Kakadu National Park
It takes a lot more than the busloads of visitors to disturb Ubirr's inherent majesty and grace. Layers of rock-art paintings, in various styles and from…
Must-see attractions in Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park
It may be small, but there can be few more dramatic frontiers in Australia. This shallow causeway, which is impassable when the tide's in, crosses the…
Kakadu National Park
Though it's unlikely you'll have dreamy Maguk to yourself, you might time it right to have the glorious natural pool and falls between just a few of you…
Kakadu National Park
Gunlom is a superb escarpment waterfall 40-odd kilometres south of Maguk and 37km along an unsealed, though well-graded, gravel road. The reward is a…
Kakadu National Park
The magnificent Nardab Lookout is a 250m scramble from the main Ubirr rock-art gallery. Surveying the billiard-table-green floodplain and watching the sun…
Kakadu National Park
The sight of this looming outlier of the Arnhem Land escarpment makes it easy to understand its ancient importance to Aboriginal people. Its long, red…
Kakadu National Park
A sheer 215m drop, Jim Jim is awesome after rain (when it can only be seen from the air), but its waters shrink to a trickle by about June.
Kakadu National Park
Twin Falls flows year-round (no swimming), but half the fun is getting here, involving a little boat trip (adult/child $15/free, 7.30am-5pm, last boat 4pm…
Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Kakadu National Park
About 1km from the Cooinda resort (an easy 15-minute walk), the Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre depicts Creation stories and has an excellent…
Kakadu National Park
The Anbangbang Gallery, featuring vivid Dreaming characters repainted in the 1960s, contains one of the most extraordinary images anywhere in the Kakadu…
Kakadu National Park
This rocky overhang, impressive and imposing, has been used for 20,000 years as a refuge and canvas. There are more evocative paintings elsewhere, but it…
Kakadu National Park
There are terrific views out over the Arnhem Land Escarpment from this lookout, a steep climb from the Anbangbang Gallery.