The Northern Territory is Australia’s wildest state. Between the arid Red Centre and the humid Top End, the Northern Territory is as vast as it is diverse. Home to the spectacular Kakadu National Park and Katherine Gorge, it is the state that is best experienced on a road trip. But it is also possible to base yourself in Darwin and explore the region on organized trips. The posts in this section cover both – an epic Northern Territory road trip and shorter breaks from Darwin.
Central Australia is a vast, arid region in the centre of the continent, in Australia’s Northern Territory. Often referred to as the Red Center, it is an ancient world of … Read more
The Northern Territory is Australia’s wildest state. Between the arid Red Centre and the humid Top End, the Northern Territory is as vast as it is diverse. Home to the … Read more
If you’ve been following The Wildlife Diaries, you know that I am crazy about parrots. So when I recently visited Darwin for a conference, I organised a side mission to … Read more
Lying just over 100km south of Darwin, on the way to Kakadu National Park in Australia’s Northern Territory, Mary River Wetlands is one of the most diverse ecosystems in Australia, … Read more
Most people visit Darwin, Australia’s Northern Territory capital city, as a jumping-off point for Kakadu National Park and Nitmiluk/Katherine Gorge. Both destinations are spectacular, but a little too far for … Read more
On my recent trip to Darwin, the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory, I discovered a true hidden gem– Buffalo Creek near Lee Point. This creek is a bird-watching hotspot … Read more
West MacDonnell Ranges is a stunning chain of mountains that stretches 121 km west of Alice Springs in Australia’s Northern Territory. Over the eons, the Finke River has cut its … Read more
If you are going to visit only one national park in Australia to see our wildlife, make it Kakadu in the Northern Territory. We spent a week in Kakadu in April, right after the … Read more
Nitmiluk, or Katherine Gorge, is one of the most spectacular sights in Australia’s Northern Territory. It is actually a network of 13 gorges carved out by Katherine River in what … Read more
The Devil’s Marbles is a spectacular formation of rounded granite boulders stacked precariously on top of each other as if they have fallen out of the sky. It is one … Read more
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is probably the best place to experience a tropical wetland and see an incredible variety of birds near Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory. It is also … Read more
Australia is one of the most biologically unique places on earth. Most Australian animals do not occur anywhere else. It is also a huge country, and the best way to explore Australian … Read more
One of Australia’s most striking landscapes, the Simpson Desert in the Northern Territory is a largely uninhabited arid region that covers 143,000 square kilometres in Central Australia, near the middle … Read more