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The Best Attractions In Mataranka

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Mataranka is a community of about 400, in the Top End region of Australia's Northern Territory. The town is located about 420 km southeast of the territorial capital, Darwin, and 107 km south of Katherine. At the 2011 census, Mataranka had a population of 244.The town is located near Roper River and Mataranka Hot Springs. This area is the setting for Jeannie Gunn's autobiographical account of the year 1902, We of the Never Never. The homestead, which she shared with her husband, Aeneas Gunn, until his death, has been reconstructed near to the hot springs. The Mataranka Station is part of the Katherine Rural College of Charles Darwin University.
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  • 3. Elsey National Park Mataranka
    Elsey is a national park in the Northern Territory , extending from 2 km to 19 km east of Mataranka and 378 km southeast of Darwin.Features of the park include Mataranka Falls, and the “Mataranka Thermal Pools”
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  • 5. Mataranka Falls Mataranka
    Elsey is a national park in the Northern Territory , extending from 2 km to 19 km east of Mataranka and 378 km southeast of Darwin.Features of the park include Mataranka Falls, and the “Mataranka Thermal Pools”
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  • 7. Katherine Gorge Katherine
    Katherine is a town in Northern Territory, Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River below the Top End, 320 kilometres southeast of Darwin. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory and is known as the place where The outback meets the tropics. Katherine had an urban population of approximately 6,300 at the 2016 Census. Katherine is also the closest major town to RAAF Base Tindal located 17 km southeast and provides education, health, local government services and employment opportunities for the families of Defence personnel stationed there. In the 2016 census, the base had a residential population of 857, with only around 20% of the workforce engaged in employment outside of defence, the majority commuting to work in Katherine. Beginning as an outpost established with t...
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  • 8. Katherine Outback Experience Katherine
    Katherine is a town in Northern Territory, Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River below the Top End, 320 kilometres southeast of Darwin. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory and is known as the place where The outback meets the tropics. Katherine had an urban population of approximately 6,300 at the 2016 Census. Katherine is also the closest major town to RAAF Base Tindal located 17 km southeast and provides education, health, local government services and employment opportunities for the families of Defence personnel stationed there. In the 2016 census, the base had a residential population of 857, with only around 20% of the workforce engaged in employment outside of defence, the majority commuting to work in Katherine. Beginning as an outpost established with t...
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  • 9. Katherine Hot Springs Katherine
    Katherine is a town in Northern Territory, Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River below the Top End, 320 kilometres southeast of Darwin. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory and is known as the place where The outback meets the tropics. Katherine had an urban population of approximately 6,300 at the 2016 Census. Katherine is also the closest major town to RAAF Base Tindal located 17 km southeast and provides education, health, local government services and employment opportunities for the families of Defence personnel stationed there. In the 2016 census, the base had a residential population of 857, with only around 20% of the workforce engaged in employment outside of defence, the majority commuting to work in Katherine. Beginning as an outpost established with t...
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  • 10. Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park Katherine
    Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park is a reserve covering 1,499 hectares of limestone Karst landscape near the town of Katherine, in Australia's Northern Territory. The park is easily accessible from the Stuart Highway, about 27 km south of Katherine, and features two show caves where guided tours are offered to the public, making it a popular tourist attraction. The caves are the only tropical examples in Australia which are open to the public. Cutta Cutta Caves are associated with Barrac Barrac, or Diver Duck dreaming creation stories by the local Jawoyn Indigenous people. Other sources, such as Lonely Planet, claim Cutta Cutta is a Jawoyn word meaning many stars, as they believe that caves are where the stars rest during the day; however, there does not seem to be a specific name for the form...
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