Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(Gregory Pl; meals $5-17; breakfast & lunch daily, dinner Mon-Sat)
Superb made-to-order
sandwiches on home-baked bread walk out the door, plus mean burgers, slices, breakfast
fry-ups, pizzas, cakes and basic salads.
Foodland
SUPERMARKET $
(Jabiru Plaza;
9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-3pm Sat, 9am-1pm Sun)
The local supermarket.
Nourlangie
The sight of this looming outlier of the Arnhem Land escarpment makes it easy to under-
stand its ancient importance to Aboriginal people. Its long red-sandstone bulk, striped in
places with orange, white and black, slopes up from surrounding woodland to fall away
at one end in stepped cliffs. Below is Kakadu's best-known collection of Aboriginal
rock
art
.
The name Nourlangie is a corruption of
nawulandja,
an Aboriginal word that refers to
an area bigger than the rock itself. The 2km looped walking track (open 8am to sunset)
takes you first to the
Anbangbang Shelter
, used for 20,000 years as a refuge and can-
vas. Next is the
Anbangbang Gallery
, featuring Dreaming characters repainted in the
1960s. Look for the virile Nabulwinjbulwinj, a dangerous spirit who likes to eat females
after banging them on the head with a yam. From here it's a short walk to
Gunwardde-
hwarde Lookout
, with views of the Arnhem Land escarpment.
Nourlangie is at the end of a 12km sealed road that turns east off Kakadu Hwy. About
7km south is the turn-off to
Muirella Park
(adult/child $10/free)
camping ground at
Djar-
radjin Billabong
, with BBQs, excellent amenities and the 5km-return
Bubba Wetland
Walk
.
2
Activities
Nawurlandja Lookout
WALKING
This is a short walk (600m return, 30 minutes, medium) up a gradual slope, but it gives
excellent views of the Nourlangie rock area and is a good place to catch the sunset.
Anbangbang Billabong Walk
WALKING
This picturesque, lily-filled billabong lies close to Nourlangie, and the picnic tables dot-
ted around its edge make it a popular lunch spot. The track (2.5km loop, 45 minutes,
easy) circles the billabong and passes through paperbark swamp.
