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Litchfield
National Park features numerous waterfalls
which cascade from a sandstone plateau called
the Tabletop Range, monsoon rainforests, intriguing
magnetic termite mounds and historical sites.
Litchfield National Park lies approximately 130km's
southwest of Darwin near the town of Batchelor
and covers around 1,500 sq km's.
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Kakadu National
Park an Australian Natural Icon covers almost
20,000 square kms and is 257 kms East of Darwin
the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Kakadu National
Park gateway to Arnhemland.
The sealed
roads from Darwin to Kakadu is via the Arnhem
Highway and from Katherine to Kakadu
National Park via the Kakadu Highway.
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| • Katherine:
A lush tropical wonderland, the Katherine region
is most famous for the spectacular Katherine Gorge
in Nitmiluk National Park. Just one of 13 stunning
gorges carved into the Arnhem Land plateau by the
Katherine River, a cruise through Katherine Gorge
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Visiting Jim
Jim Gorge in Kakadu National Park, Northern
Territory Australia.
Jim Jim Falls -
On the Kakadu Highway past Cooinda at the
south end of Kakadu National Park to Jim Jim
and Twin Falls. (Side trip of 130km return).
From the north end of the park turn east off
the Kakadu Highway 43km south of the Bowali
Centre, this is only a 4WD access road.
A just under 2km
return walk through a monsoon forest and over
small and larger boulders will take you to
a deep plunge pool surrounded by ancient,
150-metre high cliffs where the falls pound
the bottom druring the Tropical Summer also
known as the Green or Wet Seasons usually
from late November to March. Though as season
change it's unpredictable.
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