Top End Northern Territory

Outer Greater Darwin Region

Outer Greater Darwin Region
Darwin - Hotels, Motels - Accommodation
Darwin - Lodges, Inns - Accommodation
Darwin - Apartments - Accommodation
Darwin - Bed and Breakfast - Accommodation
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Kakadu + Jabiru

Kakadu + Jabiru
Kakadu + Jabiru - Hotels, Motels, Caravan Parks - Accommodation
Kakadu + Jabiru - Minimal Facility Camping Grounds

Litchfield and Batchelor

Litchfield and Batchelor
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Katherine

Tennant Creek

Pine Creek

Pine Creek
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Darwin to Alice Springs
Via Explorers Way - Stuart Highway

Pine Creek

Pine Creek
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Katherine

Mataranka Region

The Mataranka township, 100 kilometres south of Katherine on the Stuart Highway, was the setting of the famous Australian novel, We of the Never Never, by Jeannie Gunn. Jeannie Gunn, ‘The Little Missus’, lived at nearby Elsey Station, and her affection for the area has been immortalised in her book. Within Elsey National Park, you will find the grave of her husband and a memorial to the author at the Elsey Cemetery and Reserve. Elsey Station is now administered by the local Aboriginal people. The ancient dreamtime stories of the Mangarayi and Yungman tribes describe a wind sweeping in from the east that created the area. The famous Mataranka Thermal Pool is a great place to unwind.

The warm, crystalline waters of the natural pools have the power to soothe aches and pains after a long day on the road. The water is spring fed, bubbling up at a fairly constant temperature of 34 degrees Celsius. The surrounding paperbark and palm forest filters the sun and leaves soft, dappled light playing on the water's surface. The area around the pools is a natural breeding ground for the little red flying fox, whose breeding season is usually from November to May, but often extends into the drier months. During the breeding season, there are ranger guided talks available. Bitter Springs, a short drive north-east of Mataranka, is a relaxing alternative to the main thermal pools. Take your goggles, because small turtles and fish can often be spotted below the surface. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Larrimah Region

The historic township of Larrimah, 250 kilometres south of Katherine, is a pleasant stop along the Stuart Highway. Its traditional owners are the Yangman Aboriginal people, whose descendants live today in the nearby community of Wubuluwan and in other communities around the region. The Yangman people believe Dreaming tracks of the Storm Bird (a channel bill cuckoo) helped create the surrounding landscape.

John McDouall Stuart explored this area in the early 1860s but the township of Larrimah didn’t spring up until 1940, when Gorrie Airfield was constructed to service the war effort. Larrimah means ‘meeting place’ in the Yangman language and the town enjoyed a brief post war boom as a railhead and service provider to surrounding cattle stations. Visitors to Larrimah should stop in at the local hotel that was built using materials from the dismantled Birdum Hotel. It houses the highest bar in the Northern Territory, and is immediately recognisable thanks to the Pink Panther sitting outside. Budget hotel rooms, caravan sites and camping sites, meals and beverages are available. For traditional country fare, drop in to Fran’s Devonshire Teahouse after exploring the Old Police Station Museum. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Daly Waters

Daly Waters is located 274 kilometres south of Katherine near the junction of the Stuart and Carpentaria Highways. Despite the tiny population of the settlement, the Daly Waters’ Pub is one of the Territory’s most famous watering holes. One of the oldest buildings in the Northern Territory, the pub is a quirky place clad in corrugated iron and crammed with decades of memorabilia. The annual Daly Waters rodeo is an institution not to be missed. Daly Waters also has a rich and interesting aviation history, being the centre for the London to Sydney air race of 1926, a World War II air force base and a refuelling stop for Qantas.

The Daly Waters hangar exhibits interesting facts, photographs and equipment from the area’s former aviation glory days. The Jingili people, the traditional Aboriginal owners of the area, believe the Dreaming tracks of the Emu and the Sun travelled through here on their way to the southern parts of the Northern Territory. In 1862, after two unsuccessful attempts to cross the continent, early explorer John McDougall Stuart finally discovered water in this region. He blazed an ‘S’ in a nearby tree to signify his important find. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Dunmarra Region

Dunmurra, 355 kilometres north of Tennant Creek and 300 kilometres south of Katherine, Dunmarra is a small settlement on the historical Overland Telegraph Line. Today, the town is little more than a roadhouse providing fuel, motel accommodation, a caravan park and other services to travellers. It was named after Dan O'Mara, a linesman that went missing in the area in the early 1900s. Aboriginal trackers employed to search for his body had difficulty pronouncing his name, so Dunmarra stuck. It was one of the Stuart Highway's first stores and hotels and now services travellers and local cattle stations.

