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Traditional owners reopen Gunlom Falls in Kakadu after six-year closures
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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7/4/2025
The waterfall was closed in 2019 due to a dispute between traditional owners and Parks Australia over damage to a sacred Aboriginal men's site.
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Swimmers return to the top pools of the spectacular Gundlum Falls.
00:06
We felt really welcomed in because we were just part of the two of us.
00:09
Refreshing.
00:10
Yeah, refreshing after the time.
00:11
For some Territorians, it's been a long time between dips.
00:15
We came here when Eddie was two, probably just before it closed.
00:20
Boongal dancers from West Arnhem celebrating the rebirth of one of Kakadu National Park's most popular campground.
00:27
Just like it came back to life again.
00:32
You know, everybody here.
00:35
For traditional owners, the opening is also closure.
00:38
Six years ago, Parks Australia built a walkway to the top of the falls too close to a sacred site
00:44
and disturbed it and the traditional owners.
00:47
The legal battle went all the way to the High Court
00:50
before the federal agency ultimately pleaded guilty to breaking the NT's sacred site laws.
00:56
It's like a healing place.
01:01
It's just something that when you lose somebody, you want to come here and sit and the pain will go away.
01:12
The walkway has been realigned and the federal government says the Commonwealth has learned lessons from the ordeal.
01:18
The reopening of Gundlum Falls is not just about the opening of the falls as a tourist opportunity.
01:23
It's the opening of a better relationship between Parks Australia, traditional owners and the Board of Management here in Kakadu National Park.
01:32
With the top end tourist season in full swing, custodians say they're happy to once again share this special place with the public.
01:40
I love this place. It's got a lot of powerful stories.
01:45
Though they're urging visitors to stay out of the bottom pool for now after some recent croc sightings.
01:52
The standards of the Jules
01:54
A mid-lip-satmary
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