The Doc returned to Mutawinjti National Park after the Scotia visit. Mutawintji is pronounced Mut-a-win-gee. An aboriginal word meaning green and waterholes. The early settlers misheard the aborigines and called it Mootwingee.

It was and is a major meeting area for Aborigines, it has extensive engravings and rock art, one of the most extensive in Australia. A sample is given below of hand stencils around 2,000 years old. The rock engravings predate the art work and is over 8,000 years old, perhaps even 15,000 years.

A visit to Mutawintji is incomplete unless you visit the Mutawintji Historic Site, where you must be accompanied by a guide. We had Michel from Tri State Safaris who did an excellent job. An extensive report of the Park may come later, after the Simpson Desert trip.

The Doc is now back in Broken Hill getting everything ready for the Simpson Desert trip starting Monday morning.