Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nationaal park Kakadu, Australië

Druk — Summer holidays in Australië, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  Swim only where it is checked

  1 jan – 31 decRisico

  Saltwater crocodiles move all over the park with the water, and rangers survey and clear the few plunge pools that open each dry. Everywhere else is closed to swimming, permanently and for good reason. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Southern roads and falls close (1 nov – 31 mei (meestal)), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Southern roads and falls close (1 nov – 31 mei (meestal)), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Southern roads and falls close (1 nov – 31 mei (meestal)), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Druk — Autumn / Easter break in Australië, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Southern roads and falls close (1 nov – 31 mei (meestal)), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)

Druk — Dry season

• Seizoen

  Dry season

  1 mei – 31 oktDruk

  From May the floodplains drop, the unsealed roads dry out and the park opens up properly. Bininj count six seasons here, not two, and this covers three of them.

• Regel

  Park pass, dry-season price

  15 mei – 31 okt

  Everyone needs a pass and it costs more in the dry than in the wet (an adult pass is $40 in the dry, $25 in the wet). Buy it online before you drive in; the ranger stations are a long way apart and there is no boom gate to sell you one. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Southern roads and falls close (1 nov – 31 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Dry season, Winter (July) break in Australië

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 mei – 31 okt), Park pass, dry-season price (15 mei – 31 okt)

Topdrukte — Dry season, Winter (July) break in Australië

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 mei – 31 okt), Park pass, dry-season price (15 mei – 31 okt)

Druk — Dry season, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Birds crowd the last billabongs

  1 aug – 31 okt · meestalVogelseizoen

  As the floodplain shrinks, magpie geese, jabiru and whistling ducks pack onto what water is left. The late dry is when the Yellow Water cruise is at its best and the heat at its worst.

• Festival

  Mahbilil Festival

  20 aug – 10 sep · meestalGroot festival

  A one-day festival on the lake at Jabiru at the end of the dry: music, weaving, bush foods, spear throwing and a magpie-goose plucking competition, run by and for the local communities. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 mei – 31 okt), Park pass, dry-season price (15 mei – 31 okt)

Topdrukte — Dry season, Spring break in Australië

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 mei – 31 okt), Park pass, dry-season price (15 mei – 31 okt), Birds crowd the last billabongs (1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)), Mahbilil Festival (20 aug – 10 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Dry season, Spring break in Australië

• Seizoen

  The build-up

  1 okt – 15 dec · meestalExtreme hitte

  Locals call October to December the build-up: still, heavy air and thunderheads that stack up for weeks before they deliver. Tours wind down, tempers fray, and the lightning is the show.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), Dry season (1 mei – 31 okt), Park pass, dry-season price (15 mei – 31 okt), Birds crowd the last billabongs (1 aug – 31 okt (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Sluiting

  Southern roads and falls close

  1 nov – 31 mei · meestal

  The four-wheel-drive tracks to the big falls and most of the unsealed south shut with the first rains and reopen only once the crossings drop, which is often well into the dry. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Cyclone season

  1 nov – 30 apr

  Systems crossing the Top End coast bring days of torrential rain and wind rather than a direct blow. The highways in from Darwin can be cut for days, and Jabiru is where you wait it out. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), The build-up (1 okt – 15 dec (meestal))

Druk — Summer holidays in Australië, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Swim only where it is checked (1 jan – 31 dec), The build-up (1 okt – 15 dec (meestal)), Southern roads and falls close (1 nov – 31 mei (meestal)), Cyclone season (1 nov – 30 apr)