The wetlands
Still water.
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Kakadu National Park is a vast protected area in Australia's Northern Territory, about 171 km south-east of Darwin, and a World Heritage Site. It covers about 19,804 square kilometres, making it the second-largest national park in Australia, roughly the size of Wales. Most of its land is owned by its Aboriginal traditional owners, who have lived here for around 60,000 years and run the park today with Parks Australia. It holds wetlands, rivers and sandstone escarpments, and its rocks carry a great deal of ancient art, best known at Ubirr and Nourlangie. Saltwater crocodiles and many birds live here. You see wide wetlands where gum trees and pandanus palms are mirrored in still water, and pools covered with large lotus leaves and pink flowers. Red sandstone outcrops rise on the horizon, and their walls hold red and white paintings of animals and figures. Ubirr is about 31 km from the town of Jabiru in a straight line. Swimming is banned in most waters because of crocodiles, and some roads close in the wet season.
Still water.
Pink flowers.
Red and white.
Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory, Australia
It is banned in most waters because of saltwater crocodiles.
Mainly at Ubirr and Nourlangie.