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Territory Wildlife Park guide: ticket prices, hours & how to book

Updated in October 2026, this Territory Wildlife Park guide covers ticket prices, opening hours, parking, accessibility and what to see. The Territory Wildlife Park is a large Top End wildlife park at Berry Springs, about 45 minutes' drive south of Darwin in the Northern Territory.…

Larrakia Cultural Centre guide: ticket prices, hours & how to book

Updated in October 2026, this Larrakia Cultural Centre guide covers ticket prices, opening hours, parking, accessibility and what to see. The Larrakia Cultural Centre is a Larrakia-owned cultural centre at the Darwin Waterfront, at the foot of the Stokes Hill sacred site. It opened to…

Royal Flying Doctor Service Tourist Facility, Darwin: Ticket prices, hours & how to book

Updated in October 2026, this RFDS Darwin Tourist Facility guide covers ticket prices, opening hours, parking, accessibility and what to see. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Darwin Tourist Facility is an interactive museum on Stokes Hill Wharf at the Darwin Waterfront in the Northern…

Darwin WWII Oil Storage Tunnels guide: Ticket prices, hours & top tips

Updated in September 2026, this WWII Oil Storage Tunnels guide covers ticket prices, opening hours, transport, accessibility and what to see. The WWII Oil Storage Tunnels are an underground wartime heritage site on Darwin's waterfront, Northern Territory. Adult admission now costs $12, and you can…

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory.

Fogg Dam, Northern Territory: birdwatching, crocodiles and water lilies near Darwin

Fogg Dam near Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory was originally built as part of a failed rice-growing scheme. It quickly became a dry season refuge for wildlife as the floodplains dried out elsewhere, and it was turned into the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve in…

Florence Falls in the Northern Territory's Litchfield National Park.

The best places in Australia to visit during the Northern Hemisphere summer

Broome, Exmouth, Cairns, Airlie Beach, Darwin and Uluru are the best bases for an Australian adventure during the British summer holidays. The seasons in Australia For many British travellers, the prime time to visit Australia is during the British winter – after all, the idea…

Termite mounds inside Litchfield National Park, Australia's Northern Territory.

Magnetic Termite Mounds, Litchfield National Park: Complete 2026 visitor guide

The Magnetic Termite Mounds are a biological attraction located in Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia, approximately 120 kilometres south of Darwin. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, accessibility, and practical tips for visiting these unique structures built by Amitermes…

Buley Rockhole in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory.

Buley Rockhole visitor guide, 2026: Parking, swimming, and Litchfield fees

Buley Rockhole is a series of cascading rock pools and waterfalls located in Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory, approximately 120 kilometres south-west of Darwin near the settlement of Batchelor. This guide covers access times, parking, swimming conditions, accessibility, and practical visitor information. This…

Wangi Falls in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory.

Wangi Falls visitor guide, 2026: Litchfield park fees, swimming safety & access

Wangi Falls is a natural waterfall and plunge pool attraction in Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. This guide covers opening hours, entry requirements, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips to help you plan your visit. This Australian waterfall a…

Beacon Island, where the Batavia shipwreck survivors made their base.

Ghosts! Snakes! Sharks! It’s Australia’s scariest islands

Australia has many beautiful islands, but some are more terrifying than others. Whether due to shipwrecks, unexploded ordnance, perilous driving or dingoes, these eight islands are ones to be wary of. Carnac Island, Western Australia There are several islands just south-west of Perth in Western…