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The ultimate backpacking adventure destination in Australia is the Northern Territory.
If you want to stretch your boundaries, learn a new skill or simply get paid to live near world-famous attractions, make your way to Australia's Outback. Have a go at working as a station hand on an outback cattle station, meet some true-blue Aussies working in an outback pub, learn the tricks to tropical fishing as a deckhand or enjoy city life with a nine to five job and nights free to hang out with mates.
Wherever you choose to live or visit, there are plenty of backpacking accommodation options, from award-winning hostels and hotels to safari tents and swags. And, with more than 50 nationalities and the youngest population in Australia, the Northern Territory is a hub for backpackers wanting to explore the amazing natural attractions of the region.
There are plenty of long-term and temporary working holiday opportunities and you can easily gain valuable work experience and live in one of the most colourful places on earth, so update your resume, shift into gear and make your way to the Northern Territory the ultimate desitnation when backpacking in Australia.
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Escape the well-worn track of the east coast and experience Australia's Outback Northern Territory. 'Journeys to Authentic Australia' (3Mb)
Despite a population of only 215.000 over 100 nationalities reside in Northern Territory.
Each year, more than 2 million trays of mangoes, worth $43 million, need to be picked in the Northern Territory.
In 2006, approximately 230,000 head of cattle were exported through the Port of Darwin, making it the largest live cattle port in Australia.
A total of 134,612 working holiday maker visas were granted in Australia in the 2006/07 season, 44% of whom came from the UK and Korea.
The average age of citizens in the Northern Territory is 30 years, compared with 36 years for Australia as a whole.
More than 620,000 square kilometres, or 48.6% of the NT landmass, is used as grazing land for more than 500,000 cattle.
