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Getting to and around Darwin

Airport transport

Free pick-up from the airport if you stay at this place....

Wilderness Lodge Backpackers

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Welcome to the Wilderness Lodge Backpackers. Surrounded by tropical gardens in the heart of the city, Wilderness Lodge is a naturalist’s delight. Our location in Darwin is the ideal spot for you to stay whilst you discover the many attractions of the Top End Such as Kakadu, Katherine and Litchfield National Parks. 24 HOUR CHECK-IN, free airport & bus pick-up (conditions apply), air conditioned double, twin & dormitory rooms, free breakfast and heaps more...

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Bicycle

A lot of Australia is not very bike friendly but Darwin has an excellent network of bicycle tracks. If you're from overseas be aware that in Australia it is illegal to ride a bicycle without a helmet!

Bus

The Darwin bus service is pretty good, the main base is on Harry Chan Avenue, near the Smith St. mall.

The Tourtub is an open sided bus that will take you around all the sights from 9am till 4pm for a flat fee of $25.- a day. Get on at the Knuckey St. end of the Smith St. mall.

 

Rental car

Rent a car to get around! RentNewCars.com.au is an Australian company that exclusively distributes Europcar & Thrifty's Australian fleet of 16,000 new vehicles and offers access to over 200 locations around Australia via the RentNewCars web site. They also guarantee that through their True Quotes™ Promises that your final corrected payment will be the same as what they quoted - and if they are wrong then they will refund you DOUBLE the difference to your credit card.

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If you rent a car in Darwin don't park it anywhere near the airport, especially during airforce exercises. This one happened in Berrimah outside a panelbeaters workshop on a Friday evening. At the time Tony Travers was preparing a BBQ for himself at his workplace and residence at # 2 Strath Road, Berrimah ( Datto's Rust Repairs), which unfortunately has gone out of business since then due to all this.
As this was the year 2000 and the Japs had stopped bombing about 55 years ago this was a rather unusual scenario but soon it was revealed that an Australian Airforce plane doing exercises in the 2000 Operation Pitch Black exercise had accidentally dropped the missile during its landing approach to Darwin airport. Though it was not laden with explosives the weight of it and the speed with which it hit was enough to completely destroy the four wheel drive. The wrecked vehicle is still on display outside Berrimah Radiators.

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Tony Travers, also known as Datto, next to the rooted Toyota 4WD that was bombed in an airforce blunder in 2000

Taxi

Darwin has, besides the normal taxis, a taxi bus service that will drive you anywhere in and near the city centre, and as far as Fannie Bay, for only $2.- The two companies that run this can be contacted on 89281100 and on 89415358

Normal taxis you can call on 131008, a national number that will get you a taxi in any city.

Flights to Darwin:

With Darwin being such a remote place your preferred choice might be to fly there to save time.

Airfare.com.au is a good place to start looking for both cheap airfares to Australia and budget domestic airfares within Australia. Browse and book online.

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