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Northern Territory

Crocosaurus Cove Darwin (Review)

I recently visited Crocosaurus Cove during a 48 hour trip to Darwin as a guest of Tourism NT.
While it’s main purpose is obviously to showcase crocodiles big and small what impressed me equally about Crocosaurus Cove was the wide range of Australian reptiles on display and If I’d had more time instead of doing underwater [...]

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48 hours in Darwin, Northern Territory – Photo Highlights

I recently visited Darwin, the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory during the Buildup season in late October as a guest of Tourism NT, along with several other journalists. I’ve visited Darwin before on holiday so was able to plan ahead and decided that I wanted to focus my photography on the outdoor markets and [...]

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Red Centre Northern Territory – Australian Outback Photo Highlights

I’m flying to Darwin tomorrow as a guest of Tourism Northern Territory (Tourism NT) with a group of other journalists and that reminded me of my backpacking trip through the Red Centre of Australia in the Northern Territory a few years ago.
Checking back through this Road Less Traveled website I realised that I hadn’t [...]

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Crocodile Eye Close Up – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download free 1440×900 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of a crocodile eye. It was taken in mid-2007 during my trip to the Northern Territory

Download this 1440×900 sized wallpaper photo of a crocodile eye.

Camera: Panasonic PZ30
Wallpaper format: JPG 1.45 MB in size
Original Photos: JPG 3.5MB in size

F stop: 4.5
Exposure time: 1/400th second
ISO: 100

Focal Length: 420 mm
Original Resolution: [...]

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Crocodile Closeup With Jaws Open – Northern Territory Australia – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1680×1050 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of Sunrise on top of a Crocodile closeup with its jaws open in the Northern Territory, Australia.
In mid-2007 I went on a holiday crossing Australia South to North from Adelaide to Darwin by road, along the way I visited a crocodile farm near Darwin where I got [...]

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Pair of Rainbow Bee Eaters Back to Back – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of a pair of Rainbow Bee Eaters sitting back to back on a tree branch – taken in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
In mid-2007 I went on a holiday crossing Australia South to North from Adelaide to Darwin by road, I visited the Kakadu National [...]

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Thorny Devil in the Australian Outback – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of a Thorny Devil in the Australian Outback.
In mid-2007 I went on a holiday crossing Australia South to North from Adelaide to Darwin by road, along the way I visited Alice Springs Desert Park where I got this great photo of a Thorny Devil in the Australian [...]

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Jumping Crocodile in Mid Bite – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of a Jumping Crocodile in Mid-Bite in the Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
In mid-2007 I went on a holiday crossing Australia South to North from Adelaide to Darwin by road, along the way I did a Jumping Croc cruise on the Adelaide River near Darwin where I [...]

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Rainbow Bee Eater Snapping Up An Insect – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of a Rainbow Bee Eater snapping up an insect – taken near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
In mid-2007 I went on a holiday crossing Australia South to North from Adelaide to Darwin by road, I visited the Alice Springs Desert Park where I got this great photo [...]

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Adelaide to Darwin Backpacking Road Trip Overview

I’ve just returned from a backpacker holiday road trip from Adelaide to Darwin which would easily have covered 4500-5000 kilometres mostly on the Stuart Highway including several side trips like going to Uluru (Ayers Rock) and drives on unsealed and bush roads like the Oodnadatta Track.
Over time I’ll start publishing a selection of the best [...]

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A tale about Australias Overland Telegraph

When this pre-written article is published I’ll in the middle of a one month holiday on the road travelling from Adelaide to Darwin. Along the way to some extent I will have followed the route taken by an explorer that many Australians have probably not heard of: John McDouall Stuart.

In the early 19th. Century Northern [...]

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