Darwin
At Doctors Gully, an easy walk from the north end of the Esplanade, Aquascene runs a remarkable fish-feeding frenzy at high tide. Visitors, young and old,…
Must-see attractions in Northern Territory
Museum of Central Australia - Megafauna Central
Alice Springs
Exhibits from one of Australia's richest fossil sites, the Alcoota Waterhole, 150km north of Alice Springs, are on display here. The fossils date back up…
Northern Territory
This lookout towards Mt Connor is right by the Lasseter Hwy around 20km east of Curtin Springs; from the lookout's summit (on the north side of the road),…
Outback Northern Territory
Signposted off the Victoria Hwy northwest of town, Policeman's Point is a pretty spot overlooking the Victoria River. It is said to have once been used by…
Northern Territory
Just 21km west of Finke, and 12km north of the road along a signposted track, is the Lambert Centre. The point marks Australia's geographical centre and…
Arnhem Land
On the shores of Port Essington are the stone ruins and headstones of Victoria settlement − Britain's 1838 attempt to establish a military outpost here…
Darwin
You can escape from the heat of the day and relive your Hitchcockian fantasies by walking through the WWII oil-storage tunnels. They were built in 1942 to…
Darwin
Hosted by the Indo-Pacific Marine Exhibition, this evening includes a tour of the aquarium, seafood dinner (on biodegradable plates, no less!) and an…
Northern Territory
If you're anywhere in the area on the 2nd Sunday of the month and the weather's fine, head into town for this fine little market. It's dominated by local…
Yulara
A fascinating overview of local natural and cultural history, with plenty of artworks, an artist-in-residence and an excellent small shop. It's up the…
Litchfield National Park
This park protects the Douglas River, its wildlife and its thermal springs. It's a pretty spot that sees far fewer visitors than elsewhere in the…
Northern Territory
Tylers Pass Lookout provides a dramatic view of Tnorala, the legacy of an earth-shattering comet impact. It's a 30- to 40-minute drive beyond Glen Helen…
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art
Darwin
The NCCA is a really small space that shows some changing and challenging exhibitions. It's worth checking out while doing the Parap Village Market.
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…
Outback Northern Territory
This fine elevated lookout over the inner reaches of first gorge is accessible along the Windolf Walk.
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.
Outback Northern Territory
Escarpment Lookout, accessible via a sealed road, has fine views over town and the surrounding country.
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…
Alice Springs
Upstairs in the Museum of Central Australia there's a display on the work of Professor TGH Strehlow, a linguist and anthropologist born at the…
Darwin
At the southern end of Mitchell St is the elegantly boxlike Parliament House, which opened in 1994. Reminiscent of Southeast Asian colonial architecture,…
Alice Springs
Built in the 1920s as the Australian Inland Mission hospital, Adelaide House was the first hospital in central Australia. Designed by the founding flying…
Outback Northern Territory
The abandoned, white-wood Bullita Homestead has been restored and sits surrounded by stockyards, as well as baobob and bloodwood trees, close to the East…
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…
Outback Northern Territory
Once upon a time the railway line from Darwin came as far as Birdum, 8km south of tiny Larrimah. Its museum, in the former telegraph repeater station…
Alice Springs
Built in 1927, the Residency has a gracious beauty. It's a symbol of the town's brief legislative independence from the rest of the NT. Apart from its…
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…
Outback Northern Territory
The town’s old police station, established to smooth relations between pastoralists and Indigenous people, is now a museum displaying old police and…
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…
