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December

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The UK’s National Student’s reporter Dave Owen, needed little persuading to nominate Kakadu as Australia’s ‘must-visit’ destination.

November

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Kakadu Tourism has launched a range of special cruise and accommodation offers to provide even greater incentives for visitors to enjoy Kakadu National Park during the ‘green season’.

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The latest winner in the Million Dollar Fish competition highlights the ‘gold’ swimming within Kakadu’s famed waterways.

August

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The end of August is Kurrung season in Kakadu: the days are warm, but the nights are mild, the Magpie Geese are on the move and the late afternoon breeze brings with it music, arts and the smell of bush foods cooking on the coals

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Kakadu is set to host the largest gathering of bird watchers and nature lovers for the annual Kakadu Bird Week 2017.

May

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Kakadu is expecting a flood of ‘happy campers’ this dry season as Flash Camp returns to the Cooinda camping grounds for the peak dry season.

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May is a time of great abundance in Kakadu National Park, with the region bursting with fresh food and bush tucker delicacies from barramundi to magpie goose.

April

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IT WAS nary a blip on travellers’ radars when Crocodile Dundee leapt on to cinema screens more than 30 years ago, with Paul Hogan telling the world, “this is my backyard”.

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After one of the wettest wet seasons for years, Kakadu is looking in perfect condition for the forthcoming peak ‘dry’ season, and Kakadu Tourism

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Home to more than one-third of Australia’s avian species, Kakadu National Park is a bird-lover’s paradise, and Kakadu Bird Week is now attracting an annual migration of twitchers to this Top End treasure.

The Croc - never one to let a free lunch pass him by...

Video captured by @shotbyharry

📸 You haven't really arrived until you've got THE shot! The Kakadu National Park sign is one of the must-have photos as you enter the park, and this family nailed it. 🙌

It's the perfect way to kick off your Kakadu adventure: 20,000 square kilometres of waterfalls, wetlands, wildlife and more than 65,000 years of living culture waiting just beyond the sign.

Tag us in your entrance photo. We'd love to see it! 👇

🚫 A quick reminder: drones aren't permitted in Kakadu National Park without a permit from Parks Australia, and permits aren't issued for recreational use. Be sure to pack your drone away as soon as you enter the park.

Photo thanks to @the_vanning_fam [IG]

🎣 THE HUNT IS ON! 🎣

@million_dollar_fish Season 12 starts TODAY, and Kakadu is ready for you.

One barra is carrying a $1 million tag 💰
100 more are worth $10,000 each
Registration is FREE

Kakadu's billabongs and rivers are the heart of barra country. There's no better place to chase Australia's richest fish, or to celebrate if you land one.

📲 Register at milliondollarfish.com.au
📅 On now until 31 March 2027

Forget ordinary... visit Kakadu instead!
See our website for a selction of suggested itineraries from 1 - 7 Days.
No car, no worries - we have a selection of day tours from Cooinda Lodge or choose a multi-day tour departing from Darwin.
Visit: kakadutourism.com

Video thanks to @lavidadownunder [IG]

🐊 40 years ago, Kakadu stole the show. On 26 September 1986, Crocodile Dundee opened in the USA.
And suddenly, millions of people around the world were getting their first glimpse of a very different Australia - rugged, wild and spectacular, with Kakadu taking centre stage.

The film became a global phenomenon, grossing more than US$174 million in the USA alone and becoming one of the biggest films of 1986. But its impact went well beyond the box office.

Following the success of Paul Hogan’s earlier “shrimp on the barbie” campaign, Crocodile Dundee helped turn international curiosity about Australia into something much bigger. American visitors grew from 159,000 in 1984 to 282,000 in 1986, and the film inspired travellers to follow in Mick Dundee’s footsteps and experience the landscapes they had seen on screen, particularly here in the Northern Territory.

And those landscapes weren't simply a backdrop.
Gunlom. Nourlangie. Ubirr. Kakadu.

They became part of the story.

Forty years on, we’re lucky enough to have the original behind-the-scenes photographs that capture a little of what happened here in 1986 - the cameras, the crew, the actors and the extraordinary landscape that became one of the stars of the film.

And perhaps that's the most remarkable part.
The landscape is still here.
The culture is still here.
The stories are still here.

Kakadu has been home to Aboriginal people for more than 65,000 years, and today its living culture and Aboriginal experiences are an increasingly important part of the reason people come here.

So, 40 years after Crocodile Dundee introduced Kakadu to a global audience, we're celebrating more than a movie.
We're celebrating the place that helped make it unforgettable. ❤️💛🖤

Happy 40th, Crocodile Dundee.