Why this ride
A 759 km round trip from Jabiru - roughly 15 h 21 in the saddle. On the way it passes Kakadu National Park, Barron Island and back through Kakadu National Park. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kakadu National Park and Barron Island
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 759 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 15 h 21
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kakadu National Park
Kakadu is big in a way that is hard to take in until you have driven in it. The national park covers nearly twenty thousand square kilometres of the Northern Territory, about the size of Wales, and holds a whole series of landscapes: sandstone escarpments, floodplains, billabongs, monsoon forest, tidal rivers and open woodland. It is one of Australia's few World Heritage Areas listed for both natural and cultural values, and it is owned by its Aboriginal traditional owners, who lease it to the government and manage it jointly.
Read the complete Kakadu National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kakadu National Park is where the day begins. Next is Kakadu National Park.
2. Kakadu National Park
Kakadu is a vast area in the Top End of the Northern Territory, about twenty thousand square kilometres of floodplains, escarpments, billabongs and savanna woodland, and it is one of the few places in the world that has been given World Heritage status for both its natural and cultural values. The name is said to derive from Gagudju, a language spoken by Aboriginal people in the northern part of the park. Aboriginal people have lived here for tens of thousands of years, and the park is owned by its Aboriginal traditional owners and leased to the national parks service.
Read the complete Kakadu National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kakadu National Park comes up 91 km in. Next is Barron Island.
3. Barron Island
It is country that is more water than land for half the year, a mosaic of mangroves, mudflats, paperbark swamps and open grassy plains cut by creeks that rise and fall with the monsoon.
Read the complete Barron Island write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
182 km in you reach Barron Island. Next is back through Kakadu National Park.
4. back through Kakadu National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kakadu National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Kakadu National Park, late in the day.
5. Kakadu National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kakadu National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kakadu National Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kakadu National Park to Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park → Kakadu National Park is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kakadu National Park to Barron Island
Kakadu National Park → Barron Island is 128 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barron Island to back through Kakadu National Park
Barron Island → back through Kakadu National Park is 128 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Kakadu National Park to Kakadu National Park
back through Kakadu National Park → Kakadu National Park is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.