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Words: Trinity Handley
Photos: Trinity Handley
November 23rd, 2009

CLONTARF IN NEW TERRITORY

Clontarf’s graduating Year 12 students set off for an exciting trip to visit Darwin and Alice Springs earlier this month to get a snapshot of life in the Northern Territory.

It was hot and humid as the boys hopped off the plane in Darwin and headed straight to the bright green TIO oval in Marrara to play a game of football versus the Darwin Representative side.

Not quite used to such extreme weather it took our fellas a little while to get used to the conditions coming home strong but just missing out on a win, losing by 15 points.

Whilst in Darwin our group managed to check out Crocoasaurus cove, Darwin Museum and cool off at Leanyer water park before heading back to TIO oval to see the blistering pace of the Tiwi Bombers play in an NTFL match under lights (briefly heading over to the basketball stadium to cheer on the Perth Lynx, whom we shared the plane flight over).

To finish off our Darwin leg of the trip we took the big bus to Litchfield national park, 90km’s south of Darwin to spend the day at various falls and water holes.

Jumping off the rocks at water falls and soaking in the pools below were some of the highlights for many of the boys.

Alice Springs greeted us with 38 degree temperatures however the dry heat was a welcome relief to those not used to the humidity.

We spent a day travelling west of Alice and spent time at Ellery creek and Standley chasm which were both very impressive, followed by a two day trip to Kata Tjuta national park 450 km’s south west of Alice.

Watching the sunset at Uluru was quite breathtaking and a first for everyone in the travelling party. The next morning we got up early to see the Olga’s – another interesting rock formation further west of Uluru – before the long but enjoyable drive back to Alice.

Clontarf would like to thank the staff in Darwin and Alice springs for their help during our trip.

 

 

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