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Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park

HE SPRAWLING Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert National Park covers an area that is full of contrasts and incredible natural beauty. The desert sands here are home to the longest parallel dune systems in the world, stretching for hundreds of kilometres and straddling three states. And while the Munga-Thirri-Simpson desert reaches into Queensland, the Northern Territory, and South Australia, the area declared Australia’s newest and biggest national park in 2021 – after a decade-long campaign by The Wilderness Society to protect it from the interests of fossil

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