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Northern Territory,
Australia / Attractions, Sites to See and Things To Do
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- Alice
Springs: It's the heart of Australia, the capital of the Outback
and the most romantic country town in the world. It's where the
Arrernte Aboriginal tribal group have lived for 20,000 years and
where pioneer men and women gave "tough" a new meaning. It's where
they race camels, hold hilarious holiday regattas in dry river
beds and where Peter Finch finally caught up with Virginia McKenna
in the 1956 film classic "A Town Like Alice".
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- Alice
Springs Region: Alice Springs and its immediate surroundings
present many options for delving further into the cultural, historical
history of Alice Springs, and the nature and environmental of
Central Australia.
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- Ayers
Rock Region: 500 kilometres west of Alice Springs, Ayers Rock/Uluru
rises 348 metres from the desert and has a girth of 9.4 kilometres.
These statistics alone assure its star role as the world's most
famous monolith, yet it is estimated that at least two-thirds
of the Rock lies beneath the surface.
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- Kakadu
National Park: Kakadu National Park is just 257km from Darwin
along the sealed Arnhem Highway. In its 19,000sq km, it is home
to around 275 species of birds, 75 species of reptiles, 25 species
of frogs, an estimated 10,000 species of insects and 1,600 plant
species comprising more than a third of the Top End's plant life.
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- Katherine
Region: Katherine is a modern regional service centre 317
kilomtres south-east of Darwin and an area rich in tradition,
history and scenic beauty. Home to 10,500 people and the main
service centre, Katherine is the major intersection between northern,
southern and western routes
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- Our Darwin:
Information about Darwin, Australia's capital city in the Northern
Territory.
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- Tennant
Creek Region: Born of the rough tough droving and mining history,
the Tennant Creek region is centred around the junction of the
Barkly and the Stuart Highways. Extending from the Telegraph Station
at Barrow Creek in the south, to the historic droving town of
Newcastle Waters in the north
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