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Adventure Australia Kakadu National Park
By: Oze ParrotKakadu 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 inaccessible 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.
The Ranger Uranium Mine is located on the banks of a tributary of the East Alligator River just inside Kakadu National Park's border with Arnhem Land. The township of Jabiru has a population of about 1,100 people and services the Ranger mine, it also provides a range of services for visitors, including accommodation as well as being a stepping stone to many of Kakadu's attractions. Royalties from the mining operations are paid to the traditional Aboriginal land owners and compensates them in some small way for the desecration of this magnificent area.
Kakadu National Park is managed by the Park's traditional Aboriginal owners and Parks Australia, which is an Australian government body. The Aboriginal people settled in these parts 50,000 years ago, testimony of which is provided by the dating of the Aboriginal rock art works that are displayed at the Nourlangie Rock galleries. There are a certain number of Aboriginal tribes residing within the Park that are direct descendants of the original Aboriginal settlers and even though they have adopted their own dialect and culture they are collectively recognised as being the traditional owners of the land.
There are many points of interest within Kakadu National Park including Jim Jim Billabong, Jim Jim Falls, Twin Falls, Maguk, and Gunlom. The owners of the Park have provided a number of walking tracks and several camping grounds to accommodate the visitor. Ideally, one should begin their tour of Kakadu National Park at the Bowali Cultural Centre where staff can provide at first hand, a wealth of information about Kakadu National Park including weather conditions, points of interest and the location of the many walking trails that have been designed to give the visitor a memorable impression of this unique world heritage listed area.
Oze Parrot
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