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Upcoming Events in Kakadu and Surrounds

Explore Kakadu's significant events throughout the year to inspire and plan your ideal getaway.

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30 Mon	1 Tue Million Dollar Fish Competition Million Dollar Fish Competition All Day The Million Dollar Fish event is an annual fishing competition that celebrates the Northern Territory as the home to the famous barramundi, or as us locals call it “barra”. Every fisho has the chance to catch the big one worth $1 million plus more! Repeats Yearly	2 Wed Million Dollar Fish Competition All Day The Million Dollar Fish event is an annual fishing competition that celebrates the Northern Territory as the home to the famous barramundi, or as us locals call it “barra”. Every fisho has the chance to catch the big one worth $1 million plus more! Repeats Yearly	3 Thu Million Dollar Fish Competition All Day The Million Dollar Fish event is an annual fishing competition that celebrates the Northern Territory as the home to the famous barramundi, or as us locals call it “barra”. Every fisho has the chance to catch the big one worth $1 million plus more! Repeats Yearly	4 Fri Million Dollar Fish Competition All Day The Million Dollar Fish event is an annual fishing competition that celebrates the Northern Territory as the home to the famous barramundi, or as us locals call it “barra”. Every fisho has the chance to catch the big one worth $1 million plus more! Repeats Yearly	5 Sat Million Dollar Fish Competition All Day The Million Dollar Fish event is an annual fishing competition that celebrates the Northern Territory as the home to the famous barramundi, or as us locals call it “barra”. Every fisho has the chance to catch the big one worth $1 million plus more! Repeats Yearly	6 Sun Million Dollar Fish Competition All Day The Million Dollar Fish event is an annual fishing competition that celebrates the Northern Territory as the home to the famous barramundi, or as us locals call it “barra”. Every fisho has the chance to catch the big one worth $1 million plus more! Repeats Yearly

We're giving away a free 2-night powered camping site at Yellow Water Campground - every single week for the next five weeks! 🏕️🐊

With the dry season just around the corner, there's never been a better time to start planning your Kakadu adventure. And we want to help make it happen.

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THE PRIZE: One large powered camping site for 2 nights at Yellow Water Campground (Valid for stays until 31 May 2026). That's your site sorted. You just need to get here.

One winner is drawn and announced every Wednesday. Enter this week before Tuesday 14 April at 11:59pm ACST and you could be our first winner 😊

This promotion is run by Kakadu Tourism and is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with Meta. The promotion runs across Facebook and Instagram. Entries from both platforms are combined into one weekly draw. The winner is selected by the promoter. Prize valid for stays until 31 May, 2026.

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🗓 Taste of Kakadu | Saturday 23 May, 2026

On Saturday 23 May, Kakadu comes alive with one of the most unique festival experiences in Australia, the annual Karrimanjbekkan An-me Kakadu (Taste of Kakadu) Festival.

It's a day to slow down, eat well, and really connect with Country. Learn to weave and paint alongside Bininj artists. Try damper and fire-cooked fish. Discover the incredible flavour of Kakadu plum with a bush food workshop. Take a Bush Tucker Cruise on Yellow Water Billabong. Then end the evening with live music from Shellie Morris AO and Ego Lemos - two artists who tell stories of Country like no one else.

So much of the day's program is completely free with some workshops requiring you to register in advance).
If you're thinking about coming, don't wait on accommodation - it goes quickly for this one.

👉 See the full program and book your stay: kakadutourism.com/specials/taste-of-kakadu-festival

#TasteOfKakadu #DoKakadu #KakaduNationalPark #BushFood #BininJ #NorthernTerritory @cooindalodgekakadu @crocodilehotel

No wildlife documentary prepares you for this. 🦅
A sky full of birds lifting from the floodplains of Yellow Water Billabong - in real life, in real time, from the seat onboard your Yellow Water Cruise in the heart of Kakadu National Park.

With over 280 bird species recorded in Kakadu, moments like this aren't rare. They're just waiting for you.

👉 Secure your seat: kakadutourism.com

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Beautifully captured by @ausgeotravel

📍 Kakadu National Park - Fast facts.

🚗 Just 3 hours from Darwin
🌏 Australia's second largest national park covering 20,000 square kilometres
🏆 Dual UNESCO World Heritage listed, for both its nature AND its culture

Top things to see and do:
🐊 Yellow Water Cruises - billabong wildlife at its finest
🎨 Ubirr & Nourlangie - 20,000 year old Aboriginal rock art
💧 Gunlom Falls - iconic infinity pool with views across the park (famously in Crocodile Dundee movie)
💦 Jim Jim & Twin Falls - bucket-list waterfalls accessible by car in the dry season or by air during the wet season
🦅 World-class birdwatching - over 280 species call Kakadu home
🏛️ Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Centre - understand the living culture behind the landscape

One park. A lifetime of experiences.
👉 Plan your visit: kakadutourism.com

#Kakadu #KakaduNationalPark #NorthernTerritory #AustraliaTravel #DarwinNT #BucketList

Reel by @_wherestheway [IG]

The first day of April marks the beginning of Bangkerreng season at Kakadu National Park. Bangkerreng season is also known as ‘Knock ‘em down’ storm season.

Nakurl (knock 'em down storms) coming from koyek (the east) flattens Manbedje yirridjdja (the early spear grass). Manbedje duwa (the later spear grass) is now green and growing until barra (the later rains). The vast expanses of floodwater recedes and streams start to run clear. Most plants are fruiting and animals are caring for their young.

This is a beautiful time to visit Kakadu, with the clear air, and warm winds only interspersed with an occasional wind storm.
See our website to learn more about this special time of year: kakadutourism.com/about-kakadu

📸 Image captured at Baroalba Creek, Kakadu, by @louisedentonphotography

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