Then on to
Mungerannie for the night. There was
some confusion re the spelling with some signs spelling it with one n. We discovered later that the reason for this
was that in the days of telegraph the name was so long that it was treated as
two words with the accompanying additional cost.
To save money one n was dropped so there are two spellings used. The correct spelling is two ns
because the word Annie means near water and Mungerannie is indeed beside a
lovely waterhole with lots of bird life (corellas, pink eared ducks, grebes,
etc etc) and a hot pool which we thoroughly enjoyed a little later in the
day. After setting up camp, however, we
retreated to the pub (the only building at Mungerannie) for a few drinks and a
relax in the relative cool. The barman,
Phil (a bit of a character) told us lots about the area and put on a video of
the re-enactment of the last mail run by Tom Cruise from Birdsville to Marree
in a restored Leyland Badger. Camping
cost was $10 per person per night.
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| Waterhole at Mungerannie |
Spaghetti Bolognese for dinner (Jennie and Jill) followed by a desert of meringue nests, canned mango, cherries and passionfruit with cream and yoghurt (Kay).
