Emily & Jessie Gaps Nature Park
Northern Territory
Both of these gaps in the rock wall of the East MacDonnells are associated with the Eastern Arrernte Caterpillar Dreaming trail. Emily Gap, 16km out of…
Must-see attractions in Northern Territory
Outback Northern Territory
Experience life in Tennant Creek's 1930s gold rush at this mining centre, which doubles as the visitor information centre, 2km east of town. There are…
Darwin
These 42-hectare gardens showcase plants from the Top End and around the world − monsoon vine forest, the mangroves and coastal plants habitat, baobabs,…
Alice Springs Transport Heritage Centre
Alice Springs
At the MacDonnell siding, 10km south of Alice and 1km west of the Stuart Hwy, are two museums dedicated to big trucks and old trains. The Old Ghan…
Outback Northern Territory
The low sandstone cliffs surrounding this spot where the highway crosses the Victoria River (194km southwest of Katherine) create a dramatic setting. Much…
Alice Springs
The natural history collection at this compact museum is beautifully displayed, with geological exhibits such as meteorite fragments and fossils, as well…
Giwining / Flora River Nature Park
Outback Northern Territory
This park consists of limestone tufa outcrops that form dams across the mineral-rich Flora River; the effect is a series of pretty cascades running with…
Northern Territory
If Mary River National Park were anywhere else, it would be considered a top-notch wildlife-destination, with barramundi fishing, pretty landscapes, an…
Northern Territory
Flood plains and billabongs make for good birdwatching at this pretty park 80km southeast of Darwin off the Arnhem Hwy. This was once the hunting grounds…
Northern Territory
Eleven kilometres west of the Stuart Hwy, a corrugated track leads 5km off Ernest Giles Rd to these 12 small craters, formed after a meteor fell to earth…
Northern Territory
This wonderful waterhole is the closest to Darwin and very popular with locals. It's a beautiful series of spring-fed swimming holes shaded by paperbarks…
Corroboree Rock Conservation Reserve
Northern Territory
Corroboree Rock, 51km from Alice Springs, is one of many strangely shaped dolomite outcrops scattered over the valley floor. Despite the name, it's…
Central Australia Aviation Museum
Alice Springs
In the Connellan Airways Hangar, Alice's original aerodrome, displays on pioneer aviation in the Territory include Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)…
Alice Springs
It may be small, but this reptile centre packs a poisonous punch with its impressive collection of venomous snakes, thorny devils and bearded dragons…
Northern Territory
About 3km south of Pine Creek on the Stuart Hwy is the turn-off to pretty Umbrawarra Gorge, with a safe swimming hole, a little beach and a basic…
Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery
Alice Springs
The cemetery contains the graves of some prominent locals, including artist Albert Namatjira (1902–59) and Harold Lasseter (1880–1931), the eccentric…
Litchfield National Park
One of the more accessible of 'lost cities' in the NT, this dramatic collection of eroded rocky outcrops, some up to 500 million years old, has come to…
National Road Transport Hall of Fame
Alice Springs
If you fancy big trucks, the National Road Transport Hall of Fame has a fabulous collection, including the chassis of the first Kenworth to come off the…
Northern Territory
Just off the Arnhem Hwy a few kilometres before Mary River Crossing, if you're coming from the west, is this back-flow billabong, filled by creeks flowing…
Window on the Wetlands Visitor Centre
Northern Territory
Three kilometres past the Fogg Dam turn-off, east along the Arnhem Hwy, is this dashing-looking structure full of displays explaining the wetland…
Northern Territory
Bring your binoculars − there are ludicrous numbers of waterbirds living at the fecund green Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve. The dam walls are closed to…
Alice Springs
Established in 1951, this was the first school of its type in Australia, broadcasting lessons to children over an area of 1.3 million sq km. While…
Outback Northern Territory
Outside the entrance to the Mataranka Homestead Resort is a replica of the Elsey Station Homestead, constructed for the filming of We of the Never Never,…
National Pioneer Women’s Hall of Fame
Alice Springs
This tribute to Australia’s pioneering women is in the former Alice Springs Gaol, very near the Royal Flying Doctor Service base. Behind the high walls…
Outback Northern Territory
This national park adjoins Mataranka's thermal-pool reserve and offers peaceful camping, fishing and walking along the Waterhouse and Roper Rivers. Bitter…
Darwin
At this innovative museum and multimedia experience, you can hear personal accounts of those affected by, and those who actively participated in,…
Katherine Low Level Nature Park
Outback Northern Territory
A lovely scenic spot on the banks of the babbling Katherine River, just off the Victoria Hwy (Rte 1) 4km from town. It has a popular dry-season swimming…
Outback Northern Territory
The fascinating ghost town of Newcastle Waters, 3km west of the highway, has atmospheric, historic buildings. These include the Junction Hotel, cobbled…
Old Ghan Heritage Railway Museum
Alice Springs
This collection of restored Ghan locos and carriages will please train buffs and anyone else interested in this pioneering railway (originally called the…
Outback Northern Territory
Katherine Museum is in the old airport terminal, about 3km from town on the road to the gorge. The original Gypsy Moth biplane flown by Dr Clyde Fenton,…
Alice Springs
On the western edge of Alice on the road to the West MacDonnell Ranges, the grave of John Flynn is topped by a boulder donated by the Arrernte people (the…
Outback Northern Territory
The leader of the 1855 European expedition to these parts, AC Gregory, inscribed his arrival date into a baobab; it is still discernible (and is explained…
Myilly Point Heritage Precinct
Darwin
At the far northern end of Smith St is this small but important precinct of four houses built between 1930 and 1939 (which means they survived both the…
Darwin
Available for day-use only, this park protects places of natural and cultural importance, including part of Port Darwin wetland, one of the country's most…
Outback Northern Territory
About three-quarters of the population of Borroloola is Indigenous and the town’s colourful history is displayed at the Borroloola Museum, alongside…
Northern Territory
Glen Helen Gorge is where the Finke River cuts through the MacDonnells. It's not quite as dramatic as nearby Ormiston Gorge, but it's all relative. Only…
Northern Territory
The Ochre Pits line a dry creek bed in the heart of the West MacDonnell Ranges, 11km west of Serpentine Gorge, and were a source of pigment for Aboriginal…
Alice Springs
For a tremendous view, particularly at sunrise and sunset, take a hike (use Lions Walk from Wills Tce) or a drive up to the top of Anzac Hill, known as…
Northern Territory
At Ewaninga, 39km south of Alice Springs, prehistoric Aboriginal petroglyphs are carved into sandstone. The rock carvings found here and at N'Dhala Gorge…
Northern Territory
Around 102km west of Alice Springs, a rough gravel track leads for 5km north off Namatjira Dr to narrow, ochre-red Serpentine Gorge. It has a lovely…
