Northern Territory

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The Northern Territory is a Federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the Central Northern regions. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the East by Queensland and to the South by South Australia.

Known as the real outback, it represents nature on a grand scale and contains some of the most recognisable natural icons in Australia. The Northern Territory contains hundreds of rare species of flora, native wildlife and, of course, crocodiles in the Territory’s 52 national parks and nature conservation reserves, while the outback offers vast wide-open spaces and pioneering journeys.

The NT is also renowned for the Aboriginal cultural experiences it offers. As home to Australia’s largest population of Aboriginal people, the NT offers a rich array of Aboriginal culture with its 40,000 year old traditions – including basket weaving, spear fishing, story telling, rock art and bush tucker tastings on Aboriginal guided tours. The Territory also contains the world’s biggest collection of Aboriginal art.

Charts

Australian Hydrographic Service

AU220130 Australia - Gulf of Carpentaria to Bathurst Island (1:1500000)

AUS14 — Groote Eylandt: Approaches to Milner Bay

AUS15 — Plans to the Northern Territory: Jensen Bay/Gove Harbour

AUS26 — Approaches to Port Darwin

AUS28 — Plans in Port Darwin

Weather

The northern end, including Darwin, has a tropical climate with high humidity and two seasons, the wet (November to April) and dry season (May to October). During the dry season nearly every day is warm and sunny, and afternoon humidity averages around 30%. There is very little rainfall between May and September. In the coolest months of June and July, the daily minimum temperature may dip as low as 14°C, but very rarely lower, and frost has never been recorded. The wet season is associated with tropical cyclones and monsoon rains. The majority of rainfall occurs between December and March (the southern hemisphere summer), when thunderstorms are common and afternoon relative humidity averages over 70% during the wettest months. On average more than 1,570 mm of rain falls in the north.

Sources for weather information

• Bureau of Meteorology Official weather for the Northern Territory
• Cyclone Plotting Map

Currents & Tides

Very strong and large tides.

Passages

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Communication

• See Australia

Navigation

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Health & Security

Take plenty of mosquito spray, and watch out for crocodiles.

Ports, Anchorages, and Islands

Ports	Anchorages	Islands
Darwin Darwin /wiki/Darwin |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | Gove (Nhulunbuy)Gove (Nhulunbuy)/wiki/Gove |  – port of entry ||  – marina ||  – anchorage |	Milner Bay Milner Bay /wiki/Milner_Bay |  – anchorage ||  – needs data |	Groote Eylandt Groote Eylandt /wiki/Groote_Eylandt |  – island ||  – needs data | Tiwi Islands: Melville Island Melville Island /wiki/Melville_Island |  – island ||  – needs data | Bathurst Islands Bathurst Islands /wiki/Bathurst_Islands |  – island ||  – needs data | Croker Island Croker Island /wiki/Croker_Island |  – island ||  – needs data | Goulburn Island Goulburn Island /wiki/Goulburn_Island |  – island ||  – needs data |

Friends

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Forums

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Links

• Northern Territory at the Wikipedia
• Northern Territory at the Wikivoyage
• Vessel Inspections - Dept. of Fisheries.

References

• "A Guide to Cruising Northern Australia - Cairns to Darwin" by Leslie P. Richards

See also [Australia#References|Australia].

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