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| | Mallee (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | At 3500 square kilometres, it’s Victoria’s third largest and has a chain of normally dry lake beds, mallee scrub, river red gum and fl box woodlands, and rolling sand plains, with emus, kangaroos and mallee fowl among its wildlife. |
 | | A sealed road goes to the Wonga Campground, where there’s a shady camping and picnic area with water and toilets, as well as an information centre (tel 03/5395 7221) where you can find out about the many walks in the park; this is also a good area to explore on a mountain bike. |
 | | From here the mallee scrub tenaciously clings to the edges of the highway, threatening to invade the red soil of cleared fields on either side, and the equally red dust of the unsealed road. |
| www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/mallee.asp (458 words) |
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