Fly to Australia's Outback for Free in 2018 with Qantas

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Considering a trip to Australia this year? Tourism Northern Territory is giving you one more reason to make it happen, by offering free flights to the Northern Territory. The deal is good on packages booked through their vacation partners from May 31 through July 31, for travel until December 31. The offer is valid for a free one-way flight from Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney to Alice Springs, Darwin and Uluru.

If you choose the free flight to Uluru, you’ll be in time to see the incredible Field of Light art installation (click here to watch a video of the display) which consists of over 50,000 solar-powered lights, and just received an extension to stay up until 2020.

Still not convinced to include the Northern Territory in your Australia trip? The New York Times named the Top End (a region of the Northern Territory) to the number 12 spot on its list of Places to Visit in 2018.

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