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Kakadu National Park is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km (106 mi) southeast of Darwin.It is a World Heritage Site. Kakadu is also gazetted as a locality, covering the same area as the national park, with 313 people recorded living there in the 2016 Australian census.
Anbangbang Billabong has a marked, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) circular walk, popular with tourists to Kakadu National Park, but accessible only during the dry season. [3] It is a hotspot for bird watching during the late dry and early wet seasons due to the abundance of birdlife. [4]
The falls are located near the eastern boundary of the national park and 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of Jabiru. In the dry season, access from the Kakadu Highway is possible via a 60-kilometre (37 mi) gravel road, with the final 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) suitable for four-wheel drive vehicles only. However, during much of this period the falls dry ...
Kakadu National Park: Northern Territory: 1981 147quater; i, vi, vii, ix, x (mixed) Aboriginal Australians have lived in Kakadu for more than 50,000 years. The rock carvings and cave paintings dating back thousands of years provide insight into the life of prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies, with traditions having survived until the present day.
Kakadu National Park is included on UNESCO the World Heritage List due to its exceptional natural and cultural values. [3] Europeans were first in the area of Noulangie Rock in about 1845, after Ludwig Leichhardt’s explorations passed through the area. [1]
Ubirr, once referred to as Obiri Rock, so-named by C. P. Mountford, [1] is a rock formation within the East Alligator region of Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia, and is known for its rock art.