Bowali Visitor Centre
 Bowali is a Gundjeihmi name for the immediate area and creek that runs though this locale.
This land is owned by the people of the Mirarr clan.
The internationally acclaimed building was completed in 1994 as the result of a collaboration between architects Glen Murcutt (winner Prizker Prize 2002), Darwin firm Troppo Architects and the Traditional Owners of Kakadu.
The main building components used are hard timbers (including ironwood), rammed earth, steel plate, corrugated iron, and glass.
The oblique approach to Bowali Visitor Centre is a meander from car park through the bush and as explained by Big Bill Neidjie is the correct and respectful approach to sacred and important sites.
"We soon understood that the project was more about connections with the landscape and path, than a series of spaces." Glen Murcutt – joint architect .
Design concepts of Bowali took on board those of rock shelters in the nearby stone country of the great Arnhem Plateau, of vaulted ceilings, cool niches and areas of discovery.
Much of the building is open with interpretive displays of country and ecology, leading the visitor inside and out the other side to more verandahs and bush surrounds.
Bowali also incorporates a theatrette, coffee shop and our Gallery. Kakadu National Park Headquaters is housed at Bowali. 
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