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Alice Springs, Darwin & Northern Territory

Places to Go & Things to Do Introduction

Embark on a holiday adventure to remote, intriguing destinations; the Northern Territory. Relish the wide-open stretches of vast red outback, deep blue waterholes, ancient Aboriginal culture and quirky tropical towns. There are vast distances between attractions, remote and incredible scenery adding to the sense of holiday escape. Northern Territory, seek difference and you will surely find a special kind of Aussie magic, Uniquely Australia and definitely Northern Territory.

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY KEY DESTINATIONS

Alice Springs, the Red Centre hub and Darwin, state capital are jumping off points for Australia’s distinctive natural splendours. Ancient, bursting with red / orange hues the Australian weathered sculptured outback is timeless. You will wonder why you did go sooner. 

Alice Springs Old Telegraph Station Building, Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs Old Telegraph Station Building

The desert town ‘Alice’ of Alice Springs, formerly the overland telegraph connection depot, now offers a vibrant visitor welcome. Darwin, with its strategic position facing the Pacific is Australia’s tropical town with the glitz of tropical warmth and potpourri of cultures is a superb visitor hub.

Darwin is a popular destination for visits to nearby National Parks. The Ghan, an iconic world class luxury train traversing Australia terminates in Darwin.

 

 

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THINGS TO DO IN DARWIN

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL PARKS

Jim Jim Waterfalls, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Jim Jim Waterfalls, Kakadu National Park
  • Red, ochre tinted desert highlights the rock forms of Uluru massive rock faces and Kata Tjuta 
  • Mount Olga rounded domes
  • Kings Canyon sheer folded cliff faces spirling down to the ‘Garden of Eden’
  • Kakadu National Park with a plethora of Aboriginal rock art and writing speaking to aeons of occupation
  • Litchfield National Park with cool waterfalls, pools and massive extraordinary termite mounds
  • Nature is a show-off, telling the Australian story with panache and style. Enjoying the blazing glory of sunsets over wetlands, rock monoliths, rust-orange weathered rocks is a memorising colour symphony
Nitmiluk Katherine Gorge boardwalk to second gorge, Northern Territory Australia
Nitmiluk Katherine Gorge boardwalk to second gorge
  • Learn from the traditional owners who survive and thrive in the harsh deserts and arid landscape. 
  • Cruise Nitmiluk Katherine National Park. Imagine stupendous gorges, deep blue water, gold red rock faces and picturesque sandy beaches. The reality is everything and more.
  • The Ghan, harking back to the era of elegant train journeys, travel from Adelaide, South Australia through the Red Centre to tropical Darwin.
  • The OUTBACK ROAD TRIP is part and parcel of the Northern Territory. The conditions differ from the excellent sealed Stuart Highway through to the rugged unsealed red earth tracks of the Gibb River. The road trip is the adventure. 
  • Kimberley and the Top End town, Broome are a lod star for adventure seekers, pearling, horizontal waterfalls, El Questro, Emma Gorge and Windjana are siren calls beckoning travellers on the ultimate journey through Australia’s mysterious OUTBACK.

NORTHERN TERRITORY – AUSSIE TOWNS

 

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