Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
24HR Art
ART GALLERY
(
www.24hrart.org.au
; Vimy Lane, Parap Shopping Village; 10am-4pm Wed-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
Changing and challenging exhibitions by the Northern Territory Centre for Contempor-
ary Art.
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Outer East
Crocodylus Park
ZOO
OFFLINE MAP
(
www.crocodyluspark.com.au
; 815 McMillans Rd, Berrimah; adult/child $35/17.50; 9am-5pm,
tours 10am, noon, 2pm & 3.30pm)
Crocodylus Park showcases hundreds of crocs and a mini-
zoo comprising lions, tigers and other big cats, spider monkeys, marmosets, cassowaries
and large birds. Allow about two hours to look around the whole park, and you should
time your visit with a tour, which includes a feeding demonstration. Croc meat BBQ
packs for sale!
The park is about 15km from the city centre. Take bus 5 from Darwin.
Australian Aviation Heritage Centre
MUSEUM
OFFLINE MAP
(
www.darwinsairwar.com.au
; 557 Stuart Hwy, Winnellie; adult/child $12/7; 9am-5pm)
Darwin's
aviation museum, about 10km from the centre, is one for military aircraft nuts. The
centrepiece is a mammoth B52 bomber, one of only two of its kind displayed outside the
USA, which has somehow been squeezed inside. It dwarfs the other aircraft, which in-
clude a Japanese Zero fighter shot down in 1942 and the remains of a RAAF Mirage jet
that crashed in a nearby swamp. Free
guided tours
commence at 10am and 2pm.
Buses 5 and 8 run along the Stuart Hwy, and sometimes on the route of the Tour Tub (
Click here
).
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Activities
Beaches & Swimming
Darwin is no beach paradise − naturally enough the harbour has no surf − but along the
convoluted coastline north of the city centre is a string of sandy beaches. The most popu-
lar are
Mindil
and
Vestey's
on Fannie Bay. Further north, a stretch of the 7km
Casuarina
