NT trail Katherine - Nitmiluk

[Nerf Herder]

https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf...luk-national-park-mountain-bike-trail-map.pdf

https://www.nitmiluktours.com.au/about/seasons-nitmiluk

I’ve never been to the NT.

 

[hellmansam]

It's heaps awesome, we lived in Nhulunbuy for 10 years. Incredible fishing, wild untouched places that don't see many people.

Loved doing Territory Day fireworks, no boat rego, fishing or skippers license required.

Too farking hot/humid from September to May for me to do any MTB though.

 

[Nerf Herder]

Too farking hot/humid from September to May for me to do any MTB though.

when’s the best time of year to come visit ? would love to go fishing too

 

[Flow-Rider]

(May to September) Best to go in winter, more so if you're not accustomed to humidity because the wet season up there is as humid as hell.

 

[Ackland]

Hope that trail still has some compaction work to do.

Awesome terrain to play in

 

[hellmansam]

Yeah the Dry is the nicest time for Southerners to visit. There's awesome fishing most of the year, pelagics are the go in the Dry, sight casting to schools of Longtail tuna busting up in the bays, trolling for Spaniards. Listen to the Tales From the Tinny podcast for lots of Darwin Barra-centric fishing info.
I think riding in the Build-up or the Wet probably warrants an eBike ! You get sweaty AF just standing around outside

 

[Fred Nurk]

NT is an experience all by itself. What's more, one of the local trail companies up here just spent a whole heap of time developing those trails. Katherine is a little harder to get to (fly into Darwin, drive down) but well worth the effort.

Watch out for the big lizards in the gorge though...

 

[indica]

Wow, well done Evan.
Be well fucking hot there

 

[hellmansam]

Katherine is another couple of notches up from Darwin on the Fuck It's Hot Here scale ! Spent a week of October there once. Definitely go mid year if you're not acclimatised to such conditions.

 

[LPG]

I spent a week camping, bushwalking and swimming in safe waterholes (under awesome waterfalls)1.5 years ago around Catherine and similar areas. It was an awesome place and I could see a lot of awesome spots for trails with cool rock features. I suspect there would be a bit of resistance to anything technical or challenging going though due to the remoteness and distance from hospitals (the number of people that get lost each year would put them off as well)