A few months back we reported a UFO sighting off the coast of Australia's Northern Territory on Groote Eylandt, but apparently UFO season Down Under hasn't stopped there.

The History Channel is about to send a production team from "UFO Hunters" down to the Northern Territory to investigate a whole raft of UFO claims, including one from Acacia Hills resident Alan Ferguson, who's keen to help the tourists out:

If I can spot the UFOs, I will point them out to them. They don't know what I know--I know too much.

And we thought the Northern Territory was simply full of dry and empty desert. We obviously don't know enough!

Related Stories:
· UFO Hunters Head to NT For Evidence [NTN]
· UFO Travel: Mystery Lights in the Northern Territory [Jaunted]
· UFO Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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It's one thing to share a bar with a tiny crocodile but soon tourists visiting the northern Australian city of Darwin will be able to share a swimming pool with a crocodile too.

At the opening-soon Crocosaurus Cove theme park, there'll be seven crocodile enclosures with underwater viewing areas, and one with a swimming pool next to a viewing window so you'll be able to feel a bit like you're swimming with the crocs (like you'd want to?).

But scariest of all is the Cage of Death--a clear acrylic box that tourists can climb into and experience a huge crocodile snapping at you. We think this sounds a bit cruel for the poor croc, but perhaps they toss him a human every now and again to keep him happy. Hope it's not us!

Related Stories:
· Crocosaurus Cove [Official Site]
· Cage of Death Puts Tourists in Croc's Lair [news.com.au]
· Sharing the Bar with a Crocodile [Jaunted]

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There's an important championship coming up in Australia this Sunday July 12: the Darwin Beer Can Regatta. In a way that only Aussies could, contestants need to collect a lot of empty beer cans and then use them to build some kind of boat to take part in the race.

The Beer Can Regatta has been running in Darwin since 1975 and they've had up to 30 boats at once taking part. This year the racing festivities kick off at 10 am on Mindil Beach in Darwin and if your boat doesn't end up being able to float, there's actually a land race too--to find out which team can carry their boating failure along the beach the fastest.

We just hope that those beer-can boats that do float are crocodile-proof.

Related Stories:
· Darwin Beer Can Regatta [Official Site]
· Pub Travel: Sharing the Bar with a Crocodile [Jaunted]
· Darwin Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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Tourists are often worried about crossing paths with a crocodile when they're visiting Australia's Northern Territory, but all you really need to know is you shouldn't smile at one--even if it sidles up to you at the bar.

That's what happened this week at the Noonamah pub on the outskirts of Darwin, and when the croc appeared, some local drinkers acted fast to tape its mouth up and put it in a box. Despite a few spectacular headlines, it wasn't a scary croc--the thirsty visitor was just two feet long.

But we still recommend watching where you put your beer down if you're in an Aussie pub. The next crocodile to walk in could be bigger.

Related Stories:
· A Croc Walks Into A Bar ... [Northern Territory News]
· Crocs Interrupt Tourist Plans in Oz [Jaunted]

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Five miners in the Northern Territory of Australia say they spotted a UFO last week. In the early evening, worker Arnold Murray noticed a light silently flying towards his work site and alerted his coworkers as the object swooped in:

The plant's pretty quiet at night. (It made) no noise whatsoever...All of a sudden it shot off and left a long orange trail behind it. That orange trail just faded out like a shooting star.

It wasn't a chopper, it wasn't a plane--we knew that much--and it definitely wasn't a shooting star.

Interestingly, the mine is on Groote Eylandt, close to where Australia's most famous UFO sighting was recorded. In 1964, the "light wheel" appeared off the coast of the island, causing a ship's compass to malfunction as a rotating circle of lights descended from the sky.

Related Stories:
· Miners "Saw UFO" [NT News]
· UFO Travel Map [Jaunted]]]> pbb 2008-05-02T11:00:33-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/1/13/14346/8951

If you haven't been lucky enough to visit yet, you're still probably aware that there's a massive red rock right in the middle of Australia. Uluru (once known as Ayers Rock) is a World Heritage Site as well as being a particularly sacred spot for the local Aboriginal people, who have to put up with close to half a million tourists traipsing 'round there every year.

What the Aboriginal people probably didn't realize is that the old rock paintings you can find around Uluru are actually the work of astronauts. Apparently, the red rock of Uluru is in fact a giant red egg that was a kind of spaceship, and when it crashed into the middle of Oz, humans emerged from it.

At least so say the members of an American UFO enthusiast group. You might want to plan a trip to Uluru to check out this story for yourself, or even better, just go because it's a really beautiful place. Take a plane down under or just fly in a big red egg if you prefer.

Related Stories:
· Aliens Created Humans at Uluru [news.com.au]
· Boi in Oz [Jaunted]
· Australia Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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The best laid plans can be disrupted by all kinds of natural disasters: or in the case of northern Australia, just a few saltwater crocodiles who feel like hanging out where the tourists are. Right now there are a couple of danger spots where the grinning salties seem to be hanging round for a tasty snack.

In the tourist mecca of Broome in the northern part of Western Australia, one croc is in danger himself, with authorities planning to kill it after observing its movements for a few days, hanging around a popular tourist beach. Better the croc than a person, they reckon. A bit further east in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, the Twin Falls have been closed to tourists since not one, but two smiling crocs are enjoying the scenic plunge pool there. Authorities are trying to trap them for relocation. So watch where you swim.

Related Stories:
· World's Best National Parks Map [Jaunted]
· Twin Crocodiles Keep Falls Closed [news.com.au]
· Aussie Crocodile Hotel [HotelChatter]
· Kakadu National Park [Official Site]

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