULGA LANDSCAPE
Mulga (Acacia aneura) is a woody plant with silver-grey foliage that varies widely in habit, height and shape. It can
