On the top North of the country, Kakadu is the biggest National Park of Australia, with a great diversity of landscapes and extraordinary Aboriginal rock paintings. It is located next to the city of Darwin, where the Mindil night market is an absolute must, for its fabulous sunset…
🇫🇷 Tout au nord du pays, Kakadu est le plus grand Parc National d’Australie, abritant une large diversité de paysages et d’extraordinaires peintures rupestres Aborigènes. Il se trouve près de la ville de Darwin, où le marché nocturne de Mindil Beach est un incontournable pour son sublime coucher de soleil…
Wetlands of Kakadu National Park in the early morning
Wetlands of Kakadu National Park
Wetlands of Kakadu National Park
On top of Ubirr, a massive rock formation in Kakadu National Park
The view from Ubirr
The view from Ubirr
Aboriginal painting at Ubirr; this is the Rainbow Serpent, at the origin of the creation of the world in the Aboriginal beliefs
Aboriginal paintings at Ubirr
Aboriginal paintings at Ubirr
Aboriginal paintings at Ubirr
Aboriginal paintings at Ubirr
Aboriginal paintings at Ubirr
Nourlangie Rock, another massive rock formation in Kakadu National Park
Nourlangie Rock
Nourlangie Rock
Aboriginal paintings at Nourlangie Rock; dancing scene
Aboriginal paintings at Nourlangie Rock; kangaroo hunting scene
Aboriginal paintings at Nourlangie Rock
Aboriginal paintings at Nourlangie Rock
A cute butterfly at Nourlangie Rock
Another different type of landscape in Kakadu National Park
A cute and peaceful lake? Not really: look at the sign to the right…
Mindil Market
Aboriginal craft at the Mindil Market
Mindil Market at sunset
People gathering on Mindil Beach to admire the sunset
People gathering on Mindil Beach to admire the sunset
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach with a boat over the horizon
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach
A beach of Darwin
A beach of Darwin
The body of Sweetheart in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin; this 5.1m-long crocodile was famous for attacking boats in the late 70’s!
Bicentennial Park in Darwin
Bicentennial Park in Darwin
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach
Sunset on Mindil Beach; my very last sunset in Australia before flying back home in 2017