Word: kakadu
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...world's biggest reptile is a major draw for visitors to Kakadu, Australia's largest?and most famous?national park. But there are other, equally compelling reasons to visit the 20,000-sq-km preserve. Declared a World Heritage area for its outstanding cultural and ecological offerings, Kakadu includes one of the finest and most extensive collections of rock art and embraces some spectacular scenery, from a rugged 500-km-long sandstone escarpment to extensive woodlands and wetlands. It is also on Asia's doorstep: its gateway city, Darwin, is closer to Jakarta and Singapore than to the nation...