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Area Status Updated
Additional Information and Area Status Updated at
http://kakadu.com.au/access
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Area
covered by the report are:
Arnhem Highway, Kakadu Highway, Old Darwin
Road,
East Alligator District
Ubirr Art Site, Magela Creek, Cahills Crossing, Merl
Campground, Manngarre Walk, Bardedjilidji Sandstone,
Sandstone & River Walk.
Nourlangie District
Nourlangie Rock, Nanguluwur Art, Nawurlandja Lookout,
Anbangbang Billabong, Gubara, Sandy Billabong, Muirella
Park Campground, Bubba Walk, Illigadjarr Walk, Burdulba
Campground, Malabanjbandju Caravan Area, Malabanjbandju
Tent Area, Sandstone Barrk Walk.
South Alligator District
Mamukala, Gungarre Walk, West Alligator Head, Red Lily
Billabong, Alligator Billabong, 2 Mile Hole Billabong,
4 Mile Hole Billabong .
Jim Jim District
Jim Jim Billabong Campground, Yellow Water Road, Yellow
Water Boardwalk, Home Billabong Walk, Jim Jim Falls,
Garnamarr Campground, Jim Jim Day Use Area, Twin Falls
Gorge, Twin Falls Escarpment Walk, Mardugal Campground
1 & 2, Mardugal Billabong Walk, Gun-gardun Walk, Maguk,
Graveside Gorge.
Mary River District
Kambolgie Campground, Yurmikmik Walks, Gunlom Campground,
Koolpin Gorge, Guratba/Gimbat Day Use, Rock Holes, Bukbukluk
Lookout, Gungurul Campground, Gungural Lookout & River
Walk, Gunlom Road.
http://kakadu.com.au/access
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Rob's
notes:
My car hit a flood
zone in 1989 and was swept sideways on the Arhem Highway
in February. Luckily it was a mercedes and heavy enough
to withstand the full force of the flood wave. An hour
earlier I went down the road and there was nothing.
I always suggest to
our clients (many are friends) a few additional tips
apart from the offical advice.
•
The golden rule - make sure everyione in the car has
the their seatbelt, baby seats, booster seat properly
adjusted and fasten before the key turns in the ignition.
• Seriously - don't drive
at dusk, dawn or night.
• Don't talk on a phone
whilst driving -
• Both hands on the wheel
to correct vehicle action in an emergancy.
• Don't drink whilst
driving.
• If there is a passenger
please have them also talk to you a bit to keep your
mind alert and active and keep a second pair of eye's
alert around you and on the road.
• Roadtrains are big
and long - by careful when you see one.
• Especially watch the
rail crossing going into Batchelor
• Especially watch the
heavy trucks entering on the Arhem Highway around
and past the Bark Hut Inn area and at the Compass
entry in Batchelor see www.litchfieldnationalpark.com
• Water crossings - especially
at Twin Falls quiet a few hire cars have been in difficulty
at this crossing.
• Always be alert as
often it's the oncoming vehicle that may have difficulties
which will affect your travel path.I.E. I have seen
tourists in a hire vehicle swerve only 100m in fornt
of us onto our lane so as to miss Kitty Hawks on the
Arhem Higway during a burnoff in Sept 9th, 2009.
• In the Northern Territory
you name it we have it cows, wild horses, wallabies,
kanagroos, 1000's of camles, large eagles on the road
and much much more.
• Especially if there
is one driver please stop and get out and stretch
your legs often (carefully)
• Drink the required
amount of water always.
• Tourists not used to
the sun and roads have told me quiet often to warn
others of the flickering of light thru the branches
and trees - it can be rather hypnotic at times.
• We have very long straight
streches of road on the Stuart Highway, Kakadu Highway
and Arhem Highway that are NOT to be treated as a
speedway. 4WD and large motorhomes are not meant to
be pushed but to be enjoyed.
• Rollovers - Please
note there are stretches of road where severe weather
has worn the edge of were the sealed road meets the
dirt/gravel side of the road. The drop here can be
as much as 3 inches or 7cm app. If both wheels get
caught on this it will hinder your driving. Drive
slow and keep to the sealed section and please concentrate
carefully with both hands on the wheel. Road's NT
do try their best to maintain the roads.
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Kakadu
National Park - Seasons
But Australia's Kakadu
sees seasons of varied extremes -- so varied, in fact,
that the park's longtime aboriginal inhabitants have
divided the year into six distinct seasons.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Gunumeleng Pre-Monsoon Storm Season -
Gunumeleng, from mid-October to late December, may in
fact last from a few weeks to several months.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Gudjewg - Monsoon Season - Gudjewg, from
January to March, can be described as the 'true' wet
season.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Banggereng - Knock 'em down storm Season
- Banggerreng, in April, is the season when the rain
clouds have dispersed and clear skies prevail.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Yegge - Cooler but still humid Season
- Yegge, from May to mid-June, is relatively cool with
low humidity.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Wurrgeng - Cold Weather Season - Wurrgeng,
from mid-June to mid-August, is the 'cold weather' time;
humidity is low, daytime temperatures are around 30°C
and night-time temperatures are around 17°C.
• Kakadu
Seasons - Gurrung - Hot Dry Weather - Gurrung, from
mid-August to mid-October, is hot and dry.
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