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NITMILUK

Nitmiluk National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 300 km southeast of Darwin, based around a series of falls and gorges on the Katherine River and Edith River.


Previously named Katherine Gorge National Park, Nitmiluk NP’s northern edge borders Kakadu National Park.


Katherine Gorge, a deep gorge carved through 1,650 million year old ancient Kambolgie sandstone by the Katherine River, is the central attraction of the park.


Katherine Gorge is made up of 13 gorges, with rapids and falls, and follows the Katherine River, which begins in Kakadu National Park.


The gorges and the surrounding landscape have great ceremonial significance to the local Jawoyn people, who are custodians of Nitmiluk National Park. In Jawoyn, Nitmiluk means "place of the cicada dreaming".


There can be freshwater crocodiles in most parts of the river, as they nest along the banks, but they are generally harmless to humans unless provoked. Saltwater crocodiles regularly enter the river during the wet season, when the water levels are very high, and are subsequently removed and returned to the lower levels at the onset of the dry season.


Due to the concentration of huge water volumes through the gorges during the wet season, water levels are dramatically higher than during the dry season – in heavy flood seasons, gorge water levels can rise by more than 10 metres (33 feet).


Cruises of various lengths go as far as the fifth gorge. The gorges can be explored by canoe and flat bottomed boat.

In the dry season the gorges become separated as the level of the river falls. They are interconnected in the wet.
. There is a visitor centre and accommodation located at the Katherine Gorge, about 30 km east of the town of Katherine.

Freshwater crocodiles are widely distributed along the river year-round.

During the wet season, rises in water levels may allow saltwater crocodiles to enter the gorge, where they are caught and relocated to lower levels when the dry season begins.


Birds that can be seen include ospreys, red-tailed black cockatoos, great bowerbirds, white-gaped honeyeaters and red-winged parrots.

Part of the Yinberrie Hills Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for endangered Gouldian finches, lies in the park.

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