Black Point Ranger Station, off Smith Point Road, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory 0880, Australia
Browse the Black Point Culture Centre, located at the Black Point Ranger Station within the Garig Ganuk Barlu National Park.
The centre offers travellers a unique insight into the rich history of the Cobourg Peninsula. Aboriginal people, Macassan traders and European pioneers have all made their mark on this land in varying ways. The displays include traditional Aboriginal bush tucker, history ...
570 kilometres north-east of Darwin, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory 0880, Australia
At the very top of the Northern Territory in Arnhem Land, the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park is remote and rugged, fringed with magnificent white sand beaches on the Cobourg Peninsula. The national park is perfect for trekking, birdwatching, walking, fishing, boating and photography. Occupying 2,207 square kilometres, Garig Gunak Barlu National Park includes the Cobourg Peninsula and some of the ...
Gunbalanya, Oenpelli, Northern Territory 0822, Australia
The Injalak Arts and Crafts Centre provides a unique opportunity to view Aboriginal artistry of very high calibre. Gunbalanya, or Oenpelli as it is also known, is a small Aboriginal township close to the East Alligator River, which is the natural boundary of Kakadu National Park. Approximately 1,000 people live in the town and its outstations.
Artists from this region are featured in every majo ...
Maningrida Community, Maningrida, Northern Territory 0822, Australia
Maningrida Arts and Culture represents more than 700 artists who work with bark paintings, timber sculptures, fibre art, didjeridus, regalia, prints and bronze sculptures. These collections are displayed in major national and international collections, as wells as local museums like the Djomi Museum also located in Maningrida.
Permits to travel to Maningrida must be obtained from the Northern L ...
150 kilometres east of Darwin, Mary River ( Arnhem Highway), Northern Territory 0886, Australia
The Mary River National Park, protects a part of the Mary River catchment. Freshwater billabongs, including well-known fishing spots Shady Camp and Corroboree Billabong, and paperbark and monsoon forests, provide visitors with excellent opportunities for wildlife watching, fishing, bush walking and photography.
The Mary River is one of eight rivers in the Top End that have large floodplains in ...
Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory 0880, Australia
The ruins of Victoria Settlement are one of two failed British settlements on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park.
A group of British soldiers, some with families, arrived in 1838 and spent 11 years establishing the settlement. The settlers built a Governor's residence, one of the first elevated houses ever built, a hospital, church, military and married quarters with d ...
