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Ubirr Region in Kakadu
National Park Northern Territory Australia
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What To See
And Do At Ubirr Rock
World
Heritage listed area with extensive Kakadu birdlife,
Aboriginal art galleries, rugged escarpment,
even the elusive rock wallaby.
Access To
Ubirr Rock
Kakadu
National Park an Australian Natural Icon covers
almost 20,000 square kms and is 253 kms East
of Darwin the capital city of the Northern Territory,
Australia. Kakadu
National Park is a World Heritage listed, Kakadu
National Park is the 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. The Bowali
Visitor Centre near Jabiru in Kakadu National
Park is located 253 km from Darwin in Northern
Territory Australia via the Arnhem Highway entrance.
If travelling by road, you should allow 3 hours
travelling time from Darwin.
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How To Get
To Ubirr Rock
Turn north off
the Arnhem Highway 1km west of the Kakadu Highway
intersection and travel a further 39km. Over
5,000 recorded and identified Aboriginal art
sites, Kakadu contains an uniqueartistical living
cultural landscape of Aboriginal art. Ubirr
and Nourlangie Rock are
two of the most pristine public sites that feature
Aboriginal Cultural Rock Art and previous dwelling
shelters. Ubirr is 39 kilometres from Jabiru
which is Kakadu National Parks main town, and
is not always accessible during the wet season.
The
dry season which is approximatley which is classed
generally as May - October each year. Though
in current year the wet has not set in till
late December or January and then finishes mid
April.
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Where Is Ubirr
Rock
Ubirr Rock is located
in the North-East section of Kakadu.This region
is situated on the borderline of 3 differnt habitats
and is extremely rich in wildlife. It is also
an area that is extremely rich in Aboriginal Rock
art with some sites possibly dating back tens
of thousands of years. The artsites in this area
are magnificent and are probably some of the most
detailed paintings that you will see on your tour
in Kakadu.
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During
the Tropical Summer season of Novemeber to march
you may experience the road to Ubirr closed. This
is because there are waterways usually dry from
May to October that sit across the road Ubirr in
Kakadu National Park. See the sign on the right.
We drove down
in late September when these photo's were taken
and it was as you say 'dry as a bone'. The drive
was very scenic with jagged ancient rock escarpments
on the right towering over our 4WD and on the left
low lying floodplains with numerous flocks of birds.
The drive from the Arhnem Highway turn took about
an hour as we tended to drive rather slow and stop
numerous times for photo shoots. The biggest surprise
was before Ubirr is Border
Store and Cahill
Crossing both great spots to investergate. Oh
we heard from the Border
Store folks a budget backpackers is to be built
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The one thing I keep finding as a pleasurable
experience is something so simple you don't notice.
That's the
signage. You would think in a national Park the
size of Kakadu you would be paranoid of getting
lost. Everywhere
we went their clear precise signage in natural
colours to belnd into the beackground of the landscape.I
really must take my hat off to the National Parks
Commission of Northern Territory.
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Walking
- The first section to the top of Ubirr and
the Aboriginal Art sites along the way.A
one kilometre circular at Ubirr, will let you
view incredible Aboriginal rock art sites along
the way. Here we show the beginning of the walk
from the carpark to the first rock art site,
we found it a very easy stroll.
Sandstone
and River Bushwalk
This walk is in the Ubirr area and starts at
the Bardedjildji walk. The whole walk is 6.5
kilometres and features fantastic views of Cat
Fish Creek, the East Alligator River and Kakadu's
floodplains, billabongs and sandstone rock formations.
Allow four hours.
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The Section
Towards The End Of The Walk To Reach The Lookout
At Ubirr
You can go further and embark
on the 250 metre moderately steep climb to the
top of of a rocky lookout area of Ubirr rock.
Here you will be gaze ove rthe wilderness landscape
surrounds of over the Nardab floodplain. Allow
at least 1 hour for this walk.
A lot of folks
ask us how hard it is to climb to the top. The
best thing is to look at these pictures. Note
the 'Yellow Triangle' markers embedded into the
rock to guide you.
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When
To Visit Ubirr In Kakadu National Park
Opening times: 08.30am until sunset, April 1
till November 30.
Opening times: Also from 14.00pm until sunset
December 1 to March 31
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Ubirr
Rock Art
What we like at Ubirr is the easy to reach rock
art sites. We have shown only general area photo's
here of the rock art on purpose. We feel you
really need to see it clearly when your there.
There some images that will amaze you of what
they are.
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Talks At Ubirr
Rock
During the dry
season, rangers provide informative talks about
Aboriginal art and culture several times a day.
Important Note:
The Traditional Owners of Kakadu National Park
in Northern Territory Australia request that
you don't drink alcohol at Ubirr.
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You know what we found great. When we got out
of our car their was an Aboriginal National
Park Ranger walking around and he was ever so
helpful. He even walked with us some of the
way and told us about the rock wallabies peaking
out of the rock formations a few 100 metres
up the path.
Then later we
met a lady National Park Ranger who stopped
to offer us advice. It was so refreshing to
have those folks there. I am not sure when they
are there but if you lucky enough to meet them
they have a wealth of knowledge to share with
you.
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The signs - again
signs at all the stragic places advising us
when the next talk was and what talk wa sto
be held. Fantastic for those selfdrive folks.
You can see for yourself from some of the photo's
I took here.
Kakadu National
Park
Kakadu
National Park an Australian Natural Icon covers
almost 20,000 square kms and is 253 kms East
of Darwin the capital city of the Northern Territory,
Australia.
Kakadu National Park is a World Heritage listed,
Kakadu National Park is the 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. The Bowali
Visitor Centre near Jabiru in Kakadu National
Park is located 253 km from Darwin in Northern
Territory Australia via the Arnhem Highway entrance.
If travelling by road, you should allow 3 hours
travelling time from Darwin.
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Oh
the most important thing to remember is there
is a public phone at Border
Store (East Alligator) - At Boderstore there
is also a great seating area out the front of
the shop and really nice folks serving.
The
must is the toitlet across the road near the
ppublic phone. Careful it's the famous 'Drop
Toilet'. If you don't know what that is then
i will leave it up to your imagination - it's
self explanatory.
Accross
the road from borderstore is Cahill
Crossing -actually a stroll thru a track
of about 300m to the crossing.
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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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Opening hours of Kakadu
National Park
Kakadu National Park
is open 365 days per year. Given the large size of Kakadu
there are a number of key attractions that have different
operating hours these are:
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Bowali Visitor Centre
- is open from 8am to 5pm.
* Warradjan Aboriginal
Cultural Centre - is open from 9am to 5pm.
* Ubirr Rock - is open
from 8:30am until sunset from 1 April until 30 November
* Ubirr Rock - is also
open from 2pm until sunset from 1 December until
31 March.
* Nourlangie Rock - is
open from dawn until dusk.
All of the attractions
are open every day of the year and all times are Central
Standard Time. These are based on the season 2006/7.
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