Introducing Mataranka
The small settlement of Mataranka regularly swells with towel-toting visitors shuffling to the thermal pool or the spring-fed Elsey National Park. If you see Mataranka referred to as the ‘capital of the Never Never’, it’s a reference to the 1908 autobiographical novel We of the Never Never, about life as a pioneering woman on nearby Elsey Station – for which the deeds of title have since been returned to the Mangarayi indigenous owners.
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Last updated: Apr 21, 2010
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RE: Best route Sydney to Darwin
by Captain_Courageous 28 January 2012
Were it me, I'd choose the coast route, up to Townsville and then head inland on the Overlander's Way From Townsville to the NT border…
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Re: How to make the most of Kakadu/Litchfield/Katherine
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