Northern Territory Tourism Blog

Cape Don

Posted on 02 October, 2014 in Cobourg, Fishing

Cape Don is the site of a historical lighthouse on the most western tip of the Cobourg Peninsula. Recently it was the site of Cape Don Fishing Lodge (which closed in 2010) and is a well-known fishing hot spot. Prior to Cape Don Fishing Lodge it was a working lighthouse completed in 1917 and manned all the way up until 1983. Cape Don Lighthouse (Cape Don) was originally built...

An Outback Wedding & Arnhem Land Tour (just to get there!)

Posted on 22 September, 2014 in Cobourg

Congratulations to Brendan and Heidi Bainbridge for glamorously tying the knot on the pristine coastline of the Cobourg Peninsula (Garig Gunak Barlu National Park). Perhaps one of the more remote and logistically challenging destinations you could ever choose to hold a wedding, never the less everyone made the long journey across Arnhem Land arriving by any means possible; boat, light aircraft and...

The Best Kakadu Tour – Part 2

Posted on 05 September, 2014 in Wildlife, Kakadu, Rock Art, Wet Season, Top End Locations

Following on from our last blog post this list completes our favourite touring locations in Kakadu National Park. We hope the list allows you to create your perfect Kakadu tour. Now to our top 5…

The Best Kakadu Tour – Part 1

Posted on 18 August, 2014 in Wildlife, Kakadu, Rock Art, Birdwatching, Fishing, Top End Locations

Wanting to explore the NT’s most famous National Park? Need a little help deciding exactly which sites to visit? Well we’ve put together a list of our favourite spots and activities, in order from number 10 to number 1, some are the big ticket items while others are more obscure and off the beaten track...

Sawfish Rescue on the Cobourg Peninsula

Posted on 08 July, 2014 in Cobourg, Wildlife

On a recent tour up on the Cobourg Peninsula while cruising on the Marine Park we came across a large sawfish which had become entangled in an abandoned fishing net. We found him (her?) swimming in the shallows and devised a plan to catch and release him safely…