Jabiru, Northern Territory

Jabiru is a town in the Australian state of Northern Territory with about 1,100 inhabitants. The city is surrounded by Kakadu National Park.

Climate

The temperatures are consistently high and differ only slightly during the year: The highest temperatures are reached with an average of 37.6 ° C in October, in June, the temperatures are on average 31.7 ° C. The relatively high annual rainfall of 1582 mm is distributed very unevenly; of which 1509 mm in the rainy season in the months of November to April.

Economy

Apart from uranium mining in the Ranger uranium mine in the tourism and the culture and art of the Aborigines are the main industries jabirus.

Jabiru is a small town with shops, tackle shop, café, snack, bakery and emergency services (police, fire and ambulance ).

During the rainy season from October to April Jabiru can often only be reached by air, since the Arnhem Highway is often flooded.

For recreation there is the Jabiru Town Lake ( picnic and grilling ), barramundi fishing, day trips to Ubirr Rock, Twin Falls and other attractions of Kakadu National Park.