An interesting story is associated with the area’s name. Overland Telegraph linesman, Dan O’Mara, disappeared in the region in the early 1900s. Drover Noel Healy established a cattle station here in the 1930s and discovered O’Mara’s skeleton in the bush. The name Dunmarra was arrived at as a result of the local Aboriginal people’s inability to pronounce O’Mara’s name. A monument to the Overland Telegraph Line stands beside the Stuart Highway south of Dunmarra, dedicated to Sir Charles Todd, Postmaster, General of the Province of South Australia, 1872. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Newcastle Waters Region

Newcastle Waters township (no longer inhabited) is located 269 kilometres north of Tennant Creek just off the Explorers Way. It is part of the vast, historic Newcastle Waters Station in the Barkly Tablelands. The explorer John McDouall Stuart reached the area in 1861 and was excited to find large body of water in Lake Woods nearby and named it after the Duke of Newcastle, the then Secretary for the Colonies.

Stuart established a base camp near the present site of the station. With the development of the pastoral industry, a small township sprang up and thrived as a supply point at the junction of major droving routes. The introduction of the road train in the 1960s, however rendered droving obsolete and Newcastle Waters quickly became a ghost town. The National Trust has preserved several buildings and created the Drovers Memorial Park (its centrepiece being a life sized bronze statue of a drover). It is a worthwhile stop for those travelling the Explorers Way as an insight into a way of life long past. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Elliott Region

Elliott, the halfway point between Darwin and Alice Springs, 255 kilometres north of Tennant Creek, is predominantly a service provider to surrounding pastoralists.

Elliott is the second largest town in the Barkly region. Established during World War II as an interim camp for troops heading north, it was also a crossroad for three of Australia's most famous stock routes; the Barkly, the Murranji and the north-south.

The town has a population of 700 and was named after Army Lieutenant Snow Elliott who established an army staging camp in the area for northbound troops during World War II.

Prior to this, Elliott was just ‘Number 8 Bore’ on the massive Newcastle Waters Station. Kulumindini is the traditional Aboriginal name for Elliott and the town lies on important Dreaming tracks. Fuel and supplies as well as basic accommodation are available here. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Renner Springs Region

Located 170 kms north of Tennant Creek long the Stuart Highway. It was originally established by Dr Frederick Renner whilst working on the Overland Telegraph line in 1877. This small settlement was named after Dr Frederick Renner, who provided medical services during the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line in 1872. The old style roadhouse features 27 air-conditioned rooms, powered caravan sites and shady campground accommodation.

The Renner Springs Roadhouse itself is a World War Two army hut relocated from Banka Banka Station (established in 1885) 50 kilometres away. Renner Springs provides fuel, meals, bar facilities, motel accommodation and campsites to the traveller on the Explorers Way. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Renner Springs Desert hotel Motel - Renner Springs

27 Air-conditioned rooms, powered caravan sites - shady campground - licenced restaurant - lounge and public bar - take away food homestyle cooking - shop and souvenirs - homebaked bread - barbeque area - games area - fuel.

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Phone: +61 (0) 8 89644505 Fax: +61 (0) 8 89644525
Location: Renner Springs is located approximately at the half way mark in the Territory (border to border) 665 km north of Alice Springs, 840 km south of Darwin.

Threeways Region

‘Threeways’ is a roadhouse located at the junction of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, 25 kilometres north of Tennant Creek and is the ideal place to take a break during a long drive.

A local point of interest is the Flynn Memorial. Reverend John Flynn pioneered the Royal Australian Flying Doctors Service. The memorial originally sat at the exact meeting spot of the Barkly and Stuart Highways, but the point has now been moved 250 metres south. The Threeways roadhouse offers fuel, meals, provisions, bar facilities, swimming pool and motel accommodation and camping. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Threeways Roadhouse and Tourist Park

The Campground consists of approximately 60 powered sites and 40 tent sites all of which are grassed with the majority having shade from the surrounding trees. A well-maintained and clean ablution and laundry block is located in the campground, quite separate from the Roadhouse. A Swimming Pool is available for campers use as is a BBQ Area and Camp Kitchen.

Ablutions, Laundry, Swimming Pool facilities, Shady Grassed sites, BBQ area, Camp Kitchen

WWW: www.threewaysroadhouse.com.au/camp.htm
Email: threewaysroadhouse@bigpond.com
Phone: +61 (0) 8 8962 2744 Fax:csimile +61 (0) 8 8962 2426 Tollfree: 1800 448 163
Location: ‘Threeways’ is a roadhouse located at the junction of the Stuart and Barkly Highways, 25 kilometres north of Tennant Creek and is the ideal place to take a break during a long drive.

