Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
A working art centre owned by the local Mutitjulu community, it has an extensive selection of paintings on display (and for sale), and most days you can…
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
A working art centre owned by the local Mutitjulu community, it has an extensive selection of paintings on display (and for sale), and most days you can…
Kakadu National Park
This rocky overhang, impressive and imposing, has been used for 20,000 years as a refuge and canvas. There are more evocative paintings elsewhere, but it…
Northern Territory
A sea of little brass plaques commemorating 434 soldiers and civilians killed in the 1942−43 air raids on northern Australia.
Kakadu National Park
There are terrific views out over the Arnhem Land Escarpment from this lookout, a steep climb from the Anbangbang Gallery.
Litchfield National Park
A great spot for a picnic and a swim beyond Tjuwaliyn (Douglas) Hot Springs Park.
Northern Territory
Popular barramundi-fishing haunt and the crocs know it – ask about local conditions and advice before casting.
Darwin
At the far northern end of Smith St is a small but important precinct of four houses built in the 1930s and now on the Register of the National Estate…
Darwin
At the southern end of Mitchell St is the elegantly boxlike Parliament House, which opened in 1994. Reminiscent of Southeast Asian colonial architecture,…
Darwin
Just across the road from Bicentennial Park, Lyons Cottage was built in 1925. It was Darwin's first stone residence, formerly housing executives from the…
Darwin
This interesting (if slightly grim) museum represents almost 100 years of solitude. Serving as Darwin's main jail from 1883 to 1979, the solid cells…
Northern Territory
Dating from 1889, the Railway Museum has a display on the Darwin–Pine Creek railway, which ran from 1889 to 1976. The lovingly restored steam engine,…
Chinese Museum & Chung Wah Temple
Darwin
This excellent little museum explores Chinese settlement in the Top End. The adjacent temple has a hushed interior, punctuated by scarlet lanterns and…
Northern Territory
Drive or walk up the short-but-steep hill off Moule St to the lookout over the old open-cut mine, now full of water (135m deep!). There are good views…
Northern Territory
Near the Adelaide River township, this popular waterfall and waterhole is reached via a snaking trail alongside a creek and is good for swimming. It gets…
Northern Territory
This farm has a semitropical butterfly house with a host of Australian species, and a mini petting zoo with farm animals such as goats, ducks, rabbits and…
Northern Territory
The Arnhem Highway crosses the Adelaide River here, and it's from the murky waters of this river that large crocs are tempted to jump for camera-wielding…
Darwin
Darwin's only downtown beach, unless you count the sliver of sand at the waterfront precinct… It's sheltered from the city on the hill above by vegetation.
Northern Territory
Where the Arnhem Hwy crosses the Mary River, with plenty of crocs nearby.
Northern Territory
Finke is a small Aboriginal community 230km from Alice Springs along the Old South Rd. When the old Ghan was running, Finke was a thriving town; these…
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