Mar 21st, 2013 at 8:00AM: The Northern Territory of Australia is inviting travelers to explore the Outback Your Way with limited-time promotions designed to make it easier and more affordable than ever to visit that famous part of the world. The promotions include a variety of great options such as free flights, discounted accommodations and other upgrades designed to enhance the experience.
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Australia Invites You To Do The Outback Your Way
Mar 21st, 2013 at 8:00AM: The Northern Territory of Australia is inviting travelers to explore the Outback Your Way with limited-time promotions designed to make it easier and more affordable than ever to visit that famous part of the world. The promotions include a variety of great options such as free flights, discounted accommodations and other upgrades designed to enhance the experience.
The Outback Your Way program ...5 Of The World's Best Places For Viewing The Night Skies
Jun 9th, 2012 at 10:00AM: If you grow up in Southern California, school field trips to the Griffith Observatory are practically a requirement. For whatever reason, I always found the Planetarium more frightening than enlightening, especially in the sixth grade, when David Fink threw up on me on the bus ride home.
Despite many youthful camping trips with my family, I also can't recall ever paying attention to the night ...Lonely Planet names top 10 cities for 2012
Nov 3rd, 2011 at 8:00AM: Earlier this week popular travel guide publisher Lonely Planet announced their selections for the top 10 cities to visit in 2012, with a few obvious choices making the list. For example, London, which will host the 2012 Olympic Games, was unsurprisingly given a nod, while Hong Kong and Orlando, two perennially popular destinations, earned the distinction as well. Other cities making their way into ...Want to win a trip to Australia's Northern Territory? Hie thee to Twitter.
Feb 4th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Here at Gadling, we're not above shameless self-promotion. Particularly when the prize is a free trip to Australia for one lucky winner.
Our blogger-at-large, Andrew Evans, just returned from a month-long trip to Australia and he's hosting a Twitter-based contest to send a winner (plus a friend) on a similar journey.
The best part? Entering is simple. Just tweet @WheresAndrew with the ...
Australia's Kakadu National Park floods trap tourists after they ignore closed road signs
Jan 5th, 2011 at 11:00AM: What is it with German tourists and Australia's Northern Territory? If they're not getting eaten by crocodiles or succumbing to dehydration, they're blatantly ignoring road signs and driving their way into croc-infested floodwaters. NT News online reports that four wayward Germans visiting remote Kakadu National Park drove their rented four-wheel-drive--allegedly at 80mph, no less--through the ...Rome's Vatican Museums host rare Aboriginal art exhibition
Dec 31st, 2010 at 2:00PM: No one can ever accuse the Vatican of acting impulsively. In 1925, over 300 artworks and relics were sent to Rome by Aboriginal Australians, for a papal show. Since that time, the items have been squirreled away, despite being one of the world's finest collections of Aboriginal art and artifacts, according to a recent New York Times article.
Fortunately, these treasures are now on public ...Photo of the Day (8.24.10)
Aug 24th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
I think it's fair to say that everyone deserves to experience a moment like this in their lifetime. A remote beach. A dramatic sunset. Stormy clouds hanging in the distance with nightfall soon approaching. Flickr user Ka wai punahele immortalized this picture perfect moment on the coast of Australia's sparse Northern Territory, just outside the city of Darwin.
Casuarina Beach (the gorgeous ...Qantas & Tourism Northern Territory offer cheap flights to Australia's Red Center
Jan 9th, 2010 at 1:30PM:
Gadling loves Australia. We've been proponents of Americans visiting Oz for a while and I was fortunate enough to check out Australia's Red Center last year. The added flights - and the costs of those flights - have often kept Americans from delving deep into the heart of this fascinating country. Now, however, Qantas and Tourism Northern Territory are partnering to make travel from America's ...Outback Australia: Where are the Americans?
Oct 14th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Close to 300,000 people from outside of Australia visit the Northern Territory every year. And if I noticed anything about those tourists while I was there it's that the vast majority do not speak English. That is by no means a judgmental statement. I enjoyed ...Outback Australia: Big Fun in Little Alice
Oct 12th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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It's rare that a town with a population under 30,000 is known by everyone in a country as big as Australia. But Alice Springs is no ordinary town. It's defined less by its size and more by its location and quirky nature. Known colloquially as just Alice, the town is ...Outback Australia: Disappointment in the Tiwi Islands
Oct 9th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
When visiting a colonized country, it is difficult to ignore many of the social and economical inequities that exist. Australia is no different. Much like the United States, Australia's history of dealing with the indigenous peoples is checkered at best and downright awful at worst. Native cultures have been marginalized, victimized - read up on the Stolen Generations - and subjected to both ...Outback Australia: Kakadu National Park
Oct 7th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
Kakadu National Park covers 7,646 square miles of Australia's Top End in the Northern Territory. How big is that? Well, you could fit both Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks inside of Kakadu with room to spare for all of the fanny packs (that's bum bags for you Aussies) that would be roaming around. In other words, it's massive. It's also the native homeland of several groups of indigenous ...Outback Australia: Mindil Beach Sunset Market
Oct 6th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Before departing for the Northern Territory, I was discussing my trip with some Aussie friends. When they heard that I was going to Darwin, they raved about two things: the food and the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets. Darwin is a melting pot of Southeast Asian and ...Disgusting tourists use Uluru as a toilet
Sep 10th, 2009 at 2:30PM: The otherworldly red rock of Uluru (Ayers Rock) that rises above a flat expanse of Australia's Northern Territory has long been considered a sacred site to the native Aboriginal people. Against their wishes, over 100,000 people climb the rock, which is just over 1100 feet tall, each year. Recently, the National Parks service proposed a plan that would close Uluru to climbers.
There were many ...Experience Aussie culture at Darwin Festival
Aug 5th, 2009 at 11:00AM: There's a lot to love about Australia. It has fantastic surfing, gorgeous natural wonders and neat accents. But if you want a taste of true Aussie culture, you should head up to Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, for Darwin Festival. From August 13-30, Darwin Festival features indigenous dance performances, art exhibitions, concerts, cabaret, comedy and much more. This year's festival ...Thrill Seekers Can Swim Nose to Nose with Crocs in Australia
Nov 8th, 2008 at 1:00PM: Adventurers needn't head to the Outback to get a taste of what it is like to be eye-to-eye with Australian wildlife. A new attraction at Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin, Northern Territory, allows divers to come within inches of giant saltwater crocodiles. A mask and swimsuit is all that is required for those who want to enter the "Cage of Death." The transparent "cage" is made from 5-inch-thick ...
