On the edge of the Arafura Sea, the floodwaters of the monsoon bring a profusion of bird and wildlife to the coastal estuaries and wetlands.

The sandstone rock outcrops of Arnhemland provide a magnificent natural spectacle and one of the greatest art galleries in the world - aboriginal art, some of it 60,000 years old, appears as clearly as though the artists recorded their visions only yesterday.

In the coastal waters the wealth of coral spawn fosters a multitude of marine species - turtles, dugong, and some of the best fishing in the world - tuna, trevally, mackerel, queenfish and their hunters, tiger shark.