The Natural Environment
The northern territory in Australia can be described as a rocky country. It has got several natural rocks which form one of the major tourism attractions in this area. The Uluru also known as the Ayers rock and the Tjuta rocks are some of the natural rocks found in this area. The local Aboriginal people consider these rocks as scared and their faith is base on the rocks. The rocks are highly valued by this people, and therefore becomes a great tourism attraction. Over the years, this has become one of the most visited land marks in this part of Australia (weaver, 2000).
The climate of this particular region is in two distinct zones, that is the northern end and the desert center. The northern end climate is very different from the center climate. This climate is generally tropical climate which has got high humidity and usually have two seasons. From the metrological data it shows that the wet seasons usually run from November to April. The hot weather is usually from April to October. During the hot season the humidity is relatively around 30 percent and the day is usually warm and sunny. The coolest month in this part, is June and July which have recorded as high as 14 °C but no frost has ever been recorded. The rainy season is usually December and March and thunderstorms may be experienced. The central region is more of desert and includes area around Alice Springs and Ayers rock. This is a very dry area which receives close to 250 mm per year which is experienced in the month of October. The highest temperature that has been recorded in this region is about 48.3 °C and the lowest is around -7.5 °C (Black and Hanna, 1984).
Alice Springs is another natural attraction for the tourist, here the waterways and natural gorges are found. Daly River is a perfect destination for recreation fishing which has been made possible by the large barramundi that is found here. At the top end of this region you will find the Arnhem plateau where rugged terrains and stony soils are found. In this plateau you will also find some mammal and bird species that are adapted to this type of environment. Another distinctive feature is the MacDonnell ranges at the south part. The common vegetation that is found in this area is the scrublands, tussock grasslands, low open woodland and tall woodland of, monsoon rain forest (Cohen, 1973).Originally, northern territory was dominated by the aboriginal people who had migrated to these parts. In fact even today this people form the largest part of the population. Northern territory is a multi-cultural region and you are likely to find many tribes and races. The Chinese also are found in this territory and the British too. The aboriginals in the northern territory speak the aboriginal language though it has a mixture of several dialects from the Aranda people in the south. There has been a lot of immigration to the territory and the most common migration was from New Zealand and New York.
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