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AUSTRALIA: NORTHERN TERRITORY

110 images Created 17 Jun 2023

We flew from April 3–May 9, 2023 from Seattle to Tokyo to Cairns to Darwin and back. From Darwin in Northern Territory, we cruised the Kimberley coast of Western Australia to Indonesia from April 14–28, 2023, aboard the Coral Geographer, an Australian ship chartered by Wilderness Travel tour agency. The Kimberley is the northernmost of the nine regions of the state of Western Australia.

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  • In Darwin, the Cage of Death exhibit at Crocosaurus Cove thrills visitors with a close encounter with a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), in Northern Territory, Australia. Also known as estuarine crocodiles, they're the world's largest reptile. Living up to 80 years, saltwater crocodiles can grow up to 23 feet long and 2,200 pounds. This ancient species first appeared in its present form 240+ million years ago. The name "crocodile" comes from the Greek word krokodeilos, "pebble worm." Previously hunted almost to the point of extinction, in 1971 they became a protected species, ensuring healthy populations today. Crocosaurus Cove also displays the world’s largest collection of Australian reptiles.
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  • The lace monitor or tree goanna (Varanus varius) is native to eastern Australia. Crocosaurus Cove displays the world’s largest collection of Australian reptiles—Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. A large lizard, the lace monitor can reach 2 meters (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight.
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  • A central/inland bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) at Crocosaurus Cove—the world’s largest collection of Australian reptiles—Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. More Central bearded dragons are kept and bred as pets in the Northern Hemisphere than exist in Australia. It's native to the deserts of Central Australia.
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  • Crocodile smile. Estuarine crocodile / saltwater crocodile / Crocodylus porosus, exhibit at Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Crocosaurus Cove displays the world’s largest collection of Australian reptiles. Living up to 80 years, saltwater crocodiles can grow up to 23 feet long and 2,200 pounds. Also known as estuarine crocodiles, they're the world's largest reptile. Previously hunted almost to the point of extinction, in 1971 they became a protected species, ensuring healthy populations today. Crocodiles first appeared 240+ million years ago. The name "crocodile" comes from the Greek word krokodeilos, which means "pebble worm".
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  • A rescued agile wallaby is nurtured at the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Australian pelican / Pelecanus conspicillatus, at the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • A rescued agile wallaby is nurtured at the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Australian pelicans / Pelecanus conspicillatus are fed at the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Australian pelicans / Pelecanus conspicillatus at the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Tiwi Islands masked owl, Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Tiwi Islands masked owls are considered endangered and are only found on Bathurst and Melville Islands off the Top End coast. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Pied imperial pigeon (Ducula bicolor) on nest. The Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • A barramundi (Asian sea bass) in the Aquarium at Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. The barramundi is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the waters of the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania. This fish inhabits rivers and descends to estuaries and tidal flats to spawn. In areas remote from fresh water, purely marine populations may become established. It is fished internationally and raised in aquaculture worldwide. It can grow to a length of 4–6 feet and weigh up to 130 pounds. The Territory Wildlife Park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • The maroon clownfish is mutually symbiotic with anemones. The Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Café, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Blue-spotted lagoon ray—the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Tropical water lilies in Goose Lagoon, a natural billabong, typical of the Top End’s flood plains. The Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • An old helicopter and jeep with grabber arm for rounding up feral water buffalo are memorialized as sculpture in the Territory Wildlife Park, at Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. In the 1800s, water buffalo were introduced to northern Australia for hides and meat. But after hunting them grew too expensive, the beasts became a feral, invasive species which mauled local wetlands. Unfortunately, the cost of culling wild water buffalo using jeeps and helicopters is commercially uneconomical.
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  • Feral water buffalo is an invasive species in Australia—Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory. In the 1800s, water buffalo were introduced to northern Australia for hides and meat, but they became a feral, invasive species after hunting them became too expensive. Culling using jeeps and helicopters is expensive and commercially uneconomical. Live water buffalo are exhibited at Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • A trained wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) shown at the Flight Deck at Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis), Flight Deck Training presentation at the Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Brahminy kite / Haliastur indus, bird show at Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis), bird show at Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Bustards are found widely across the continent on dry plains, grasslands and in open woodland. This wildlife park brilliantly encapsulates the Top End of Northern Australia in a mix of zoo-type exhibits and natural bush, spread around a 4km loop road linked with free shuttle trains and natural walking paths. The Main Station Cafe, Nocturnal House and Aquarium are airconditioned. To get there, drive 45 minutes south of Darwin city.
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  • Wangi Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Fruit bat / flying fox / Pteropus genus. Wangi Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Wangi Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Tolmer Falls and Creek Walk, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Tolmer Falls and Creek Walk, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Turkey bush or Kimberley heather (Calytrix exstipulata, in the myrtle family Myrtaceae) is endemic to western Australia. Tolmer Falls and Creek Walk, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • The top of Tolmer Falls, along the Creek Walk, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Litchfield Hibiscus (Hibiscus petherickii) is a pink flowering plant endemic to Litchfield National Park. The cycad plant (Cycas calcicola) in the background is found only in isolated spots in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia. Photographed along the Tolmer Falls and Creek Walk in Litchfield National Park.
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  • This cycad (Cycas calcicola) is found only in isolated spots in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia. Photographed along the Tolmer Falls and Creek Walk in Litchfield National Park.
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  • Florence Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • Florence Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • Stairway to Florence Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • Florence Falls is a popular swimming hole (free of crocodiles) in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • Cathedral termite column at the Magnetic Termite Mounds area in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Cathedral termites build their columns on well-drained soils, unlike magnetic termites, which choose areas of seasonally flooded black soils. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • A cathedral termite column rises 8 feet high at the Magnetic Termite Mounds rest stop in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Cathedral termites build their columns on well-drained soils, unlike magnetic termites, which choose areas of seasonally flooded black soils. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • Magnetic Termite Mounds in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Magnetic termites always build their mounds on seasonally flooded black soil plains. This 1986 national park is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a pioneer who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Zebra Stone is a fascinating, private science museum in Northern Territory, Australia. Zebra stone is a unique, very fine-grained siltstone / claystone, formed from 0.6 to 1 billion years old — first discovered in 1924 by T. Blatchford, near the old Argyle Downs homestead, Western Australia. The rock is mostly extremely fine-grained quartz and sericite, with minor alunite, kaolinite clay and its polymorph dickite. It shows regularly spaced, ferruginous (rusty iron) brown bands on a white to pale brown clay rich matrix. Address: 895 Litchfield Park Rd, Rum Jungle, NT, Australia, 0822.
