Kakadu National Park
Posted by Oze Parrot on April 3rd, 2007
Kakadu National Park is Australia’s largest National Park, it occupies 19,800 square km and is situated in the Top End area of Australia about 170km east of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory. The Kakadu National Park is listed as a World Heritage site for it’s natural and human heritage values. By road, the Park can be accessed from Darwin by the Arnhem Highway or a little farther south from Pine Creek by the Kakadu Highway.
The wet season extends from October to April and during this period most of the park is unaccessible although there are some features of the park that are enhanced by the abundance of flooded areas. May through to September is the dry season and this is when most people visit the park. Apart from the magnificent scenic attractions of Kakadu such as, sheer cliff faces, enormous gorges, picturesque waterfalls, vast areas of tropical wetlands and isolated lagoons there is also a massive collection of Aboriginal rock art galleries that are readily accessible to visitors… Read Full story