Elsey National Park
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Elsey National Park is 378 km southeast of Darwin in the Katherine Region in the Northern Territory of Australia,[1] extending from 2 km to 19 km east of Mataranka.[2] Features of the park include Mataranka Falls,[3] and the Mataranka Thermal Pools.[4][5]
The thermal springs are home to a well known colony of the little red fruit-bat, species Pteropus scapulatus, an attraction that has also been discouraged from inhabiting the site for the strong odour of their camps. These fruit eating bats roost during the day at the stands of bamboo, often in large numbers, and leave at night to feed on nectar from trees.[6]
Gallery
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Bitter Springs
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Trees in Elsey National Park
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Elsey National Park
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Walter Baldwin Spencer, crossing the Salt Creek near the Roper River, July 1911
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Mataranka Thermal Springs
See also
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[edit | edit source]- ↑ Elsey National Park, nt.gov.au.
- ↑ "Parks and Wildlife Commission NT". Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ “Mataranka Falls”.
- ↑ “Mataranka Thermal Pools” .
- ↑ Roper region, Northern Territory.
- ↑ Richards, G.C.; Hall, L.S.; Parish, S. (photography) (2012). A natural history of Australian bats : working the night shift. CSIRO Pub. p. 13. ISBN 9780643103740.
Coordinates: 14°57′16″S 133°11′11″E / 14.95444°S 133.18639°E
External links
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