Northern Territory by the Numbers

Here are some interesting statistics from our journey in Australia’s non-state.

• Time
• Time zone:
• UTC+9:30
• Does NOT participates in DST.
• Day entered: 16-Jun-2017
• Day left: 12-Jul-2017
• Total # of days: 26 
  • Nights slept in van: 26
  • Nights slept in tent: 0
  • Nights slept in hotel/etc.: 0
  • Nights paying for lodging: 8
• Distance
• Driven: ~5,334 km (~3,333 miles)
• Hiked: 94.7 km (59.2 miles)

Date	Location	Description	Distance (km)	Distance (mi)
6/17/2017	Judbarra/Gregory NP	Escarpment Walk	3	1.875
6/19/2017	Nitmulik/Katherine Gorge NP	Baruwei Lookout	0.9	0.5625
6/19/2017	Nitmulik/Katherine Gorge NP	Pat's Lookout and Jedda's Rock	8.36	5.225
6/20/2017	Nitmulik/Katherine Gorge NP	Leilyn (Edith Falls)	0.3	0.1875
6/20/2017	Hayes Creek	Butterfly Gap	1.6	1
6/20/2017	Litchfield NP	Buley Rockhole	0.5	0.3125
6/21/2017	Litchfield NP	Florence Falls Lookout	0.12	0.075
6/21/2017	Litchfield NP	Tolmer Falls	1	0.625
6/21/2017	Litchfield NP	Wangi Falls Lookout	0.16	0.1
6/21/2017	Litchfield NP	Wangi Falls Loop Walk	1.7	1.0625
6/21/2017	Litchfield NP	Upper Cascades	3.4	2.125
6/21/2017	Litchfield NP	Bamboo Creek Tin Mine	0.3	0.1875
6/22/2017	Darwin	WWII Oil Tunnels	0.4	0.25
6/23/2017	Berry Springs	Territory Wildlife Park	1.98	1.2375
6/24/2017	Kakadu NP	Ubirr	1	0.625
6/25/2017	Kakadu NP	Annenberg Gallery	1.5	0.9375
6/25/2017	Kakadu NP	Yellow Creek Walk	1	0.625
6/26/2017	Kakadu NP	Motor Car Falls & Yurmikmik Lookout	7.7	4.8125
6/28/2017	Elsey NP	Bitter Springs	1.17	0.73125
6/28/2017	Elsey NP	Botanical Walk	1.5	0.9375
6/30/2017	Karlu Karlu/Devil's Marbles NP	Trail	1.15	0.71875
7/2/2017	Trephina Gorge Nature Park	Trephina Gorge Walk	2	1.25
7/2/2017	Trephina Gorge Nature Park	Panorama Walk	2.5	1.5625
7/2/2017	Trephina Gorge Nature Park	Chain of Ponds Walk	3.7	2.3125
7/3/2017	N'Dhala Gorge Nature Park	Walk	1.5	0.9375
7/3/2017	Corroboree Rock Conservation Park	Walk	0.4	0.25
7/4/2017	Tjoritja/West MacDonnell NP	Serpentine Gorge and Lookout	2	1.25
7/4/2017	Tjoritja/West MacDonnell NP	Ochre Pits	0.3	0.1875
7/4/2017	Tjoritja/West MacDonnell NP	Pound Walk	7	4.375
7/5/2017	Tnorala/Gosse Bluff CR	Walk	1	0.625
7/5/2017	Finke Gorge NP	Kalarranga Lookout	1	0.625
7/5/2017	Finke Gorge NP	Arankaia Walk	3.8	2.375
7/7/2017	Watarrka/Kings Canyon NP	Rim Walk	7.2	4.5
7/8/2017	Kata Tjuta NP	Walpa Gorge Walk	2.6	1.625
7/8/2017	Kata Tjuta NP	Dune Viewing Walk	0.6	0.375
7/9/2017	Uluru NP	Base Walk	11.45	7.15625
7/10/2017	Kata Tjuta NP	Full Circuit Walk	7.4	4.625
7/11/2017	Henbury Meteorite Crater CP	Walk	1.5	0.9375

• Fuel fill-ups: 8
• Money
• Total spent: $1148 USD ($1424 AUD) 
  • Consists of the costs of traveling full time in Northern Territory
  • Does not include gear or van conversion costs
• Average cost per day: $44.15 USD ($54.76 AUD)
• Average cost of diesel: $1.355 AUD per liter ($3.761 USD per gallon)
• National Parks visited: 10
• Judbarra/Gregory
• Nitmulik/Katherine Gorge
• Litchfield
• Kakadu
• Elsey
• Karlu Karlu/Devil’s Marbles
• Tjorita/West MacDonnell
• Finke Gorge
• Watarrka/Kings Canyon
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta

Interesting observations about Western Australia:

1. Northern Territory is actually only a territory of Australia, not one of its states. (Like Puerto Rico to the USA.)
2. The large area (twice as big as Texas) that would be Australia’s 3rd largest state (if it was a state) houses only 200,000 people.
3. Darwin itself has a population of 127,500, so that leaves only 72,500 people to populate the rest of the state, and the majority of those are in its Top End near Darwin.
4. About 50% of all this land is owned by the Aboriginals, which consist of 30% of the population.
5. NT doesn’t charge entrance fees for any of its national parks, except for Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta. At those two parks, the fees are a bit exorbitant ($40pp for 2 weeks at Kakadu and $25pp for 3 days at Uluru-Kata Tjuta)
6. NT’s campsite fees are normally really inexpensive. $3.30pp for sites with toilets only; $6.60pp for sites with showers.