This colossal landscape, spanning land mass six times the size of the UK, sits more or less at the geographical heart of Australia and is also at the heart of its legacy.

The Northern Territory has immense historical significance to the Aborigines that inhabit the State, representing nearly one-fourth of its population. Much of the landscape was draped in dreamtime legend to ensure Aboriginal survival. There remains a raw mysticism to awesome set pieces such as Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Corroboree Rock. Kakadu National Park is still replete with Aboriginal relics. Aboriginal guides can take visitors bushwalking or bush tucker tasting. Although obviously no tourist attraction, the Aboriginal constituent grants visitors the opportunity to see an altogether different side to modern Australia.

The Northern Territory is as diverse as it is huge, comprising waterfalls and looming gorges, arid red desert and staggering outcroppings. Yet despite its enormity, the State is home to only one per cent of Australia's total population. Yet this never renders the Northern Territory sleepy. Although there is tranquility for those that seek it, there is also plenty of adventure, from crocodile boat tours to safaris and hot-air ballooning.

The 'Outback' is 'Never Never' land, a title bestowed because of the book, We of the Never Never by Jeannie Gunn. Locals claim you either 'never never' want to stay or 'never never' want to leave. Just as the Territory is divided up into different terrain, the Territory also divides opinion. To find out what your own is, this is somewhere you simply have to visit.