• Australia

After six difficult years, spectacular Aussie swimming spot to reopen

Traditional owners closed the spot to visitors due to the disturbance of a sacred men’s site by Parks Australia.

• Julietta Jameson

• Australia

In all of Australia you won’t find anywhere else like this wonderland

Once you get to this part of the Top End, a fancy bar is one where the drinks are actually cold.

• Craig Tansley

• Holiday guide
• Australia

Best of the Northern Territory

Uluru might still front the tourism posters, but there’s a lot more luring visitors to the Northern Territory today.

• Australia

New perspective on iconic Australian hiking trail

From May, the seven-day Larapinta Trail itinerary will take travellers into Central Australia to hike across riverbanks, desert plains and mountains.

• Julietta Jameson

• Alice Springs

Troubled Alice Springs bouncing back with milestone festival

This year’s 10th anniversary of Parrtjima is a positive step forward for Alice Springs in the face of recent damaging headlines.

• Julietta Jameson

• Adventure holidays

‘Fooluru’: The other giant rock that’s been duping tourists for years

Many celebrate too early after setting eyes on this outback monolith, which is actually bigger – though not as spectacular – as Uluru.

• Catherine Best

• Alice Springs

How ‘Kangaroo Dundee’s’ sanctuary inspired a new Australian film

Meet the NT’s original mob boss, a gentle giant whose wildlife rescue work forms the basis of a new movie.

• Catherine Best

• Top End

Nine surprising things in the NT’s best-kept secret

Litchfield National Park is just a 90-minute drive from Darwin and most of its visitors are locals.

• Helen Signy

• Culture holidays

The extraordinary ancient artwork kept secret until 1987

It might be ancient, but the world’s largest single collection of rock art never gets old.

• Helen Pitt

• Kakadu

‘This isn’t Disneyland’: A better way to see two world-famous Aussie wonders

In the dry season, busloads of tourists flock to these iconic, UNESCO World Heritage-listed national parks. To avoid them, take the ‘anti-tourist tour’.

• Craig Tansley