Day 1
Stay 4 nights in Darwin
· Darwin Cenotaph War Memorial
· Survivor’s lookout to Government House
· USS Peary Memorial to Doctor’s Gully
· East Point Reserve
Day 2
· WWII Oil Storage Tunnels Tour
· Royal Flying Doctor Service Darwin Tourist Facility
· WWII Navy Oil Storage Tunnels 5 & 6, Darwin
Day 3
· Charles Darwin National Park
· WWII RAAF Operations Room, Berrimah
· WWII Winnellie Camp
· WWII RAAF Explosive Storage Area, Darwin
Day 4
· WWII Observation Posts Brinkin
· WWII Observation Post, Brinkin Terrace
· WWII Observation Post, Sandy Creek
· Casuarina Coastal Reserve
Day 5
· WWII Quarantine Anti Aircraft Battery Site
· WWII Camp 16 Mile
· WWII Noonamah Railway Siding and Stores Depot
· WWII Noonamah Cricket Pitch and Oval, near Strauss Airfield
Day 6
· WWII Hughes Airfield
· WWII Gun Emplacement Wagait Beach
· Wreck of the B24J Liberator Bomber Milady
· Mandorah & Wagait Beach
Day 7
· Frances Bay Explosives Complex
· WWII Navy Victualling Yard Building
· Top End Visitor Information Centre
· Heritage Link Attraction Pass
Day 8
· Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours
· Tour Tub Darwin City Explorer
· Big Bus Darwin (optional/inactive)
Day 9
· WWII City and War Defence Journey (inactive)
· 00Seven Off-Road Adventures (inactive)
· Bombing of Darwin Day Commemorative Service 2024 (seasonal)
Day 10
· Batchelor Museum
· Batchelor Airfield and anti-aircraft battery
· WWII K5 Anti Aircraft Gun Battery Site, Coomalie Creek
· WWII No1 RAAF Medical Receiving Station
Day 11
· Marrakai Military Museum
Day 12
Stay 2 nights in Katherine
· WWII Hunter House
· The Katherine Museum
Day 13
· Pine Creek Water Gardens
· Gorrie Airfield
· Larrimah Museum
Day 14
Stay 1 night in Tennant Creek
· Tennant Creek Hospital Outpatients Department
Day 15
Stay 2 nights in Alice Springs
· Anzac Hill Memorial
· Spencer Hill WWII Sites
Day 16
· Seven Mile Aerodrome
Day 1
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The Darwin Cenotaph commemorates Australian men and women who have served in conflicts in which Australia has been involved.
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Survivor's Lookout, located near the Esplanade, provides sweeping views over the sparkling blue Darwin Harbour and commemorates those brave Darwin citizens who survived the Bombing of Darwin in 1942.
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A 4-inch gun from the USS Peary now stands as a memorial, pointing toward the site where the ship lies wrecked beneath Darwin Harbour.
Day 2
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The Top End Visitor Information Centre is situated in Darwin CBD and offers personalised visitor services and a comprehensive selection of brochures, booklets, maps and timetables.
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See, experience and learn through the wonder of technology as this facility brings history to life.
Day 3
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Discover Australia's Top End on the Hop-on, Hop-off Darwin Big Bus Tour!
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During World War II vulnerability of standard fuel storage tanks to aerial bombing stimulated the innovative approach of underground fuel storage in concrete and steel lined tunnels.
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The World War II Oil Storage Tunnels were built during the Second World War by the Civil Construction Corps.
Day 4
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The complex consists of a number of concrete stores buildings of various sizes built in areas excavated from the cliffs along Tiger Brennan Drive.
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East Point Reserve is Darwin's largest park area.
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The Sidney Williams Hut and Annexe at Pee Wee Camp, along with several concrete floor slabs, are all that remains of a large camp developed on the site during WWII.
Day 5
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The Observation Post, Sandy Creek at the Casuarina Coastal Reserve was built between 1939-1941 during the build-up of defence installations in Darwin.
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The three concrete observation posts built into the top of Dripstone Cliffs in Casuarina Coastal Reserve Darwin, were part of a number of observation posts constructed around Darwin from 1939.
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Casuarina Coastal Reserve protects a large coastal area in Darwin's northern suburbs.
