Culgoa National Park Culgoa National Park The Culgoa National Park is a protected national park that is located in the north-west region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The national park is located approximately northwest of Sydney. The nearest town is , away. The park's northern boundary is defined by part of the state border between New South Wales and Queensland. The Culgoa River flows through the national park. The national park, with its impressive river red gums and expansive floodplains, is the landscape that is thought to be representative of the Australian outback. The iconic coolabah tree, a native species, covers
Mungo Park (explorer) the River Niger in Jebba, Nigeria. The Royal Scottish Geographical Society award the Mungo Park Medal annually in Park's honour. Mungo Park appears as one of the two protagonists in "Water Music" by T. C. Boyle. Mungo Park (explorer) Mungo Park (11 September 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. He was the first Westerner known to have travelled to the central portion of the Niger River. He wrote a popular and influential travel book about it titled "Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa". Mungo Park was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, at Foulshiels on the Yarrow