6 reasons to camp at Mungo Brush, Myall Lakes National Park
by ling and jace
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‘Mungo Brush’ is located within the Country of the Worimi Nation. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of the land.
Every weekend we try to get further out into the open. On this one, we pitched tents close to the water and fell asleep to dingos running by.
We camped at Mungo Brush in Myall Lakes National Park, surrounded by NSW’s largest coastal lake systems. The Park is just under 3 hours’ drive north of Sydney, and is one of our favourite weekend getaways for camping, bushwalking, kayaking and off-roading across sand dunes to the beach.
Wake up by the water
We spent slow mornings by the water at White Tree Bay.
Myall Lakes National Park has many campsites, but the best camping spot that we’ve found so far is in Mungo Brush. This campground has 78 sites available, with plenty of space for tents, car camping and caravans. They’re fairly spaced out along the waterfront, and if you find the right spot to set up, you’ll be entirely secluded.
Bookings need to be made through the Mungo Brush Campground website, and the fees fluctuate between peak ($24 a night for the first 2 people) and off-peak ($17 a night for the first 2 people) seasons. If that campground is unavailable, there are also many others in the national park like Banksia Green, Boomeri and Brambles Green.
accomodation in myall lakes national park
There is also plenty of accomodation near Mungo Bush and Myall Lakes National Park without camping. We’d recommend looking around Hawks Nest or Tea Gardens.
mungo brush campground facilities
Even though many of the camping spots in Mungo Brush feel secluded and far away from everything, it has great barbeque facilities for cooking.
It may be more of a reflection of our friends—who went to extreme lengths with food prep—rather than the campground itself, but we managed to prepare and feast on a full homemade Korean bbq one night.
To fit with the Australian summer, birthdays meant making a cake out of fruit and hanging bunting across the shrubs.
In terms of other facilities, there are unfortunately no showers at the campground, but there are relatively clean and well kept toilets.
Bush walks
We spent the afternoons bushwalking and seeing so much wildlife.
The main Mungo Walking Track to Hawks Nest is 21km long, and can be split up by camping overnight. There are also many other shorter trails like the Mungo Rainforest Walk, which is a 1.5km loop through the ancient, coastal rainforest, starting at the campground.
Mungo Beach
Unfortunately the last time that we camped here was in summer 2019, and the skies were filled with smoke. We can’t wait to go back on a clear day because the beaches in this area are absolutely beautiful and only a short walk from the campground.
Mungo Beach happens to be the third longest beach in NSW, stretching for 16.8 km.
Off-road and onto the sand
On one of the afternoons we also took the 4WD out of the bush, over the sand dunes and onto the beach.
You can find 4WD access to Mungo Beach from the Lemon Tree Access Trail.
Off to an Island
On this trip we camped at Mungo Brush, but there are also many more secluded and beautiful places to see. Broughton Island is next on our list—there are only 5 campsites available at a time and they can only be reached by boat. On the Island, Esmeralda Cove looks beautiful for camping, snorkelling and diving, and it is uniquely home to a seabird colony.
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