Travel Haiku - Australia Poem by john tiong chunghoo

Kakadu National Park
witnessing the solid talents
of ancient artists

Kakadu National Park
i walk through the world's
oldest art gallery

Kakadu National Park
an ancient art gallery
comes alive

Kakadu National Park
ancient solid talents
paintings on rocks

ancient rock etchings
talents that overcome
the solid test of time

One of Australia's superlative landscapes, a distinction reinforced by its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kakadu National Park also holds one of the world's oldest archaeological treasures: 44,000-year-old rock etchings believed to be 10,000 years older than those found in Europe. Along with its 5,000 aboriginal art sites, Kakadu also boasts an exhaustive array of plants and animals, waterfalls, swimming holes, rock plateaus, and wetlands. But the park's isolation and mammoth size—at 3.2 million acres, Australia's largest—mean guided trips are essential; set aside the extra cash to join a small, multi-day tour.