DESTINATION NORTHERN TERRITORY

There are many very small settlements scattered across the Northern Territory but the larger population centres are located on the single sealed road that links Darwin to southern Australia, the Stuart Highway. The Northern Territory is also home to the spectacular Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).

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DISCOVER THE NORTHERN TERRITORY: Alice Springs, Darwin, Edith Falls, The Ghan, Kakadu National Park, Katherine, Lasseter Highway, Mount Sonder, Nitmiluk National Park, Nourlangie Rock, Stuart Highway, Uluru (Ayers Rock), West MacDonnell National Park,

DISCOVER ALICE SPRINGS Alice Springs is the second largest town (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a city) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as 'the Alice' or simply 'Alice', Alice Springs is situated in the geographic centre of Australia near the southern border of the Northern Territory. The site is known as Mparntwe to its original inhabitants ...

DISCOVER DARWIN Darwin has grown from a pioneer outpost and small port into one of Australia's most modern and multicultural cities. Its proximity to Asia makes it an important Australian gateway to countries such as Indonesia and East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, ending at Port Augusta in South Australia ...

DISCOVER EDITH FALLS Edith Falls (Leliyn) is a series of waterfalls and pools in Nitmiluk National Park, located about 60 km north of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. The falls are part of Edith River. There are trails to the top of the escarpment, allowing visitors to view the waterfalls. Edith Falls is connected to Katherine Gorge via the 66 km Jatbula walk ...

THE GHAN The Ghan is a passenger train operating between Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin on the Adelaide-Darwin railway in Australia. Operated by Great Southern Railway and with locomotives provided by Pacific National, the entire journey takes 48 hours to travel the 2,979 kilometres and around half that to the mid-point at Alice Springs ...

KAKADU NATIONAL PARK Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin. Kakadu National Park is located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It covers an area of 19,804 km2, extending nearly 200 kilometres from north to south and over 100 kilometres from east to west. It is the size of Slovenia ...

DISCOVER KATHERINE The well known and spectacular Katherine Gorge in the Nitmiluk National Park near the town of Katherine has many ancient rock paintings. These often become flooded during the wet season as the river can rise 18 m in the narrow passage. In a particularly wet season, the paintings higher up can become flooded, damaging these ancient treasures ...

LASSETER HIGHWAY Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 kilometre highway in the Northern Territory of Australia. It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway. The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, who claimed to have discovered a fabulously rich gold reef (Lasseter's Reef) west of Kata Tjuta ...

MOUNT SONDER Mount Sonder, or Rwetyepme, its Aboriginal name, is the fourth highest mountain in the Northern Territory, Australia at 1380 metres above sea level. It is 130 km west of Alice Springs along the MacDonnell Ranges in the West MacDonnell National Park. It marks one end of the celebrated Larapinta trail, which extends 223 kilometres to Alice Springs ...

NITMILUK NATIONAL PARK Nitmiluk National Park which is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 244 km southeast of Darwin, has been established around a series of gorges on the Katherine River and Edith Falls. Previously named Katherine Gorge National Park, its northern edge borders Kakadu National Park. These gorges have great ceremonial significance to the local Jawoyn people ...

NOURLANGIE ROCK Burrunggui (or Nourlangie Rock) is located in an outlying formation of the Arnhem Land Escarpment within the Kakadu National Park which is in the Northern Territory of Australia. It can be reached off the Kakadu Highway between Jabiru and Cooinda. There are a number of shelters in amongst this large outcrop linked by a 1.5km circular walk ...

STUART HIGHWAY The Stuart Highway is one of Australia's major highways. It is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 extending from Darwin, Northern Territory, in the north, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta, South Australia, in the south - a distance of 2,834 kilometres. The principal north-south route is often referred to simply as 'The Track' ...

ULURU (AYERS ROCK) Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335 km south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; 450 km by road. Kata Tjuta and Uluru are the two major features of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is sacred to the Anangu ...

WEST MACDONNELL NATIONAL PARK West MacDonnell is a national park in the Northern Territory (Australia), 1234 km south of Darwin. It extends along the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs. The popular extended walk, the Larapinta Trail, runs east-west along the linear park, following the West MacDonnell Ranges. The park includes many tourist attractions ...

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