Banka Banka Region

Located 100 kms north of Tennant Creek, the Banka Banka Station was the first operational pastoral lease in the Barkly region.

There are grassed camping grounds with modern facilities. During the tourist season visitors can experience a slide show talk on outback station life.

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Phone: +61 (0) 8 Fax: +61 (0) 8
Location: 100 kms north of Tennant Creek

Banka Banka Station and Campgrounds

Enjoy a bit of outback history and stay at the Banka Banka Station and Campgrounds. This station was the first operational cattle lease in this region, and also served as an army camp during World War II. Camp out on the grassed campgrounds with access to modern facilities, take a scenic walk to a bush watering hole, enjoy the scheduled slide show and talk about the working cattle station, or just relax with a cool drink in the licensed bar at the historic mud homestead, as you ponder the hardships of the pioneers from a bygone era.

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Phone: +61 (0) 8 8964 4511 Fax: +61 (0) 8 8964 4511
Location: 100 kms north of Tennant Creek - Banka Banka Station Stuart Highway via Tennant Creek Northern Territory 0860 Australia

Tennant Creek

Wauchope Region

Wauchope is 114 kilometres south of Tennant Creek, a short distance from the Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve.

The historic Wauchope Roadhouse and pub was built in 1938 to service the needs of the nearby wolfram (used in the manufacture of tungsten) mines and is full of memorabilia from that era. It is a friendly well appointed wayside inn offering fuel, meals, bar facilities, comfortable motel accommodation, camping and a swimming pool. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Wauchope Hotel

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Phone: +61 (0) 8 89641963
Location: Wauchope is 114 kilometres south of Tennant Creek

Wycliffe Wells Region

Wycliffe Well, located 130 kilometres south of Tennant Creek and 380 kilometres north of Alice Springs, has built a reputation around extraterrestrial sightings in the area. Wycliffe Well began as a market garden to supply the troops going to and from Darwin during World War Two.

As the highway developed further after the war it became a roadhouse supplying fuel and provisions to travellers and eventually as tourism increased has transformed into a substantial and well equipped holiday park. Located nearby is the Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve and the gateway to the Davenport Range (proposed) National Park (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Barrow Creek Region

Barrow Creek, 204 kilometres south of Tennant Creek, was established in 1871 as a repeater station for the Overland Telegraph Line.

Barrow Creek is situated 283 kilometres north of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. Set against the backdrop of the Forster Ranges, Barrow Creek’s proximity to a freshwater spring made it one of the outback’s more pleasant stops for pioneers. The original stone buildings were complemented by a store and pub in 1932, coinciding with the gold rush in the area. It is now a popular stopover between Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.

The Barrow Creek Hotel has real outback character and contains an interesting collection of memorabilia gathered over the years. The Hotel also provides basic accommodation, fuel, meals and refreshments. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Ti Tree Region

The tiny township of Ti Tree, 314 kilometres south of Tennant Creek, is home of the Anmatjere people and services several Aboriginal communities, including Utopia, which is renowned for its art. The Red Sands Art Gallery is a respected gallery and one of the best places to acquire some Utopian art.

Ti Tree is also an unlikely agricultural centre producing significant crops of table grapes and melons thanks to the abundant sunshine and huge underground water resources. Ti Tree roadhouse offers fuel and basic provisions for travellers between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Aileron Region

Aileron is a welcome rest stop along the Stuart Highway offering meals accommodation and fuel, located close to Ryan Well Historical Reserve. Aileron Hotel and Roadhouse is located 132 kilometres north of Alice Springs and 370 kilometres south of Tennant Creek.

A giant sculpture of an Aboriginal warrior (Anmatjere Man) guards over the roadhouse. The roadhouse offers a convenience store, meals, free guest laundry, children’s playground and visitor information. There is a collection of original Albert Namatjira watercolour paintings in the dining room. The accommodation ranges from powered and un-powered campsites, backpacker dormitory and self contained motel rooms. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Eastern Regions - Northern Territory

Barunga Region

Located 90 kilometres south-east of Katherine, Barunga is well known for its annual indigenous cultural and sporting festival which is usually held over the Queen's Birthday long weekend in June. Aboriginal people from all parts of the Northern Territory gather in Barunga for four days of cultural activities, dancing, arts and crafts and sporting events.

Travellers can camp in the community during the festival and participate in the celebration of Aboriginal life, interacting with residents who will share their stories and culture. (Copyright & Courtesy of Toursim NT)

Manyallaluk Region - Eva Valley

Manyallaluk Region - From Katherine Eva Valley
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Roper Bar Region