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Darwin
Sightseeing, museums & tourist attractions
Aquascene
Darwin’s most unique and fun attraction involves feeding the fish that arrive at each high tide at a small bay in Doctors Gully at the northern end of the city centre. Thousands of milkfish, mullet, catfish and barramundi as well as stingrays come to be handfed.
28 Doctors Gully Road, Darwin
Bus 4, 5, 6, 8, 10
Tel (08) 8981 7837
Website www.aquascene.com.au
Admission $8
Open at high tide, call (08) 8981 7937 for current opening hours
Crocodylus Park
This popular wildlife park is home to a variety of Australian wildlife with an emphasis on crocodiles.
815 McMillans Road, Knuckey Lagoon, Berrimah
Bus 5, 9
Tel (08) 8922 4500
Website www.crocodyluspark.com
Admission $25
Open 9am-5pm daily; tours and feeding: 10am, noon, 2pm
Fannie Bay Gaol
Fannie Bay Gaol is a former prison that has been turned into a museum. It provides an insight into the early Northern Territory penal system.
Dick Ward Drive, Fannie Bay
Bus 4, 6
Tel (08) 8999 8290
Admission free
Open 10am-4pm daily
Mindil Beach Sunset Market
This is one of Australia’s top markets with an excellent selection of food stalls plus the usual art and craft items.
Mindil Beach
Bus 4, 6
Tel (08) 8981 3454
Website www.mindil.com.au
Admission free
Open last Thu Apr-last Thu Oct, Thu 5pm-10pm, Sun 4pm-9pm
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
This is an excellent museum with exhibits focusing on the cultural, social and natural history of the Northern Territory. Some of the better displays include the Aboriginal Art Gallery, exhibits on Cyclone Tracy and a five-metre crocodile named ‘Sweetheart’.
Conacher Street, Fannie Bay
Bus 4, 6
Tel (08) 8999 8264
Website www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/
Admission free
Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-5pm
Northern Territory Parliament House
Australia’s newest parliament house is an imposing modern building at the southern end of Mitchell Street. Guided tours are conducted on Saturdays.
Mitchell Street, Darwin
Tel (08) 8946 1414
Website www.nt.gov.au/lant/parlhouse/features.shtml
Admission free
Open 8am-6pm daily; tours 9am, 11am
Territory Wildlife Park
Run by the NT Parks & Wildlife Commission, this accessible wildlife park features 6km of walking trails as well as an excellent collection of native animals.
Cox Peninsula Road, Berry Springs (45 minutes from Darwin)
Tel (08) 8988 7200
Website www.territorywildlifepark.com.au
Admission $20 ($14 students)
Open 8.30am-6pm daily (last entry 4pm)
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