Getting to and around Darwin
Airport transport
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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.
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.
Tony Travers, also known as Datto, next to the rooted Toyota 4WD
that was bombed in an airforce blunder in 2000
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.
