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It's hard to believe that the stunning Kakadu National Park was added to the world's list of World Heritage areas only in 1984. The park reaches more than 100 kilometers from north to south and 100 kilometers from east to west, altogether encompassing almost 20,000 square kilometers. The park is only 250 km east of Darwin the capital city of the Northern Territory.
The land itself is believed to be more than two billion years old, and is a jigsaw of wetlands, gorges, waterfalls, floodplains, rain forest pockets and escarpments. It shelters an amazing collection of flora and fauna, from sinister crocodiles to beautiful water lilies.
It is renown for its diverse environment from towering escarpment containing aboriginal rock art to the floodplains of the South Alligator River with its amazing array of birds and wildlife. Depending on the season you may see crocodiles, wallabies, dingos, goannas and many of the myriad of bird species that inhabit the national park. The flora is also magnificent and changes dramatically from the tropical summer season to the dry season in May to November.
Kakadu has about 5,000 Aboriginal sites including rock-art galleries at least 50,000 years old, showing animals, hunters, and creation beings. The park's traditional owners operate the Bowali Visitor Center and Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center. |
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