Darwin to Kakadu National Park Self-Drive Time-Lapse
Our self-drive journey from Darwin (Palmerston City) to Kakadu National Park (Kakadu Lodge, Jabiru) in Jun-2018.
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-Route: Stuart Highway (#1) followed by Arnhem Highway (#36)
-Distance: ~250km
-Duration: ~2.5hrs
-Date: Jun-2018
-Vehicle: Apollo Endeavour 4-berth campervan (Toyota HiAce, Petrol 2.7L)
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Kakadu National Park Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
Just three hours away from Darwin, Australia is Kakadu National Park. Located deep within the Northern Territory, this stunning portion of the Outback is open year-round, and is a popular place to visit during the dry season. Much of this remarkable sanctuary has been protected, allowing you to step back in time to a wilderness unspoiled by human occupation.
Kakadu National Park tours aren’t something you can breeze through in just a few hours. The park has more than 25 trails, ranging from easy, daylong hikes to scenic routes that take several days to cover. Wander through gorges and woodlands, and stop at waterfalls and diving pools so pristine, they seem like something out of a fairy tale.
Kakadu National Park sightseeing isn’t all about athleticism, though it certainly helps if you’re able to make your way along its many pathways. The area has long been used as an art gallery by Aboriginals, and some of its cave paintings are 20,000 years old. Many of these paintings depict Aboriginal mythology and history.
If you’re not up to hiking through miles of beautiful territory, then hop on a boat and cruise down the Yellow Water Billabong. Keep your cameras ready; geese, jabiru, and crocodiles make this marshy area their home, and you’ll want to remember your encounters with these majestic creatures for the rest of your life.
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Follow our journey through Kakadu National Park, as well as a quick stop at Litchfield National Park and Katherine George Nitmiluk National Park.
A 4-day itinerary camping, observing wildlife, hiking through tropical forests, cruising along massive crocodiles, and checking huge termite mounds. And of course, learning about Aboriginal culture through ancient rock art like Ubirr and Nourlangie Rock, which makes Kakadu as two-time UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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Kakadu National Park, in the Top End or the Northern Territory, is a World Heritage Site and one of the planet's great wilderness areas. Covering more than 19,840 sq km, Kakadu is the largest national park in Australia and the second largest in the world. Within its borders lie monsoon rainforests, mangrove swamps, rivers, gorges, ancient rock paintings, wetlands, and waterfalls as well as an astounding diversity of wildlife. In addition to the many mammals and reptiles, more than 300 different species of birds make their home here, and visitors may spot saltwater crocodiles prowling the wetlands.More info:
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My trip to north part of Northern territory - Darwin, Kakadu national park and Katherine in dry season - June 2015
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Experience Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks in this informative and entertaining travelogue through Australia's Northern Territory in August 2008.
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Nhulunbuy is a township that was created on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established nearby in the late 1960s, followed by an alumina refinery.[2] At the 2011 census, Nhulunbuy had a population of 3,933 with a median age of 32.[1] The closure of the alumina refinery in May 2014 resulted in 1,100 workers being redeployed or made redundant, substantially reducing this population.[3]Nhulunbuy flood,
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his area in Northeast Arnhem Land has been home to the Yolngu Aboriginal people for at least 40,000 years.
Matthew Flinders, in his circumnavigation of Australia in 1803, met the Macassan trading fleet near present-day Nhulunbuy, an encounter that led to the establishment of settlements on Melville Island and the Coburg Peninsula. A beach close to the township is named Macassan Beach in honour of this encounter.
In 1963, a Federal government decision excised part of the land for a bauxite mine to be operated by the North Australian Bauxite and Alumina Company (Nabalco)[4]. The Yolngu aborigines at Yirrkala were strongly opposed, and forwarded a bark petition to the Australian House of Representatives, which attracted national and international attention and which now hangs in Parliament House, Canberra[5].[6]
The town of Nhulunbuy was then established, housing the workers and their families, who were employed by the Swiss Aluminium company. The mine is now owned by Rio Tinto who acquired Alcan in 2007. During the 1970s, the population rose to approximately 3,500 with 1,000 students at the combined primary and high school. A new high school was opened in 1981.
Permits are required to drive to Nhulunbuy — over 700 km of unsealed roads — so most supplies and visitors are brought by air to Gove Airport or by sea.
Nhulunbuy is only 20 km from the Indigenous community of Yirrkala, famous for its Aboriginal art.
