Imagine a vast landscape of undulating lowland plains, dramatic escarpments and trails leading to ancient Aboriginal rock art sites, picturesque wetlands thriving with wildlife, and the Nat Geo moment of crocodiles with wide gaping jaws – you are beginning to get the picture of the Northern Territory. A short 4.5-hour flight from Singapore, Darwin serves…
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Northern Territory: The Top End attractions
A short 4-day trip to the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia has left me a unique collection of memories from braving the jumping crocodile cruise along a river infested with hundreds of crocodiles, to the world-class Nourlangie Aboriginal rock art site and the famous Yellow Water Billabong in Kakadu where it has…
Northern Territory: Of Termite Mounds & Falls
On the 4th day in the Top End of the Northern Territory before we flew back to Singapore in the afternoon, we still had time for a morning jaunt to Litchfield National Park. Litchfield National Park Litchfield National Park is 1 ½-hr drive from Darwin. The monsoonal rainforest, intriguing rock formations, huge termite mounds, magnificent…
Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise
Things to do on the way to Kakadu You don’t always come across a river infested with crocodiles do you? Let alone to mention one that leaps high out of water. Home to over 1,600-strong congregation of crocs, the thought of cruising along the Adelaide River had struck me uneven for sometime before I decided…