Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Barrk Walk
WALKING
This long day walk (12km loop, five to six hours, difficult) will take you away from the
crowds on a circuit of the Nourlangie area. Barrk is the male black wallaroo and you
might see this elusive marsupial if you set out early. Starting at the Nourlangie car park,
this demanding walk passes through the Anbangbang galleries before a steep climb to the
top of Nourlangie Rock. Cross the flat top of the rock weaving through sandstone pillars
before descending along a wet-season watercourse. The track then follows the rock's
base past the Nanguluwur Gallery and western cliffs before re-emerging at the car park.
Pick up a brochure from the Bowali Visitor Centre.
Nanguluwur Gallery
WALKING
This outstanding rock-art gallery receives far fewer visitors than Nourlangie simply be-
cause it's further to walk (3.5km return, 1½ hours, easy) and has a gravel access road.
Here the paintings cover most of the styles found in the park, including very early dy-
namic style work, x-ray work and a good example of 'contact art', a painting of a two-
masted sailing ship towing a dinghy.
Jim Jim Falls & Twin Falls
Remote and spectacular, these two falls epitomise the rugged Top End. Jim Jim Falls, a
sheer 215m drop, is awesome after rain (when it can only be seen from the air), but its
waters shrink to a trickle by about June. Twin Falls flows year-round (no swimming), but
half the fun is getting there, involving a little
boat trip
(adult/child $2.50/free,
running
7.30am to 5pm)
and an over-the-water boardwalk.
These two iconic waterfalls are reached along a 4WD track that turns south off the
Kakadu Hwy between the Nourlangie and Cooinda turn-offs. Jim Jim Falls is about
56km from the turn-off (the last 1km on foot), and it's a further five corrugated kilo-
metres to Twin Falls. The track is open in the Dry only and can still be closed into late
May; it's off limits to most rental vehicles (check the fine print). A couple of tour com-
panies make trips here in the Dry and there's a camping area,
Garrnamarr
(adult/child $5/
free)
near Jim Jim Falls.
Cooinda & Yellow Water
Cooinda is best known for the cruises (
Click here
) on the wetland area known as Yellow
Water, and has developed into a slick resort. About 1km from the resort, the
Warradjan
Aboriginal Cultural Centre
(
www.kakadu-attractions.com/warradjan
; Yellow Water Area;
9am-5pm)
depicts Creation stories and has a great permanent exhibition that includes clap