For the purposes of granting tax rebates to residents of isolated areas as per Section 79A(3F) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, the census population of Nhulunbuy is taken to be less than 2,500).[7]
Education[edit]
Nhulunbuy includes three schools; Nhulunbuy Primary School, Nhulunbuy High School and Nhulunbuy Christian College. In 1999, the first classes of the Nhulunbuy Christian College (formerly known as Nhulunbuy Christian School) were held at the local TAFE centre, and in 2001 the first building of the new school was completed. In 2007 the NCC Middle School was opened and in 2008 the combined year 8/9 Class was first established.
Facilities[edit]
Arnhem Club
Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation
Endeavour Square, a community shopping centre that includes the northernmost Woolworths supermarket, BWS liquor store and Westpac bank in Australia
Gove Country Golf Club; northernmost golf course in Australia
Gove District Hospital
Refinery closure[edit]
On 29 November 2013, Rio Tinto announced the closure of the alumina refinery (but not the bauxite mine) by July 2014 with the loss of 1,100 jobs, or almost 25% of the town's population.[3][8] The refinery ceased production in May 2014.[9]
Nhulunbuy's population had already dropped by mid 2014, with some of the workforce retained to monitor the shutdown and survey holding ponds full of toxic compounds, but most will be gone by January 2015.[2][2] A range of measures were announced to support the town and its former workers through the closure and the following three years, but locals anticipate further cuts to services since the school, hospital, power plant and flights were backed by Rio Tinto.[10] The closure of the refinery also left flights on the Darwin-Nhulunbuy route to fall to around 50 to 60 per cent full, causing QantasLink to suspend flights on the route from 17 August 2014.[11]
Media[edit]
As a result of the refinery curtailment and subsequent loss of advertising revenue, Gove’s only source of local news, The Arafura Times, published its final issue in mid-October 2016.[citation needed]
In response to the closure of, Gove Online ( a not-for-profit community-led online initiative was established in December 2016, to offer an alternative source of local news, to promote the local region to a wider audience.
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Most Australians live along the coast, and most of these folks live in cities. In fact, Australia is the 18th-most urbanised country in the world: it follows that cities here are a lot of fun! Sydney is a glamorous collusion of beaches, boutiques and bars. Melbourne is all arts, alleyways and Australian Rules football. Brisbane is a subtropical town on the way up; Adelaide has festive grace and pubby poise. Boomtown Perth breathes west-coast optimism; Canberra transcends political agendas. And the tropical northern frontier town of Darwin and chilly southern sandstone city of Hobart couldn't be more different.
Food & Drink
Australia plates up a multicultural fusion of European techniques and fresh Pacific-rim ingredients – aka 'Mod Oz' (Modern Australian). Seafood plays a starring role − from succulent Moreton Bay Bugs to delicate King George Whiting, there's variety in the ocean's bounty. And of course, beer in hand, you'll still find beef, lamb and chicken at Aussie barbecues. Don't drink beer? Australian wines are world-reknown: punchy Barossa Valley shiraz, Hunter Valley semillon and cool-climate Tasmanian sauvignon blanc. Need a caffeine hit? You'll find cafes everywhere, coffee machines in pubs and petrol stations, and baristas in downtown coffee carts.
It's a Wide Open Road
There's a heckuva lot of tarmac across this wide brown land. From Margaret River to Cooktown, Jabiru to Dover, the best way to appreciate Australia is to hit the road. Car hire is relatively affordable, road conditions are generally good, and outside of the big cities there's hardly any traffic. If you're driving a campervan, you'll find well-appointed caravan parks in most sizable towns. If you're feeling more adventurous, hire a 4WD and go off-road: Australia's national parks and secluded corners are custom-made for camping trips down the dirt road. Embrace your inner road warrior!
Why I Love Australia
By Charles Rawlings-Way & Meg Worby, Authors
We've both been living on this great southern land for 30-something years, and there are still places here that we haven't explored. This isn't to say that we've been sitting at home eating popcorn and watching David Attenborough – we're travel writers! It's just that Australia is so damn big. Even if we spent the next 30-something years on an endless round-Australia road trip, there'd still be surprises out there. And that, for a couple of restless road-addicts, is a very comforting reality.
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Arts & Culture
No matter which city you're wheeling into, you'll never go wanting for an offbeat theatre production, a rockin' live band, lofty art-gallery opening, movie launch or music festival mosh-pit. This was once a country where 'cultural cringe' held sway – the notion that anything locally produced simply wasn't up to scratch. But these days the tables have turned (and, if anything, Australian pride is a tad over-inflated). Aboriginal arts – particularly painting and dance – seem immune to such fluctuations and remain timelessly captivating.
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