The Australian’s Elle Halliwell escapes to Australia’s North Country for warmer weather when winter arrives and discovers the great migration. 

‘It’s not just humpback whales that escape to Australia’s balmy north when the cold weather arrives… 

The newly opened Jabiru Retreat, part of Bamurru Plains safari lodge near Kakadu National Park, organises close encounters with the birdlife, water buffalo and crocodiles of the Mary River wetlands. The two safari-style bungalows, with mesh screen walls and shared plunge pool, give a front-row seat to one of the Top End’s most diverse natural habitats’

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