JABIRU KAKADU NATIONAL PARK NT AUSTRALIA

CARAVAN TRIP 2007 WIKIPEDIA Jabiru is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was originally built in 1982 as a closed town to house the community living at Jabiru East near the Ranger Uranium Mine eight kilometres away. Both the mine and the town are completely surrounded by Kakadu National Park. [edit] Overview Jabiru Township is thirteen square kilometres in size. The town is Owned by the Director of National Parks and Wildlife as freehold. From which a headlease is held by the Jabiru Town Development Authority. The J.T.D.A. subleases to the mining company, government agencies and private business. The head lease expires in 2021. The J.T.D.A delegated local government responsibility to the Jabiru Town Council. The Northern Territory Government is in the process of amalgamating Jabiru Town Council into the West Arnhem Shire in 2008. Jabiru At the 2001 census, Jabiru had a population of 1,521.[1] Apart from the Ranger Mine, Jabiru's most notable industries are tourism (it is the commercial and accommodation hub of Kakadu National Park), and Aboriginal arts and culture. Jabiru features a small town plaza that includes a video souvenir shop, a supermarket, bank, tackle shop, cafe, hairdresser, post office, news agency, bank and bakery (behind the fire station) as well as government, Northern Land Council offices, Magistrates Courts and emergency services (Police, Fire and Ambulance). During the Wet season (October to April), Jabiru experiences heavy rain that often results in wide spread flooding along the Arnhem Highway and Kakadu Highway. During the 2006-2007 Jabiru had its biggest wet season cutting both highways. The Arnhem Highway was cut off for several weeks as the West Aligator bridge was severely damaged. Jabiru town is administered by the Jabiru Town Council, whose council chambers are in the Town Plaza

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• KAKADU
• NATIONAL
• PARK
• NT
• AUSTRALIA

[yosemitevacations]

Thanks for a great park video. We, in Yosemite National Park, are seeing the start of spring too. Check out our Yosemitevacations channel by clicking on the link below /

[alone4721]

I used to live there too.

[battler65]

Enjoyed your video used to live there in the Late 80's for a short time..cheers

[Chris1976Grey]

great documentry

[cessnaclub]

Thanks for sharing Don great video.A+A+A+A