📍Top EndDarwinTropical capital — Mindil Beach sunset market, Litchfield day trips and the Kakadu jump-off.
📍Red CentreUluruAyers Rock sunrise, sunset and the Field of Light — the spiritual heart of Australia.
📍Red CentreAlice SpringsMacDonnell Ranges base camp, Todd River riverbed and the Royal Flying Doctor Service HQ.
📍Top EndLitchfieldWangi, Florence and Buley Rockhole swimming — an easier, croc-light Kakadu alternative.
📍Red CentreMacDonnell RangesEast & West MacDonnells — Ormiston, Ellery Creek, Standley Chasm bushwalking and the Larapinta Trail.
📍Top EndArnhem LandPermit-access Aboriginal land — rock art, Injalak Hill, buffalo safaris and remote fishing.
📍Top EndTiwi IslandsBathurst + Melville — AFL-mad island community, art centres and day-trip ferries from Darwin.