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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.
Terminalia ferdinandiana, most commonly known as the Kakadu plum and also called the gubinge, billygoat plum, green plum, salty plum, murunga, mador and other names, is a flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, native to Australia, widespread throughout the tropical woodlands from north-western Australia to eastern Arnhem Land.
Its large, fragile pods are filled with a dense, soft cotton-like material. Curcuma australasica (Native Ginger) – an attractive leafy annual that grows from a tuber. Its hot pink flowers can be seen at Ubirr and Nourlangie Rock in the wet season. It is also related to the turmeric plant, a native of Asia.
Rock painting at Ubirr. 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.
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 ]
A steep 15-minute climb leads to the top of the falls, with views over the southern region of the park. There is also a series of swimming holes at the top of the falls. The waterfall is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Kakadu Highway on a gravel road, just inside the southern entry to the park. During the wet season (December to ...
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Kakadu is the German word for cockatoo. Kakadu may refer to: Places. Australia. Kakadu National Park, a protected area; Kakadu Highway, a highway in the Northern ...