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Three
hours drive
east of
Darwin is
the famed,
World Heritage-listed
Kakadu National
Park - a
spectacular
collection
of woodlands,
forests,
the majestic
Arnhem Land
escarpment,
Waterways
and floodplains,
all home
to an incredible
array of
wildlife.
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It is Australia's
largest
national
park, but
it isn't
just the
size that
astounds
visitors
- it is
the sense
of something
very old
and grand.
Creation
of the 500
km escarpment
began 2,000
million
years ago,
when layers
of sandstone
built up
a plateau
to later
be carved
into an
escarpment
and scoured
by gorges.
Today those
gorges are
brimming
with rainforests,
washed by
waterfalls.
Over thousands
of years,
Aboriginal
people have
left behind
some extraordinary
galleries
of Aboriginal
art, with
rock sites
dating back
25,000 years.
More than
1,000 sites
have been
recorded.
One thousand
species
of flora,
30 mammals,
75 reptiles,
1500 butterflies
and moths,
50 freshwater
fish and
25 species
of frog
have been
discovered
in Kakadu.
During the
lush green
season Kakadu's
flora puts
on its most
brilliant
face. Between
December
and March
visitors
will see
plants respond
to the monsoonal
showers
with riotous
growth.
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