Players from outside Jabiru who wish to play in open events should book accommodation early during the tourist season (April to September).
- Arrange your travel with:
- Jabiru Tourist Centre - (08) 8979 2548
- Kakadu Tours and Kakadu Air -
kakadutours.com.au
- Accommodation is available in Jabiru at:
- Gagudju Crocodile Holiday Inn - (08) 8979 2800
- Kakadu Lodge Caravan Park - (08) 8979 2422
- Lakeview Bush Bungalows - (08) 8979 3144
- The Ranger Guest House - (08) 8979 2115
Situated in the middle of a Kakadu - a National Park of world heritage status - and perched on the edge of Arnhem Land, lies the unique township of Jabiru.
Initially established to service the Ranger Uranium Mine, Jabiru hosts a range of services for residents and tourists alike and is the gateway to many of the amazing sights in Kakadu National Park. Residents in Jabiru have the best of both worlds - only 256 km from the highlife in Darwin but far enough from the city to get the best from nature. Living in Jabiru is heaven for those who like to fish, camp, bushwalk or birdwatch.
For tours of Kakadu National Park, Kakadu Tours is a dedicated operator
Kakadu National Park, which is inscribed on the World Heritage List, covers 19,804 square kilometres in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia. The Park is managed by the Director of National Parks and the Kakadu Board of Management in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 and the plan of management. Over half of Kakadu is legally recognised as Aboriginal land and the remainder is subject to land claims.
Kakadu is a cultural landscape. It was shaped by the spiritual ancestors of Aboriginal people during the Creation Time. These ancestors or 'first people' journeyed across the country creating landforms, plants, animals and Bininj/Mungguy* (Aboriginal people). They brought with them laws to live by: ceremony, language, kinship and ecological knowledge. They taught Bininj/ Mungguy how to live with the land and look after the country.
The name 'Kakadu' comes from an Aboriginal floodplain language called Gagudju which was one of the languages spoken in the north of the park at the beginning of the twentieth century. Although languages such as Gagudju and Limilngan are no longer regularly spoken, descendants of these language groups are still living in Kakadu. Aboriginal languages used in the Park today include Kunwinjku from the north-eastern region, Gundjeihmi from the central region and Jawoyn from the southern region.
