Red Centre Local’s Tips

Want to travel like a local? We caught up with some of the Red Centre’s most ‘in the know’ to bring you the The Get Outsiders – A local’s guide to the NT series.

Travel the Red Centre from Alice Springs to Tennant Creek, Kings Canyon to Uluru – there are so many things to do and see in the Northern Territory.

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Tennant Creek & Barkly Region 3-day itinerary

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Video:A local’s guide to waterholes in the Red Centre

A local’s guide to waterholes in the Red Centre

A local’s guide to cultural experiences at Uluru

A local’s guide to good food in Alice Springs

A local’s guide to riding the Red Centre

A local’s guide to Karrke Aboriginal Cultural Experience

A local’s guide to wildlife in the Red

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Red Centre Local’s Tips: The Alice Springs Desert Park

Mountain biking in Alice Springs local tips on the best trails

Red Centre Local’s Tips: Food & nightlife in Alice Springs

Red Centre local tips: Aboriginal culture

Secluded swimming holes in the Red Centre

How to experience Uluru (without walking on it)

How to invest in Aboriginal art ethically

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Red Centre local tips: Aboriginal culture

The vast emptiness of Central Australia is deceptive. Look below the surface of the Red Centre and you'll discover the world’s oldest living culture, a civilisation so intertwined with the land it is impossible to understand one without the other.

3 of the best hiking experiences in the Red Centre

The Northern Territory is a dream hiking destination, with an abundance of wide open spaces dotted with walking trails. Walks in the Red Centre not to miss include Kings Canyon Rim Walk, Uluru walks and Walpa Gorge Walk at Kata Tjuta (The Olgas).

Secluded swimming holes in the Red Centre

It's true the Red Centre is about as far from the coastline as you can get in Australia. But don't let that deter you from packing your swimsuit and sunscreen. Wild swimming holes and outback beaches are the perfect way to cool down in the Red Centre.

A local’s bucket list for Alice Springs

Surrounded by the spectacular MacDonnell Ranges, Alice Springs and the surrounding Red Centre are considered Australia's spiritual and physical heart. Here's your local's bucket list of essential things to see and do around Alice Springs.