{"id":298,"date":"2014-10-27T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:07:58","slug":"discover-australias-northern-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/discover-australias-northern-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KIBInF0palk\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch as travel expert, video journalist and contributor to Tripfilms.com, Kelley Ferro explores <a href=\"http:\/\/www.australiasoutback.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory<\/a>. Touring with <a href=\"http:\/\/ustoa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USTOA<\/a> Member <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goway.com\/trip\/australia-and-south-pacific\/live-local-australias-outback\/#!overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goway Travel <\/a>gave Kelley access to local guides, unique wildlife and once in a lifetime experiences that make this region one of the most culturally rich in the world. Highlights of the trip include hiking through the vast Kings Canyon, visiting Ulu<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">r<\/span>u -Kata Tju<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">t<\/span>a National Park\u00a0and sampling the local cuisine throughout.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More on how to tour Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Northern Territory: On The Big Sky Life<\/h5>\n<p><em>by Flash Parker, AFAR Ambassador\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I told\u00a0Goway Travel\u00a0and the\u00a0Tourism Northern Territory\u00a0crew that I am as brave as they come; I\u2019m willing to stare two-pronged danger in the face, go toe-to-toe with crocodilian terrors, and dance with thorny mayhem \u2013 so long as it\u2019s behind three inches of safety glass. That\u2019s how I ended up at the Alice Springs Reptile Centre, shoulder to shoulder with owner Rex Neindorf\u2019s fantastic collection of slithering, slinking Outback wonders.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/northern-territory-on-the-big-sky-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full post here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Northern Territory: The Nature of Expectation<\/h5>\n<p><em>by Flash Parker, AFAR Ambassador\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Expectation has a way of bringing travel into perspective. But when expectation is paired with long-distance travel \u2013 in the case of my trip to Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory, a 14-hour jaunt book-ended by a pair of 4-hour flights \u2013 expectation also can shape the way you think about place and space. <a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/northern-territory-the-nature-of-expectation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full post here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Northern Territory: A Land Before Time<\/h5>\n<p><em>by Kelley Ferro<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Never have I been anywhere that has more \u201csky.\u201d I know what you are going to say\u2014 \u201cevery place has the same amount of sky\u201d but trust me, when you are standing in the desert of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.australiasoutback.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Territory<\/a>, you might rethink that statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/ustoa.com\/blog\/northern-territory-a-land-before-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full post here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch as travel expert, video journalist and contributor to Tripfilms.com, Kelley Ferro explores Australia&#8217;s Northern Territory. 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