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A window on the desert Alice Springs' Desert Park breathes Life into the Australian Outback

Ali Mills sings about respect An interview with Aboriginal singer/songwriter Ali Mills

Alice, Art and Adrenalin Alice Springs, in Central Australia, combines cultural and adventure tourism in one exhilarating package.

Bridges across the Arafura Sea Musicians from northern Australia's Arnhem Land are building cultural bridges in trailblazing collaborations with artists from Indonesia and East Timor

Civilised Seisia Having sailed along the coast of Arnhem Land, traversing the Gulf of Carpentaria and into one of the most remote towns on the Australian coast, Fiona Harper hungrily anticipates a return to civilisation, dropping anchor at Seisia on Cape York, Queensland.

Darwin - gateway to East Timor Since East Timor gained its independence, everyone from UN peacekeepers to local entrepreneurs wants a piece of the action in this brand-new nation. Darwin is the boomtown gateway to East Timor

Darwin: Frontline Australia Darwin - Frontline Australia, as the license plate slogans put it? Australia's most unusual city, Darwin has always been first landfall for visitors from the north: Macassan trepang-hunters; the Imperial Japanese Air Force and the boat people. Today the only hostile invaders are the box jellyfish and the saltwater crocodile.

Don't Climb This is Uluru, not any old rock in the centre of Australia. The world's largest pebble (that's official) was, until 17 years ago, universally known as Ayers Rock, named for the boss of the white discoverer, Gosse. It’s the world's largest cleanskin monolith

In the Mood for Love Some getaways simply inspire romance.

In the tracks of the cameleers On the camel's back in Central Australia

Monsoon Magic While the rest of Australia bakes in a dry heat, Darwin welcomes the summer months with bracing showers which reveal the Territory's staggering natural beauty.

No place like The Alice Hush... the first notes of the flute waft through the balmy air. Two hundred pairs of hands wave gracefully - keeping time with the flies, rampant after recent rains.

Remembering the Cameleers Central Australia's new Afghan Mosque commemorates the Afghan cameleers who opened up the heartland of Australia's outback

Ride the Ghan through the Outback deserts Ride ‘The Ghan’ through the desert to Alice Springs… and on to Darwin. Named for the Afghan cameleers who worked the route, the first steam train in 1929 took two days to reach Alice Springs.

River of Sand Is the Finke the world’s oldest (and driest) watercourse?

Seeing the Landscape The art of Australian Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira

Up with the Sun: Stepping Out in Central Australia Walking in Central Australia is rewarding when you rise with the sun!

Yellow Waters, Yellow Eyes Most southerners shun Australia's Top End during the hot, expectant time of year around October. Yet there is no better time to to visit, for now the Yellow Waters wetland becomes an Ark of browsing waterfowl, crocodiles half submerged like floating logs and the odd bird of prey, all jostling for space in a habitat which shrinks daily.