ExplorOz Northern Territory Trek Notes

NT - Barkly Highway

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:28:00 GMT

The Barkly Highway is a sealed road in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It goes from Three Ways Roadhouse in the Northern Territory to near Cloncurry in Queensland.

NT - Boggy Hole

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:48:00 GMT

Finke Gorge is located within the Finke Gorge NP south of the West MacDonnell Ranges in the Alice Springs region. The most popular attraction is Boggy Hole, a permanent billabong of the Finke River. This is a good 4WD route to Uluru and/or Kings Canyon.

NT - Carpentaria Highway

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:51:00 GMT

The Carpentaria Highway is a 381 kilometre highway, which runs from near Daly Waters to Borroloola in the Northern Territory Australia. It is a sealed road and is part of National Highway 1.

NT - Chambers Pillar

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:26:00 GMT

Chambers Pillar is a natural sandstone formation used by our famous early explorers as a navigational point. You can still read their signatures and inscriptions carved into the rock. It is also a beautiful photographic subject in a remote 4WD area.

NT - Gregory National Park

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:47:00 GMT

Gregory NP is around 13,000 square kms comprising of two sections - a smaller northeast section along the Victoria Hwy and a much larger southern section between the Victoria and Buntine Highways. This trek, which is entirely in the latter, contains a network of rather challenging 4WDing in a very remote and scenic region, taking in famous icons such as the Bullita Stock Route.

NT - Hay River

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:05:00 GMT

Suitable only to 4WDers with a strong sense of adventure and experience in remote desert travel. This track is largely unmarked and good map-reading skills are essential.

NT - Kakadu

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:24:00 GMT

World renowned Kakadu has plenty to offer the international and local tourist. The diversity and many attractions including amazing rock formations, rare wildlife, Aboriginal art and fascinating escarpments are all part of Kakadu National Park.

NT - Litchfield

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:35:00 GMT

Situated 130kms from Darwin, Litchfield is an excellent day trip or long weekender. Magnificent waterfalls, scenery and offers 4WDers a couple of challenging tracks.

NT - Mereenie Loop

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:04:00 GMT

Linking the West MacDonnell Ranges and the World renowned resorts of Kings Canyon and Yulara, the Mereenie Loop Road gives visitors to the Red Centre a chance to see some spectacular scenery, without the need for backtracking to the Stuart Highway. This route is more appealing than the much longer sealed detour and is as Australian as it gets, passing through some of the Northern Territory’s most spectacular countryside.

NT - Old Andado Track

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:57:00 GMT

The Old Andado Track traverses fascinating terrain that includes mountain ranges, rocky gibber plains, desert sand dunes and floodplains in the Red Centre just south of Alice Springs.

NT - Outback Way

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:01:00 GMT

Linking Laverton in WA to Winton in QLD, the Outback Way was coined to promote the development of a 'third strategic link' across Australia, and is fast becoming one of the most iconic outback tourism and adventure drives in the country.

NT - Owen Springs Reserve

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:58:00 GMT

An easy short trek out of Alice Springs with good bush camping and a historic value of early European explorers to Central Australia.

NT - Plenty Highway

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:40:00 GMT

Part of the "Outback Way", the Plenty Highway is the most direct route from central Queensland across to Alice Springs in central Australia. It is a wide stretch of very red sandy soil that when wet can be impassible - 4WD only.

NT - Rainbow Valley

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:44:00 GMT

Colouful rock formations are striking anytime of day with just a 10 min walk across claypans from the campsite

NT - Roper Bar

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:42:00 GMT

This part of Australia is extremely remote and uninhabited. A 4WD trek through these parts can be an extension of the Gulf Track on your way further up North to Darwin or Arnhem Land.

NT - Savannah Way

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:41:00 GMT

This transcontinental road trip, stretches from the historic pearling town of Broome on the northwest coast of WA; travelling past Katherine in the heart of the NT, and finishing at the tourist hotspot of Cairns in the northeast coast of QLD.

NT - Simpson Desert via Geosurveys Hill

Mon, 23 May 2011 11:55:00 GMT

From the stone workings of our ancient aboriginal past to the routes undertaken for the old oil exploration surveys, this very remote one-way trek starting at Mount Dare to Birdsville is for experienced desert travellers ONLY.

NT - Tablelands Highway

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:44:00 GMT

The Tablelands Highway is a 375 kilometre single lane sealed road in the Northern Territory. It runs from Barkly Homestead on the Barkly Highway to Cape Crawford on the Carpentaria Highway.

NT - The Tanami Track

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:11:00 GMT

The Tanami Track is essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley. Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway.

NT - Finke to Uluru via Old Gunbarrel

Mon, 31 May 2010 01:57:00 GMT

An alternative route to access the wonderful Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park, this trip from Finke east of the Stuart Highway takes in the Lambert Centre - the planimetric gravitational centre of Australia, and a short section of the Old Gunbarrel Highway before intersecting the main route of the Lasseter Highway near Curtain Springs. An ideal trip for those combining their trip to the Red Centre with an extended 4WD adventure of nearby Chambers Pillar, Old Andado, or even the Simpson Desert.

NT - West MacDonnell Ranges

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:43:00 GMT

The West MacDonnell Ranges in the heart of Australia's red centre stretch for 400km from east-west as a series of parallel ranges. Within the ranges are magnificent gaps and gorges, dramatic scenery, great bush camping and walks.