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  • Impressive cascades plunge into the Middle Pool of Leliyn (Edith Falls) in Nitmiluk National Park, on the lands of the Jawoyn people, 290km south of Darwin or 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia.
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  • Edith Falls Upper Pool. Leliyn (Edith Falls) in Nitmiluk National Park is 290km south of Darwin or 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people.
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) is easily experienced on a scenic boat tour in Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Crocdile in Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Baruwei Lookout loop walk, Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) on a fan at Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge Visitor Centre, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Fruit bat / flying fox / Pteropus genus. Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin or 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia.
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  • Fruit bats / flying foxes / Pteropus genus. Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin or 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia.
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  • The red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) ranges from the Pilbara in Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland (to be seen almost all over Queensland) and as far south as northeast South Australia. Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • The red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) ranges from the Pilbara in Western Australia to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland (to be seen almost all over Queensland) and as far south as northeast South Australia. Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Katherine region, Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk National Park is on the lands of the Jawoyn people — 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine on a sealed road, in Northern Territory, Australia. Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming."
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  • Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia.
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  • Sunrise, Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna.
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  • Sunrise, Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna.
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  • Juvenile nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus). Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia.
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  • Sunrise, Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna.
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  • Rainbow bee-eater / Merops ornatus.<br />
Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna.
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  • A red tropical water lily. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Photographed at Yellow Water Billabong, the white-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) is a common raptor on the coasts and major waterways of Australian through Southeast Asia, India and Sri Lanka. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Ibis birds at Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • A lurking crocodile. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • White tropical water lily. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • A lavender tropical water lily. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Tropical water lily & lurking crocodile. Yellow Water (Ngurrungurrudjba) brims with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • A lavender tropical water lily. Yellow Water (Ngurrungurrudjba) is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • A lurking crocodile. Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Cruises, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Egrets cavort at Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Cooinda Lodge Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata). Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. This common waterbird, found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, is an important seasonal food source for Aboriginal people and popular for recreational hunters. Explore these wetlands by booking Yellow Water Cruises at Cooinda Lodge Kakadu.
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  • Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata). Yellow Water is a landlocked billabong brimming with native flora and fauna. Yellow Water Billabong, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. This common waterbird, found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, is an important seasonal food source for Aboriginal people and popular for recreational hunters. Explore these wetlands by booking Yellow Water Cruises at Cooinda Lodge Kakadu.
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  • Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Aboriginal art gallery loop walk, Kakadu National Park, Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Aboriginal art gallery loop walk, Kakadu National Park, Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Aboriginal art gallery loop walk, Kakadu National Park, Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • The Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) Aboriginal art gallery loop walk ascends between boulders, in Kakadu National Park, near Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Crocodile Safety / Danger sign. Magela creek crossing, Arnhem Highway/Oenpelli Rd, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • On May 4, at the end of the Wet season, our 2WD rental caravan was able to cross Magela creek to reach Ubirr rock art site—Arnhem Highway/Oenpelli Rd, in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
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  • Painting of Mabuyu with fishing gear—part of a morality tale against stealing—at Ubirr, an important Aboriginal rock art site in Kakadu National Park, near Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia. This painting of Mabuyu with fishing gear reminds Aboriginal people to tell a story which warns against stealing. Cave dwellers who stole Mabuyu's fish were killed by him blocking their exit with a huge rock. The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • Rock art of the Chelodina genus of long-necked chelid turtles, at Ubirr, an important Aboriginal rock art site in Kakadu National Park, near Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia. The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • This rock painting of a thylacine at Ubirr was presumably done before the species became locally extinct, making the artwork at least 2000 years old. Thylacines once lived in Kakadu but are now extinct, after dingoes came to Australia 3500 years ago, which hastened the mainland demise of thylacines by 2000 years ago. This carnivorous marsupial is also called the Tasmanian tiger due to its aggressive hunting style, its striped back and its last refuge in Tasmania, ending with the death of the last one in a zoo in 1936. On Tasmania, ranchers had persecuted thylacines as alleged pests. The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • Aboriginal art under rock overhang in Kakadu National Park, near Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia. The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • Fish painting. The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • The group of rock outcrops known as Ubirr rise on the edge of the Nadab floodplain in Kakadu National Park. While most of its present paintings were created about 2000 years ago, Ubirr's rock faces have been continuously painted and repainted since 40,000 BCE, right up to modern times. 
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  • Fish painting at Nanguluwurr Aboriginal rock art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Painting of a red arm at Nanguluwurr Aboriginal rock art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Painting of a red arm at Nanguluwurr Aboriginal rock art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Hand stencils painted at Nanguluwurr Aboriginal rock art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Natural striped rock pattern, Nanguluwurr Aboriginal rock art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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  • Aboriginal rock mortars for grinding ochre paints—Nanguluwurr Aboriginal art site, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
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