Top End Local’s Tips

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

Get the best local advice travelling from Darwin to Litchfield, Katherine to Kakadu and the Tiwi Islands – there are so many things to do and see in the Northern Territory.

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A local’s guide to exploring Kakadu

A local’s guide to swimming in Litchfield

A local’s guide to Darwin’s food scene

A local’s guide to Darwin’s art scene

A local’s guide to Bare Sand Island

A local’s guide to Katherine’s hot springs

A local’s guide to Malak Marketplace

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What’s on in the NT

30 November – 25 December 2024

16 August – 27 December 2024

18 May – 29 December 2024

Liquid Light - New Year's Eve Spectacular

31 December 2024 – 5 January 2025

Sunday 26 January 2025

Sunday 26 January 2025

The 2024 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards

22 June 2024 – 27 January 2025

14 – 22 February 2025

20 – 23 February 2025

21 – 23 February 2025

Thursday 27 February 2025

4 – 15 March 2025

Thursday 6 March 2025

Geraldine Hickey - Darwin Comedy Festival

Friday 7 March 2025

Friday 7 March 2025

4 April – 27 June 2025

Tuesday 8 April 2025

10 April – 25 September 2025

Saturday 12 April 2025

Thursday 17 April 2025

Saturday 26 April 2025

Saturday 3 May 2025

13 – 24 May 2025

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival - Darwin

13 – 14 May 2025

Saturday 17 May 2025

Saturday 17 May 2025

Saturday 24 May 2025

Sunday 1 June 2025

The TEN Tenors 30th Anniversary World Tour

Tuesday 3 June 2025

6 – 9 June 2025

Sunday 8 June 2025

17 – 18 June 2025

20 – 22 June 2025

11 – 20 July 2025

11 – 20 July 2025

7 – 24 August 2025

Saturday 23 August 2025

22 June 2024 – 30 August 2025

The Australian Veteran Golfers Union National Championship

1 – 5 September 2025

4 – 7 September 2025

Saturday 6 September 2025

Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF)

11 – 21 September 2025

19 – 21 September 2025

Friday 19 September 2025

Saturday 20 September 2025

30 September – 11 October 2025

Saturday 6 December 2025

City of Darwin Carols by Candlelight 50th anniversary

1 December 2024 – 7 December 2025

18 – 24 May 2026

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