Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(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.
weather forecasts, road conditions and more.