Darwin Attractions
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Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park has a feeling and a beauty unlike anywhere else on earth. With its sandstone escarpments looming up from the plain, its secret waterholes and lily-strewn waterways, its teeming ... Read more
Litchfield National Park
Renowned for its spectacular scenery, monsoonal rainforests, spring-fed streams and waterfalls, Litchfield National Park is perhaps best known for its magnetic termite mounds, immense sculptural ... Read more
Crocodylus Park
Crocodylus Park is not short of a croc or two - there are close on a thousand specimens here, ranging from tiny little hatchlings to the kind of cruising monsters that appear in horror movies and ... Read more
Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park
Nitmiluk (also called Katherine Gorge) is the deep path cut through the sandstone by the Katherine River, and the Nitmiluk Katherine Gorge National Park is where you can go to lap up the luscious ... Read more
Cullen Bay
Cullen Bay is about 10 minutes outside of Darwin. Its drawcard is a big sleek marina packed with yachts. In an uncertain tropical climate like Darwin's, this marina offers yachting traffic the ... Read more
Lyons Cottage
Facing the sea, Lyon's Cottage was - at the time of its building - the first stone house built in Darwin for 30 years and is the only surviving example of colonial bungalow architecture in the city. ... Read more
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory has a fine collection, but what is its most popular attraction by far? That's right - a preserved saltwater crocodile called 'Sweetheart.' ... Read more
Myilly Point Historic Precinct
The Myilly Point Historic Precinct is a small group of houses built in the 1930s by the architect B.C.G. Burnett. They are the only remaining examples of this particular pre-war housing style. ... Read more
Crocosaurus Cove
Located in the heart of Darwin, Crocosaurus Cove is home to the largest display of Australian reptiles in the world, including species unique to the Top End and Kimberly regions of Australia. ... Read more
Stokes Hill
The main reason to visit Stokes Hill is to head over the cliffs and take a look at historic Stokes Hill Wharf, now a popular dining precinct. Stokes Hill Wharf dates from the early days of ... Read more
