Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Rock Climbing
The Rock
ROCK CLIMBING
(
www.rockclimbing.com.au
;
climbing incl equipment $25; noon-9pm Tue, Thu & Sat, noon-6pm
Wed, Fri & Sun)
Inside an old WWII oil-storage tank at Doctors Gully, The Rock is the
place to chalk-up your fingers, defy gravity and dangle yourself off a climbing wall.
Jetboating
Oz Jet
JETBOATING
( 1300 135 595;
www.ozjetboating.com/darwin
;
30min rides adult/child $55/30)
If a harbour
cruise is too tame, jump on Oz Jet for a white-knuckle ride around the harbour that'll test
how long it's been since you had lunch. Departs from Stokes Hill Wharf. Bookings es-
sential; closed during the Wet.
Skydiving
Top End Tandems
SKYDIVING
( 0417 190 140;
www.topendtandems.com.au
;
tandem jumps from $380)
Has tandem skydives
starting at Darwin Airport and landing at Lee Point Reserve.
T
Tours
There are dozens of tours in and around Darwin, and lots of combinations covering
Kakadu, Arnhem Land, Litchfield and further afield. Tourism Top End (
Click here
) is
the best place to start looking and asking questions. Remember that many tours run less
frequently (or not at all) in the Wet.
City Tours
Darwin Walking & Bicycle Tours
WALKING, CYCLING
around the city for $25 (children free), plus three-hour bike tours (adult/child $55/40)
that take you out to Fannie Bay and East Point.
Tour Tub
SIGHTSEEING