Crocodile Dundee, with his broad accent, brown leathery skin, 80's cowboy outfit and big knife is most people's first encounter with the Northern Territory, locally referred to as the 'Top End'. Surprisingly close to reality, the Northern Territory is best imagined as the wild west in an outback setting with additional helpings of danger and characters bent by isolation and the unsympathetic but stunning surroundings. People are eaten by crocodiles at the rate of one every few years; they also hunt water buffalo in helicopters. The last bit of Australia to be colonised by Europeans, the Northern Territory is the best place to learn about Aboriginal culture as well as a place of extreme natural beauty. The biologically diverse flood plains of Kakadu are fringed by the hazy escarpment in the north, in the middle is the rugged sun scorched bush of the Kimberly Ranges and at the bottom of the Top End is the red desert, Alice Springs and the rock.
Come to Northern Territory for...
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Made famous by “Crocodile Dundee”, Kakadu National Park is one of the best places to visit to see Australia’s varied wildlife. Some of the park's most famous inhabitants are the crocodiles and water buffalo, though kangaroos, wallabies, possums,...
Go for: Wildlife, Birdwatching, Traditional Cultures, Learning
3 experiences:
Kakadu, Birdwatching in Kakadu, Kakadu Bush Tucker Feast.
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Go for: Visitor Attractions, Fishing
2 experiences:
Estuary fishing in the Northern Territory, Crocodylus Park.
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This 170,000 square km desert lies in the centre of Australia and is a sand sea, having the longest parallel sand dunes recorded anywhere in the...
Go for: Deserts
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Longitude 131° provides much welcomed luxury in the harsh landscape of the Australian outback. Set in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, deluxe tents...
Go for: Camps & Campsites
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The Ghan, garishly bright, plunges through the heart of the Australian outback, from Adelaide right across to Darwin via Alice Springs in three days....
Go for: Trains
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Recommended by William Mackesy
Though it’s considered un-P.C. to climb Uluru due to the wishes of the traditional owners, the Anangu people, you...
Go for: Walking
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In the early morning light mist rises off the read desert, the sky is dark purple, sparse clouds beginning to be tinged white on their undersides and...
Go for: Flying, Gliding & Ballooning
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When heading to the Australian Outback, doing the Larapinta Trek should be considered for all those who want to see the natural beauty of the area....
Go for: Trekking, Walking
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Throughout the ages many cultures have conceived of geographic space and expressed those conceptions in a variety of ways. One expression of these...
Go for: Sacred Places
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Dir: Stephan Elliot, 1994)
Lasseters Hotel Casino, Barrett Drive, Alice Springs
This film could...
Go for: Film Locations
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