KAKADU
NATIONAL PARK
By Tim and Sam
| Kakadu is in the Northern Territory and is about
three and a half hours south east of Darwin. Kakadu is a
national park, which has many crocodiles and has a
crocodile shaped hotel. There are about 50 rooms in the
hotel and it is in Jaburu. Kakadu covers almost 20,000
square kilometres or 7770 square miles. In Kakadu there
are dramatic walls of stone, billabongs covered with
birds, thundereing waterfalls, flood plains and
rainforests. |
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| Kakadu is a very important wetland, because there is
a large number of birds that live there. There is a
crocodile cruise where they feed crocodiles with meat and
some even attack the boat! The biggest crocodiles grow up
to six metres. Kakadu is the king of national parks and
is Australia's biggest national park. Aborignes call
parts of Kakadu Monsoon Land. Approximately 7,000 people visit Kakadu a year. During the wet season many crocodiles fill the waters of Kakadu. When Kakadu is wet all the birds fly to Jaburu. The park is jointly controled by the traditional Abroginal oners. |
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