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The Top End is calling but jitters remain

Fiona Carruthers
Fiona CarruthersTravel editor

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The Northern Territory will reopen to the rest of the country on Monday, a moment Darwin cafe and bar owner Pippa Ainsworth says will be bittersweet as omicron casts an unsettling shadow.

“Sure it will be brilliant to have an influx of family, friends and tourists from other states,” Ms Ainsworth said.

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Fiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com

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