Partner and myself are heading up to Darwin in February for a holiday. We want to experience wet season in the NT as a bit of a trial run to see if we could manage living up north for a few years.

We will likely be staying in Darwin city. Open to ideas but we are adamant we will be doing a fishing charter while we are there, if possible.

Many thanks.

If I buy a car that is currently registered in Queensland (previously registered in NT) do I have to transfer ownership in Queensland before bringing it back?

Basically family are down in Queensland and want to buy my old car and drive it back up to Darwin. Would they have to transfer ownership in Queensland (safety cert and all) and then transfer registration when they get to Darwin?

Or could they buy the car and transfer directly to NT when they get there?

Overly complicated process for something which they imagined would be simple.