{"id":179160,"date":"2018-07-18T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T02:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australiantraveller.com\/?p=179160"},"modified":"2023-02-20T12:12:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T01:12:34","slug":"five-ways-to-know-youre-in-the-northern-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.australiantraveller.com\/nt\/darwin\/five-ways-to-know-youre-in-the-northern-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Five signs you are definitely in the Northern Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Northern Territory is the Australia the world thinks that we all live in\u2026 and don\u2019t. Everything\u2019s a whole lot different up here, and here\u2019s how you can tell that you\u2019ve arrived.<\/h5>\n\n
1. Everyone\u2019s got a croc story to share<\/h2>\n
Jumping Crocodile<\/p><\/div>\n\n
It doesn\u2019t matter how pale or skinny the bloke next to you in the bar is; he\u2019s got a heck of a croc story to share, just you wait and see.<\/p>\n\n
Since 1986, Australians have been lapping up the global attention and affection unleashed by Crocodile Dundee<\/em>, before returning home to our apartments in the city where we hope to hell we don\u2019t see a spider (Australia is one of the most urbanised countries on the planet).<\/p>\n\n
But up here, Croc Dundee does exist; in fact, he\u2019s all around you\u2026 he\u2019s probably sitting in front of you right now. Get anyone talking who\u2019s been here longer than a dry season and you\u2019ll hear croc encounters that would leave Paul Hogan slack-jawed.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0No one wastes a sunset<\/h2>\n
Mindil Markets in full swing. (Photo: Tourism NT)<\/p><\/div>\n
They\u2019ll tell you they don\u2019t have a sentimental bone in their bodies; but no time is more revered around Darwin than sunset.<\/p>\n\n