Day 6
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The former RAAF Operations Room resulted from a direction of the Air Board for co-ordinated control of aerial defences, including Radio Direction Finding and anti-aircraft defences in the North Western Area of Operations in the north of Australia during World War II.
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Charles Darwin National Park contains rich natural and cultural resources including protected bird species, middens and mounds, and historic structures associated with military activities.
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Situated on Darwin's Frances Bay, Charles Darwin National Park protects one of Australia's most significant wetlands, important woodlands and local indigenous and WWII histories.
Day 7
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The site consists of sealed runway approximately 1.9km long with two main taxi ways at the northern end of approximately 600m across.
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The site comprises remnants of two WWII Gun Emplacements and associated infrastructure including a small control building immediately adjacent to the gun emplacements and a small concrete structure some distance away.
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The B-24J Liberator Bomber was developed and produced in response to a much needed requirement for the war effort in Europe and the Pacific.
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Mandorah is on the western side of Darwin Harbour on the Cox Peninsula, a pleasant 15-minute Sealink ferry ride from Cullen Bay.
Day 8
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The WWII Camp 16 Mile was a World War II military base located along the Stuart Highway.
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Established in 1941, the Quarantine Anti-Aircraft Battery Site is the only complete gun-site of its type within the Darwin area.
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The Noonamah railway siding and its associated sites were developed as an adjunct to the Aerodrome Development Program in early 1942, when a series of airstrips and airfields, including Sattler, Strauss, Hughes and Livingstone was established south of Darwin.
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The Strauss cricket pitch was an important part of the activities of service personnel in the area during the war years and in recent years is used for annual matches between military and local teams on Anzac Day.
Day 9
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Strauss Airstrip, dating from 1942-45, is one of the last surviving and most intact World War Two pursuit fighter installations in northern Australia.
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Pell Airfield was named in honour of Major Floyd J Pell, who was killed during the first Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February 1942.
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The memorial honours railway workers who worked under strict military conditions, carrying out work while under threat of enemy fire during the Second World War.
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Located 150 metres south of the Adelaide River Railway Bridge the small cemetery contains a number of graves marked by headstones, wooden markers and star pickets.
Day 10
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Batchelor has a unique history which the Museum keeps alive, showcasing aspects of aboriginal culture and the Federal Government’s agricultural plans of 1911.
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This site is comprised of the remnants of the No1 RAAF Medical Receiving Station.
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The Batchelor Airfield played a key role during World War II, used by both Australian and allied forces.
Day 11
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Looking for something to do when you're in Darwin.
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Make a stop in the small town of Pine Creek to see the ponds and landscaping of the Pine Creek Water Gardens.
Day 12
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The magazines are significant for their association with the construction of the North Australian Railway which was an important factor in the opening up of the Top End of Australia.
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Discover the impacts of World War II and the role of the railway through displays, photographs, and interpretive text in Larimah's old railway yards.
Day 13
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The memorial comprises a plaque fixed to a boiler dedicated to civilians who worked on the railway.
Day 14
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The site consists of a single-lane steel and concrete structure spanning Elsey Creek on an old section of the Old Stuart Highway 18km south of Mataranka near the historic Elsey Cemetery and the Elsey Homestead Memorial Cairn.
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The Warloch Ponds Railway Bridge, built 1928-29, is approximately 15km south of Mataranka and is historically significant to the Territory for its association with the North Australian Railway (NAR) which brought rail transport to the Northern Territory.
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The Attack Creek Memorial is situated on the Attack Creek Historical Reserve, located on the Stuart Highway 74 kilometres north of Tennant Creek.
Day 15
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Visit Tennant Creek Telegraph Station, once a remote refuge and supply point for travellers and an important part of the colonial telegraph system.
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The beautifully restored Barrow Creek Telegraph Station is located in Barrow Creek, set against the backdrop of the picturesque Forster ranges.
Day 16
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The Anzac Hill Memorial was unveiled on 25 April 1934 (Anzac Day) and was originally dedicated to all those members of the armed services who had paid the supreme sacrifice during World War I.
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Spencer Hill has important cultural and spiritual associations for the Arrernte people and is known to them as Tyuretye.
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The Totem Theatre Complex includes two WWII Sidney Williams Huts, a Wride & Abley shed and ablutions facility.
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Designed by Rev John Flynn (the man of the $20 note) and built-in 1926, Adelaide House was the first hospital in Alice Springs.
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