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Arnhem Land

after 11 years, the British Government sent word that the settlement was to be abandoned, and the residents could all come home.
Northern Territory

The bizarre Australian ghost town that was supposed to repel an invasion

Today, looking out at the ruins that remain of Victoria Settlement in the middle of absolutely nowhere, it all seems a ludicrous experiment.

  • by Sue Williams
Seven Spirit Bay.
Adventure holidays

Remote Aussie spot is a bucket-list item for fishing fans

Few visitors and plenty of fish in the waters of the coastal creeks and reefs and the Arafura Sea make this remote resort a prized destination.

  • by Sue Williams
Arnhem Land is a unique region of Australia that’s almost all Aboriginal freehold land, stretching from the Gulf of Carpentaria in the east to Kakadu National Park in the west.
Northern Territory

One of the world’s last untouched places is right here in Australia

Indigenous life has an incredibly long history in Arnhem Land, and it feels an absolute privilege to be given a glimpse of it.

  • by Sue Williams
A frenzy of colour and movement … Garma Festival.
Northern Territory

This stirring Top End festival is among the world’s greatest

The Garma Festival is an invitation to the clans to join in the diplomacy of kinship. It’s also a rare chance to engage with the world’s oldest living culture.

  • by Anabel Dean
A boat heads into Seven Spirit Bay.
Culture holidays

‘World’s End’: The remote part of Australia the British failed to colonise

Why would anyone travel to the shark and croc infested waterways of the Cobourg Peninsula? There are plenty of reasons...

  • by Anabel Dean
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On safari in Arnhem Land.
Adventure holidays

This outback safari may be Australia’s greatest wildlife spectacular

Unlike safaris in East Africa, here millions of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians can be seen by a maximum of 24 people – plus guides – at any one time.

  • by Mark Daffey
Seven Spirit Bay on the western tip of Arnhem Land.
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Hotel reviews

To sleep at this luxury bush lodge is to feel cradled by Mother Earth

The more than $2500 price tag of Arnhem Land’s exclusive Seven Spirit Bay gets you memories to last a lifetime.

  • by Kerry van der Jagt
Located 90 minutes drive out of Nhulunbuy, where two perfect beaches meet at a rocky island, Lonely Beach is dead-set from a film set.
Northern Territory

East Arnhem Land travel guide and things to see and do: Nine highlights

East Arnhem Land is made up of hundreds of Indigenous communities and even though it stretches across 90,000 square kilometres, it is home to less than 20,000 people.

  • by Craig Tansley
The Wessel Islands, a rugged, ribbon-like archipelago off the north-east tip of East Arnhem Land.
Northern Territory

Wessel Islands, Northern Territory travel guide: A spectacular, forgotten part of Australia

Nowhere gets wilder than this north-east edge of the Northern Territory.

  • by Craig Tansley
Cobourg Peninsula is now Garig Gunak Barlu National Park.
Northern Territory

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory travel guide and things to do: Australia's unique last frontier

An exploration of creative arts, nature and traditional life in Arnhem Land.

  • by Elspeth Callender

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