Tips 1. This is definitely an ultimate family holiday. We planned 18 days and did the trip comfortably i.e. a good blend of moving but also seeing the important or interesting things. At the bottom of this tips page is our itinerary, you may find it useful. 2. If you are looking for a guide to Northern Territory we highly recommend the Lonely Planet "Central Australia – Adelaide to Darwin" book. It was seriously useful for planning our trip and we refe...

Well let me say it was hard for all of us to narrow all our experiences down to a top 5. However here we go! Didier UluruKings CanyonMataranka Hot SpringsKakaduKatherin e Gorge Isabelle Kakadu - Yellow WaterUluru Kings CanyonKatherine GorgeKakadu - Ubir Aboriginal Rock ArtLoic ( 13 years old) Big 4 Caravan Park Alice SpringsCrocosaurus Cove DarwinKatherine Hot SpringsMataranka Hot SpringsBattery Hill Mine Centre Tennant Creek Olivier (12 years old) Kings Ca...

So our last day in the Northern Territory. It seems like it was months ago that we left Sydney. During our trip we came across lots of historic war sites so we decided to visit the Darwin Military Museum. The museum is located at an old cannon site from World War II. The outside areas have lots of old tanks, cannons, jeeps and also random machines and airplane wreckage. It was great to learn about the different wars like Vietnam, Korea and of course WWII. Th...

We were not sure where to go this morning. Dad thought we should go to Crocosauraus Cove but the lady at the reception convinced dad we should go to Crocodylus Park. Crocodylus is a zoo, it not only has Crocodiles, it also has Monkeys, Lions, Tigers, Meerkats and other animals. We were more interested in the Crocodiles. We took the early morning tour. Before the tour even started we played with a friendly Galah called Alfie. The Galah seemed to love dad, it k...

Dad tells us that so far we have seen the lower and middle parts of Kakadu. Today we are heading to the top part. I never knew how big Kakadu was. It is massive. We first came across Jabiru. I was expecting it to be a lot busier and bigger than it was. We knew it would be quiet because of ANZAC day. However it was very small and I think it would not be much different on a normal weekday. Dad thinks Doonside shops is more busy and exciting. We did not hang aroun...