Great places to see/stay from Alice to Darwin

Definitely camp at the Devil's Marble's A stay at Daly Waters pub is a must, Cutter Cutter cave's, Mataranka thermal springs, Canoe Katherine Gorge, Camp at the Gorge itself, Turn right at Pine creek and spend a week or more in Kakadu, Then travel to Darwin.

While in Darwin you could do day trips to the Wildlife park or some of the Croc cruises on the Adelaide river You could spend 48 hrs on a house boat at Corroboree Billabong (Mary River) and do your own boat cruise.

Leaving Darwin you could travel through Litchfield before heading West.

Finding work in Darwin in the Dry season is to easy, if you can do anything.

Cheers Steve.

I'll second Mataranka Springs. Always found it a top spot.

Hi Leanne - A few days in the West Macdonnell Ranges out of Alice is a must do. Also Rainbow Valley & Ruby Gap (if you can get in with your van). All the suggestions north of Alice you've been given are good also.
Happy Travels
Jason
Ps. Coral Bay on the West Coast is a must, the kids will love the snorkeling over coral off the beach....fantastic
:-)

Most people I know prefer Bitter Springs to Mataranka. Instead of swimming in the concrete pool you swim in a crystal clear small river and just float along with the flow. Lots of interesting stuff to look at under the water makes it really worth taking mask/goggles. Only a couple of km north of Mataranka and not far off the main road. There is a camping ground close to the Bitter Springs reserve area.

Gday,
I think Steve covered North of Alice pretty well in his post.
Around Alice....Kings Canyon, the Bloody Rock if you havent done it, Olgas, Rainbow Valley on your way in and all the lcoal Gorges and Gaps are just day trips from Alice.
If you want to get out a bit Ruby and Glen Annie Gorges are good and Policemans waterhole (closer to Tennant) is probably the best waterhole around. ( nearly the only WATER hole).
Boggy hole used to be great but its about buggered these days, no shade ( the trees are all dead), bugger all water and too publicised.
There is another waterhole in the area that has survived because a lot of people dont know about it, so I cant tell you about that one..(palm trees, deep cool water, yabbies, shade....)
If you want..become a member and Ill MM you or give me your email address and Ill give you directions to it....but Shhh, dont tell anyone!
Do you want work in Alice?

Cheers

In no particular order:

Devils marbles

Edith Falls

Daly Waters - last time I was there in '05 they were at war with the neighbours across the road - during the day I had parked outside the neighbours and they put their sprinklers on. Then at night they had music blaring until very early in the morning - despite that I'd go back :-)

Mataranka

Territory Wildlife Parks at both Alice Springs and Berry Springs (just south of Darwin) are a must for the girls. You might all enjoy a stay at Gemtree, approx 120km NW of Alice - Do a couple of the fossicking trips on offer there and find some zircons/garnets to become a permanent memento of the trip.
There are lots of jobs in the tourist season, especially if you can turn your hand to cooking/housekeeping, but also shop work, supermarkets, and places in caravan parks/motels. Is a good time now to start to line up jobs. Tourist operations in Kakadu and Litchfield areas often looking to put on staff soon. A lot of places just put up notices in their windows - do not advertise in the media because there are so few workers now. You may find something of interest on the Voyages website - they run resorts at Yulara, Alice, Kings Canyon, El Questro, in the areas you are visiting.