Northern Territory

Our Top Picks For Northern Territory

• 1 Cahill’s Crossing

  Spot crocs while driving over Cahill’s Crossing on the East Alligator River – the border between the lily-laden wetlands of Kakadu and the open expanse of Arnhem Land – on the way to Injalak arts centre

• 2 Ubirr

  Wonder whether mimi spirits were responsible for the cheeky figures painted at an impossible height and angle at Ubirr, one of Kakadu’s rock-art sites

• 3 Tiwi Islands

  Listen to a creation story from a Tiwi guide at the Patakijiyali Museum, then be surrounded by artwork at Tiwi Designs in Nguiu, Bathurst Island, one of the two Tiwi Islands

• 4 Kings Canyon

  Hear a cooee come back and back and back as it bounces around the immense chasm that is Kings Canyon

• 5 Larapinta Trail

  See ghost gums growing out of ochre cliffs while walking through a billion-year-old gorge on a section of the epic Larapinta Trail

• 6 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

  Quell your excitement at seeing the colossal blips on the flat red horizon at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

• 7 Darwin

  Catch a whiff of another exotic smell from a food stand, while weaving through crowds, buskers, rows of stalls selling services (Thai massage maybe?) and handcrafted goodies at one of the markets in Darwin

• 8 Litchfield National Park

  Think how handy those waterproof cameras are while snapping another waterfall photo from a floating position in a crystalline waterhole at Litchfield National Park

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