Oasis Tourist Park Business

BEN’S OASIS

Since taking ownership, Ben Reichstein has upgraded the Oasis Tourist Park, which sits in a beautiful tropical setting just off the Stuart Highway in Virginia, on the outskirts of Darwin. The location – a sanctuary close to Darwin and on the road to Kakadu and Litchfield national parks – coupled with great facilities and a friendly...

OUTBACK CYCLING and ALICE SPRINGS BREWERY Business

BIKING AND BEER A MATCH MADE IN ALICE

Two Alice Springs companies are offering both as part of an innovative package born out of the coronavirus crisis. Outback Cycling and Alice Springs Brewery have got together to organise a bike ride to one of the most remote breweries in the world – where guests will be given a tour and be able to tuck into pizza amid good company. “There...

CORROBOREE BILLABONG WETLAND CRUISES Issue 28

HOLIDAY AT HOME

NT tourist businesses want Territorians to spend their money where their heart is – in the Territory. Restrictions on overseas and interstate travel make it an ideal time to explore our own big, beautiful backyard. To support this, Tourism NT has announced a $5.225 million Territory Tourism Voucher scheme to encourage Territorians to explore...

Doubletree by Hilton Alice Springs Business

DOUBLETREE BY HILTON – IT’S BETTER THAN EVER

Designed by CIRCA 2000, all 236 guest rooms and suites have been transformed with DoubleTree Sweet Dreams™ Sleep Experience beds, upholstered contemporary lounges, dining and balcony furniture, new ergonomic office desks and chairs, high-quality Italian fabric block out and sheer curtains, adjustable LED lighting and Australian-made high pile...

Travel Issue 26

THE JEWEL TO OUR NORTH

Best of all, its genuine friendliness and breathtaking beauty is just an 80-minute flight from Darwin. Timor Leste is a country bursting with tourism plans and very few tourists, which in my eyes makes it the perfect destination. Its capital, Dili, is nestled on the coast, surrounded by storybook mountains and sparkling clear seas. Like my...

BIG4 MacDonnell Range Business

GOLDEN STANDARD

He puts his extraordinary success over the past 35 years down to working hard to make the most important people happy – his customers. Brendan and his family own and operate the BIG4 MacDonnell Range Holiday Park in Alice Springs. The park, which is in a beautiful spot below the ranges and only a short drive from the airport and town...

Travel Issue 25

RIDING WITH RAILWAY ROYALTY

But this time we hadn’t even got out of the station before a bloke in a loud shirt said cheerfully: “Wonder who’s going to be murdered tonight?” My kids seemed disappointed when I told them that the man was joking. Or at least I hoped he was. Agatha Christie, who wrote Murder on the Orient Express on one of her better days, has a lot...

Travel Issue 25

BEDOUIN DESERT OASIS ESCAPE

I deliberately didn’t overthink it when I booked and organised the transfers as an experience stopover on the way home from Spain. Visualising silk kaftan Camillas in the desert and taking a Sex in the City approach to the stay was our basic approach. The Al Maha Resort is within the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. Once you pass the main...

TQ Essay Issue 25

CROSS BORDER CAMEL TRAINS

The blue sky stretched towards endless horizons, the mirage teasing out shapeless illusions of water. It was, and was not, a typical Central Australian scene. These were twin-humped bactrian camels moping towards the Crescent Lake oasis in remote Gansu province in Western China near the border of Inner Mongolia. The similarity in environment...