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Keep River Walking Tracks Information Sheet Keep River National Park Walking Tracks There are six diverse walks Jenemoom Walk Beat the Heat - stay safe available for visitors to Distance: 3 km return experience the natural and Time: allow 2 hours cultural wonders of Keep Grade: 3 - moderate River National Park. Known as Jenemoom by the For visitors with limited local Miriwoong people, this time the most popular walks walk meanders along the are the Ginger’s Hill and bottom of a shallow gorge Goorrandalng walks. system where semi-permanent Ginger’s Hill Walk pools of water can remain Distance: 200 m return throughout the year. Abundant demonstrated by individual Time: allow 15 min bush tucker supported a living shelters and numerous Grade: 2 - easy number of family groups art sites. A short walk leads to a traditional hawk-hunting hide. * Built by a local Miriwoong Jarnem Keep River elder, the hide utilised the 8 NO hunting behaviour of hawks GENERATORS and other birds of prey. Aboriginal hunters would sit in * Jenemoom Walk N the hide and light a small fire. As the smoke rose attracting AUSTRALIA WESTERN 8 Legend Goorrandalng 3 Information Aboriginal Art Site the birds they would use a Ranger Station Cultural Site * decoy to tempt the hawks to Walking Track Picnic Toilet NO No Generators GENERATORS land within their reach. As the 12 Camping Parking Ginger's Hill Walk Water Birdwatching bird landed, it was grabbed, Wood-fired Telephone Woorrilbem Barbecue pulled in and killed. Cockatoo Lagoon * Goorrandalng Walk 3 Park Boundary * NO SWIMMING Distance: 2 km loop Kununurra in Keep River Walking Track 46 km National Park Water Course Time: allow 1 hour Roads Katherine 024 68 Highway Grade: 3 - moderate 468 km Kilometres * Distance Indicator Located at the Goorrandalng campground, this moderate Australian Walking Track Grading System walk wanders through User Guide for Northern Territory Parks spectacular sandstone Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 habitat. Follow the blue Easy (Disabled access) Easy Moderate Moderate - Difficult Difficult arrows and experience views of honeycomb sandstone formations and learn about the Brolga dreaming. Signs along No bushwalking No bushwalking Suitable for most ages Bushwalking Very experienced experience required. experience required. and fitness levels. experience bushwalkers with Flat even surface with The track is a hardened Some bushwalking recommended. Tracks specialised skills, the way explain about some no steps or steep or compacted surface experience may be long, rough and including navigation sections. Suitable for and may have a gentle recommended. Tracks very steep. Directional and emergency first of the plants and animals that wheelchair users who hill section or sections may have short steep signage may be aid. Tracks are likely have someone to assist and occasional steps hill sections a rough limited. to be very rough, very make the Park their home. them. Walks no greater Walks not greater than surface and many steep and unmarked. than 5 km. 10 km. steps. Walks up to Walks may be more 20 km. than 20 km. Parks & Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory Keep River Ranger Station Katherine Regional Office Ph: (08) 9167 8827 32 Giles St PO Box 344, KATHERINE NT 0851 www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au Ph: (08) 8973 8888 Walking Tracks - Keep River National Park Jarnem Walks These three walks all start at the Jarnem Loop Walk Jarnem Lookout Walk Jarnem campground and stretch Distance: 6.5 km loop Distance: 4.6 km return through a landscape of honeycomb Time: allow 3.5 hours Time: allow 2.5 hours sandstone and conglomerate hills. Grade: 4 - moderate to difficult Grade: 4 - moderate to difficult Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap) Walk This walk links the Lookout and At the Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap) Distance: 6 km return Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap) walks and intersection turn right and follow Time: allow 2 hours should be completed in an anti- the trail as it winds its way along Grade: 2 - easy clockwise direction. Continuing the base of the range. A steep climb This walk heads west across the on from the Lookout turnoff, the following the natural creekline blacksoil floodplain before entering track wanders down the hill across leads to a saddle where track Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap) and the eucalypt woodland heading markers direct you to the lookout following the base of the Jarnem towards the Jarnem escarpment. and breathtaking views of the Keep escarpment. Smaller but similar to the Bungle River floodplain, Jarnem escarpment Bungles in Western Australia, the and Miriwoong dreaming trail. Natural archways, gorges, balancing soft sedimentary sandstone provided rocks and caves were all formed Overnight Walks food, water and shelter for the by the effects of wind and water Overnight walks are permitted only local Miriwoong people. Several erosion on the soft pockets of under prior arrangement with the aboriginal paintings are visible at sandstone. Ranger staff. A permit is required. Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap). Jarnem Lookout Jarnem Loop Walk Paintings from Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap) End of Nigli Gap Walk Langgerrbi (Nigli Gap) Sandstone to other Park Formations facilities and Victoria Highway N Jarnem Campground 0 500m 1km Walking track Sandstone outcrop D/11/2020PWCNT Information Sheet For more information see our website: www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au or contact Katherine Visitor Centre on (08) 8972 2650.
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