Make the most of your day in ’s northern-most capital city and find out why Darwin really is your port to adventure.

This 24-hour itinerary will introduce you to the thriving Darwin Waterfront, Darwin give you a taste of the city’s culinary diversity and café culture, and lead you & surrounds to its local characters and fascinating creatures. Get local tips on where to go for the best views, find out more about the city’s history and catch a famous 24-hour itinerary Top End sunset.

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Deckchair Cinema Tourism NT/Friederike Franze Crocosaurus Cove Tourism NT/Crocosaurus Cove Top 10 1. Enjoy breakfast and coffee at one of the many cafes at the Darwin Waterfront and don’t forget Begin your morning with breakfast can interact with using augmented to take your bathers for a swim in the Wave Pool with a view at Darwin Waterfront. reality. These incredible outdoor and Recreation Lagoon From high end restaurants to more experience takes 2-D artworks into 2. Wander around the vibrant streets in the CBD and casual café’s and bars, there’s 3-D animations using a smartphone be captivated by the Darwin Street Art something for everyone. Make sure app. You can find these amazing 3. Discover the beauty of the George Brown Darwin to pack your swimwear this morning public art displays all around Darwin, Botanic Gardens on foot or Segway and check so you can enjoy the Wave Pool or which create an unforgettable out the new interpretive centre Recreation Lagoon. Paddle, swim or cultural experience for travellers 4. Visit the Museum and Art Gallery of the play in these man-made attractions and locals alike. for an insight into traditional where the Wave Pool rolls out wave art practices and fascinating historical exhibits Take a walk through the patterns from gentle swell to waves 5. Feed the young jumping crocs or get up close and up to 1.2 metres high. Both areas are shady George Brown Darwin personal with a saltwater crocodile in the Cage of safe for swimming and are patrolled Botanic Gardens, or better yet hop Death at Crocosaurus Cove on a Segway tour to experience by life guards. 6. Immerse yourself in Aboriginal culture by visiting the incredible flora of Northern the art centres and galleries in and around Explore the vibrant streets of Darwin Australia from a new perspective. Darwin and get lost in the magnificent street Wander through monsoon forests, 7. Get amongst the interactive displays of the art. As part of the annual Darwin coastal dunes, mangroves and open Defence of Darwin Experience, Darwin Military Street Art Festival, murals have woodlands before relaxing with Museum and the Royal Flying Doctor Service been painted by renowned local lunch at the on-site café. Tourist Facility and interstate artists and some you 8. Watch the magnificent tropical sun set over the water with dinner and champagne aboard a cruise Northern Territory – Australia around 9. Unwind with a film at the open-air Deckchair @NTaustralia Cinema 10. Browse local art stalls and enjoy delicious @NT_Australia international cuisine at the beachside or suburban weekend markets around Darwin Visit northernterritory.com #NTaustralia Segway tour, George Brown Darwin BotanicBuley GardensRockhole Tourism NT/Nick Pincott

Next stop, visit the Museum and Take a 5-minute drive and reach the Art Gallery of the Northern Defence of Darwin Experience DAY 2 and multimedia presentations. Territory (MAGNT) to learn more in East Point Reserve. Learn about Check out the displays of vehicles, about Aboriginal art, the history the Bombing of Darwin and the Start your day with breakfast at one uniforms, firearms and artillery at of Darwin and to see the local city’s role in WWII walking through of the many cafés in the city. Browse crocodile celebrity, Sweetheart. theThe galleriesMilitary Museumand multimedia next door or the impressive local street art as you The famous 5-metre, 780-kilogram presentations.head to Stokes Hill Check Wharf out for the a virtual visitsaltwater the art galleriescrocodile and which boutiques is on displaysreality experience of vehicles, at theuniforms, Royal Flying alongpermanent Smith Street display Mall in andthe onmuseum. Knuckey firearmsDoctor Service and artillery Tourist at FacilityThe . Then Street. Darwin City and the nearby Militaryvisit the Cenotaph Museum in next Bicentennial door or areaAfter of lunch,Parap Shopping make your Village way are headPark, Darwin’sto Stokes first Hill Wharfwar memorial for a bothto Crocosaurus great places to Cove view locatedand invest in the virtualcommemorating reality experience Australians at who the lost inheart authentic of Darwin Aboriginal on Mitchell art pieces Street. from Royaltheir lives Flying in WWI, Doctor and theService Aboriginal aroundHere you’ll the Northern have the Territory. opportunity Next to Touristmen and Facility women .whose bush skills stop,get visitup close the Museum and personal and Art with Gallery the assisted the Army during WWII to oflargest the Northern reptile on Territory the planet, (MAGNT) the Thenprotect visit the the remote Cenotaph northern in coastline. tosaltwater learn more crocodile, about Aboriginal and learn art, about Bicentennial Park, Darwin’s first Tonight, relax under the stars with a theother history fish of andDarwin reptile and speciesto see the at war memorial commemorating film at theDeckchair Cinema located localthe crocodileaquarium. celebrity, There’s Sweetheart. a twice-daily Australians who lost their lives in crocodile and fish-feeding show not WWI,along theand esplanade. the Aboriginal The open men air and The famous five-metre, 780-kilogram to be missed. And, if you’re feeling womencinema screens whose Australian,bush skills popular, assisted saltwater crocodile which is on particularly brave, climb into the thefamily, Army foreign during and WWII classic to films protect during permanent display in the museum. Cage of Death for a face-to-face the dryremote season northern (April to coastline. November). Theencounter Defence with of Darwin one of Experience the largest Don’t have a car? You can always insaltwater East Point crocodiles Reserve offers in captivity. impressive As the daylight hours start to wane,purchase head a seat to Stokeson the hop-onHill Wharf hop-off displaysIt’s the of ultimate the Northern adrenaline Territory’s rush! toBig board Bus Darwin a historic to seepearling all these places wartime history. Learn about the Or take the option to immerse luggerand more! or catamaran for a drink Bombing of Darwin and the city’s role in yourself in the local Aboriginal or dinner cruise and watch a WWII walking through the galleries art scene this afternoon. Darwin magnificent tropical sunset from City and Parap are great places to the water. view and invest in art pieces from around the Northern Territory. Tonight, relax under the stars with a film at theDeckchair Cinema located along the esplanade. The open-air cinema screens Australian, popular, family, foreign and classic films during the dry season (April – November).

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DAY 3 Discover the local wildlife at the nearby Territory Wildlife Park where you can Rise early to drive 120 km south-east of experience the birds of prey live show Darwin along sealed roads and plunge or join in to hand feed the whip rays into the waterholes at Litchfield and barramundi in the Oolloo Sandbar. National Park – nature’s very own Wander through treetop aviaries, water theme park. around a natural lagoon and through the aquarium to learn about local Bushwalk a rainforest trail, frog kick Aboriginal art and craft wildlife.Tourism Heading NT/Mason back to Art Darwin, Gallery stop under a cascading waterfall and marvel in at the Berry Springs Tavern for the at the massive termite mounds that good atmosphere and a pub feed to fuel stand up to six metres in height. RFDS, Stokes Hill Wharf up before driving back to the city. Tourism NT/RFDS

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