Things to See and Do in Darwin
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- Aug 14, 2009: ... afternoon we headed to the air-conditioned Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, where we brushed up on our ...
- Feb 10, 2007: ... but the cooler air quickly dissipates. Thankfully the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory has air-con. It ...
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- Jul 1, 2007: ... we have been lucky enough to arrive into town when the Mindil Beach markets are on. As an added bonus today is also Northern ...
- Oct 16, 2009: ... Lake Alexandra and Cullen Bay before heading to the Mindil Beach Markets. Here there were a wide range of stalls selling food ...
- Jul 29, 2005: ... just go out and have loads of fun at the Mindil Beach Markets, Shenanigans, and the Vic. Lots of stories and dancing until ...
- Sep 2, 2008: ... ) to see Transylvania (good), and the well known Mindil Beach Markets where we tried buffalo sausages, croc kebabs and green ...
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- Apr 1, 2008: ... see was some crocodiles, so the next day, off we went to Crocodylus Park. It is a sanctury for ill and scarred crocs and a ...
- Mar 17, 2006: ... day out here. So I went to see crocodiles at Darwin's Crocodylus Park. This is a fair way from town though not too far from ...
- Apr 26, 2009: ... time to stop though - it was off to the crocodile farm! Crocodylus Park: conservation and research park. Lordy, have never ...
- Apr 2, 2008: ... late in most afternoons.
I couldn't visit Darwin without visiting Crocodylus Park in Berrimah. I'd been here before and ...
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- Oct 24, 2009: ... advice from a former Darwinian resident, we headed off to Parap Market for breakfast. This was fantastic, packed with people ...
- Sep 4, 2008: ... we snooped around most of it including:
the museum, art gallery, Parap market, Mindil Beach Sunset market (twice), Skycity ...
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- Oct 17, 2006: ... heading off early again, and off we went from Western Australia into the Northern Territory, before we knew it we were ...
- Oct 18, 2006: ... Point we made our way back in to Darwin city centre, here we visited Aquascene. Now this is a major tourist attraction, but ...
- Apr 6, 2007: ... and all the way back to Adelaide, driving through central Australia and The Outback.
The plane left Adelaide yesterday at ...
- Jun 26, 2006: ... afternoon I went to Doctor's Gully to see the fish feeding at Aquascene. It cost 8AUD to go in and bread is provided as well ...
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- Jul 1, 2007: ... 7:30pm. 20,000 tourists and locals are set to turn out at Mindil Beach.
There are quite a few of us staying at the ...
- Sep 20, 2004: ... it was late afternoon so we went to the hostel and then visited Mindil Beach sunset market. it is as it says on the tin, a ...
- May 4, 2006: ... along Mitchell Street before making our way to the infamous Mindil beach sunset market (PIC). We pulled into the car park ...
- Sep 30, 2004: ... our sedate cycle we rode the length of beautiful Fannie Bay and Mindil Beach (no swimming its the start of the deadly Box ...
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- Oct 20, 2004: ... to do such as have a walk in Bicentenial Park, or the Botanic Gardens. Also there are various museums to see as well as a ...
- Sep 12, 2006: ... managed to make some vague sounds. Not easy! Wondered the Botanic gardens, and the free museum, full of interesting stuff. ...
- Jul 14, 2008: ... On the way back to the city I went trough the botanic gardens, and from there to the Esplanade and the bicentennial park. ...
- Feb 9, 2007: ... folk to be out of the shade. Insensible, I venture into the Botanic Gardens. The collection of palms, baobabs, cycads and ...
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- Sep 22, 2009: ... fighter planes still in the doors. We also went and checked out Berry Springs very nice to go for a swim but look out for ...
- Oct 31, 2006: This morning we drove down to the Berry Springs Nature reserve, for a quick dip in the hot springs. We then headed half a Km ...
- Oct 5, 2006: ... is famous for, we were nearly at Darwin but stopped for Litchfield park and Berry springs on the way, these were again ...
- Jul 3, 2008: ... feel we are on the way now (signs of 1470kms to Alice Springs feel like nothing once the first 50 is under your belt). ...
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- Sep 26, 2006: Today we went to the Wharf Precinct in Darwin Harbour... we had a spot of lunch at one of the many food outlets (we had ...
- Oct 10, 2005: ... Big W in the casuarina shopping centre, walked to the wharf precinct to see another amazing sunset, and heard some thunder ...
- Jul 20, 2009: ... FREE! We also spent a couple of days down at the Wharf precinct. This is a very picturesque area, newly completed, and once ...
- Oct 9, 2008: ... busking and the vibe is relaxed yet vibrant.
The wharf precinct is undergoing a massive refurbishment. They've just ...
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- Apr 26, 2009: ... A great tourist must-do. Next was the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre which was interesting and worth a look. A glass of ...
- Jul 24, 2009: ... WWII history. Steve and I went to the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre yesterday where they have a hangar big enough to ...
- Nov 13, 2007: ... was taped! Our visit also took us to the Aviation Heritage Center, focusing on its impressive B-52 Bomber filling the hangar ...
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- Oct 11, 2004: ... We saw a real Dinosaur footprint (fantastic), went to a crocodile farm (brilliant) and saw the much hyped Stairway To The ...
- Apr 30, 2007: ... too.
We went from watching crocs to eating them. A nearby crocodile farm was serving up portions of fried croc for 3.50 ...
- Apr 26, 2009: ... No time to stop though - it was off to the crocodile farm! Crocodylus Park: conservation and research park. Lordy, have never ...
- Jul 11, 2005: ... billabongs.
In other news, I decided not to go the crocodile farm next week. Plucker knows the guy who runs the ...
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- Jan 21, 2008: ... this area were WWII and Typhoon Tracy. We visited the East Point Military Museum where we learned that the same fleet that ...
- Apr 2, 2008: ... a sight.
Spent a while one afternoon at the East Point Military Museum to learn more about how WWII reached Darwin in ...
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- May 4, 2006: ... the city. Our first 'port' of call was the Darwin Wharf and Indo Pacific Marine for a quick stroll around in search of a ...
- Mar 30, 2007: ... hill would be) and I soon found myself outside the Indo-Pacific Marine Center. Curious, I paid some money and went in. It's ...
- May 10, 2005: ... Before our flight though Alex wanted to hit the Indo-Pacific Marine aquarium in Darwin. It was quite a walk from town, but ...
- Jun 18, 2009: ... see some museum stuff for the girls today. The Indo-Pacific Marine Exhibition was a bit exy for what we got. One ...
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- Jul 29, 2008: ... numerous markets, learned how pearls are harvested at the pearling exhibition, strolled around posh Cullen Bay, went to the ...
- Jul 24, 2009: ... Finally we went and had a look around the Australian Pearling Exhibition which was extremely interesting and focussed on the ...
- Apr 18, 2006: ... war, and visited the Port Of Darwin where we went into the Pearling Exhibition which hosts an interesting collection of ...
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