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Geology
Surprise Falls
Nourlangie
The Escarpment country of Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Parks spans some 2.5 billion years of the earths 4.5 billion year history. Two and a half million years of depositing of sediments, volcanic eruptions, intrusions of molten magma, mountain building by folding and faulting interspersed with the invasion and retreat of seas.
These spectacular landforms with their protective caves and gorges and wetlands, and complex networks of billabongs and swamps were the perfect environment for the first inhabitants of Australia.
Aboriginal humans were provided with an abundance of food and protection from the elements, not to mention the perfect "canvas" to paint in detail their history and mythology.