So You have a million questions about life "Down under'
Read on.
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General information
What the CIA, yes the US Central Intelligence Agency, thinks all its
agents should know about Australia!
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
Some information on the Northern Territory flag
http://flagspot.net/flags/au-nt.html
Some information on the Australian flag
http://flagspot.net/flags/au.html
Australia at Lonely Planet, the wonderful guide book and backpacker
resource.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/australasia/australia/
Some Wikipedia links..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litchfield_National_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batchelor,_Northern_Territory
Self
Drive Camper Rental
Britz and Maui are Australia's two leading self drive motor
home rental companies. 2 and 4 wheel drive vehicles are available.
They offer free unlimited kilometers, 24-hour roadside assistance
help lines, and Touring maps and discount vouchers that include
discounts for Batchelor Resort. Click the images below to visit
their web sites.
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Official government sites
The Australian government
http://www.gov.au/
The Northern Territory Government
http://www.nt.gov.au/
links to local government websites in Australia
http://www.oultwood.com/localgov/countries/australia.php
NT government site, searchable what's on in the Northern Territory
http://www.nt.gov.au/ntgovcgi/events/calendar.pl
NT tourist commission site
http://www.nttc.com.au/home/default.asp
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
https://www.batchelor.edu.au/
Coomalie Government Council
http://www.coomalie.nt.gov.au/
Weather Links
Batchelor climat eaverages from Australian Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_014272_All.shtml
Batchelor weather! Yes tiny Batchelor gets a one week forecast and
all sorts of other good stuff.
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/94125.html
All sorts of interesting maps of Australia updated several times a
day, rainfall, humidity, temperature etc
http://www.wunderground.com/global/AU_ST_Index.html
Tourism sites - non government
A very driving oriented site with 4x4 tour planning, interactive route
guide etc
http://en.travelnt.com/
Tons of information for the foreign visitor, money (with photos), visa
information,credit card company contacts etc
http://www.aussie-info.com/tourist/money.php
Some information on Katherine gorge
http://goaustralia.about.com/library/weekly/aa082201a.htm?iam=dpile&terms=%22northern+territory%22+australia+map
Fishing trips/boat charter from Darwin
http://www.northaustraliaholidays.com/index.cfm?attributes.fuseaction=MainFrame&id=Fishing
A very nice site full of info and pictures of the outback
http://www.insidetheoutback.com/Consumer/MainIndexFiles/MainIndex.html
Business portal site for the NT, travel, restaurant, business etc links
and info
http://www.ntsearch.com.au/
Maps
Darwin street map on line
http://www.arta.com.au/ntmaps/darwin/
A daily star map for the sky from Darwin
http://www.wunderground.com/sky/ShowSky.asp?TheLat=-13.050000&TheLon=131.020004&TimeZoneName=Australia/Darwin
Flora and Fauna
An introduction to Australian plants
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/flora/
Some general information and photographs - Fauna
http://www.australianfauna.com/
Australian Government site Fauna
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/fauna/
Australian Government site Flora
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/flora/
