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NORTHERN TERRITORY Adventure on the Outback Alice Springs Darwin Katherine Uluru (Ayers Rock) 0 100 miles 0 100 km Timor Sea Gulf of Carpenteria Arafura Sea WESTERN AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY QUEENSLAND TA N A M I D E S E R T Murgenella Wildlife Sanctuary Kakadu National Park Litchfield National Park Keep River National Park Devil's Marbles Simpsons Gap National Park Kings Canyon Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) Tennant Creek Tropic of Capricorn The rugged Northern Territory is the Australia many imagine: the seat of a rich Aboriginal culture born in miles of rusty sands churned by sprightly kangaroos and smiling crocodiles. The town of Alice Springs serves as the gate to the Red Centre's treasures, like MacDonnell Range and Larapinta Trail—one of the world's most challenging. Find also Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, dual-listed by UNESCO for its cultural and natural value. The stewardship of its original inhabitants, the Anangu, earns it the former; 550-million-year-old rock formations, visited by over a quarter-million people annually, makes it worthy of the latter. It's not all dusty trails and stalwart trekking, though. Darwin is quite the opposite, its revitalized harborfront full of imposing mansions, recreational fishing, alfresco dining, and walkable charm. But in case you almost forget where you are, you can always take a daring "swim" in Crocosaurus Cove among the country's largest saltwater reptiles, or see them roaming freely in Corroboree Billabong. From the moments to the landscape and its creatures, it's all wild here in the Outback. 2 4 10 5 9 6 8 16 | Northern Territory 1 3 7

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