Elsey National Park
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Elsey is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia,<ref>Elsey National Park, nt.gov.au.</ref> extending from 2 km to 19 km east of Mataranka and 378 km southeast of Darwin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Features of the park include Mataranka Falls,<ref>“Mataranka Falls”.</ref> and the Mataranka Thermal Pools<ref>“Mataranka Thermal Pools” .</ref><ref>Roper region, Northern Territory.</ref>
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.<ref name="Richards2012">Template:Cite book</ref>
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Walter Baldwin Spencer - Crossing Salt Creek near the Roper River, July 1911 -
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