Thankfully, there are plenty of watering holes along the stretch of highway from Darwin to Alice Springs. In fact, Tourism NT has designed a road trip they claim is the longest pub crawl in the world, taking in sights such as Kakadu along the way.
“The local pub is still the centre of activity in outback Australia, and there’s always something happening that you’d definitely never see anywhere else — like baby crocodile racing at the Berry Springs Pub just an hour out of Darwin,” said marketing director Suzanne Morgan.
“The Esky Olympics at the Larrimah Hotel just two hours south of Katherine are also a local favourite. Where else would you get the chance to Instagram yourself riding a motorised Esky in a race? It’s all in good fun a…