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(CVA; 1800 032 501; www.conservationvolunteers.com.au ) Nature-based volunteer projects
that double as tours: weeding, walking-track maintenance and wildlife surveys. Day trips
are free; multiday projects cost from around $50 per night including meals, accommoda-
tion and travel.
Magela Cultural & Heritage Tours INDIGENOUS
( www.kakadutours.com.au ) Aboriginal owned; runs tours into Arnhem Land and around
Kakadu.
Tiwi Tours INDIGENOUS
Trips with local communities to the Tiwi Islands.
Willis's Walkabouts BUSHWALKING
( 08-8985 2134; www.bushwalkingholidays.com.au ) Small-group multiday guided hikes,
carrying your own gear, to Kakadu, Litchfield, Watarrka and the West MacDonnells.
Seasonal Work
The majority of working-holiday opportunities in the NT for backpackers are in fruit
picking, pastoral station work, labouring and hospitality.
Most work is picking mangoes and melons on plantations between Darwin and Kath-
erine. Mango harvesting employs up to 2000 workers each season (late September to
November). Station-work wannabes are generally required to have some skills (ie a trade
or some experience), as with labouring and hospitality. Employers usually ask workers to
commit for at least a month (sometimes three months).
8 Information
RESOURCES
Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport ( 08-8999
5511; www.nretas.nt.gov.au/national-parks-and-reserves/ ) Details on NT parks and reserves,
including fact sheets.
Exploroz ( www.exploroz.com ) Handy user-generated site for fuel locations and pricing,
weather forecasts, road conditions and more.
Road Report ( www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/roadreport ) Road-conditions report.
Tourism Top End ( www.tourismtopend.com.au ) Darwin-based tourism body.
Travel NT ( www.travelnt.com ) Official tourism site.
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