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Day 1 – Commemoration Sites of Darwin

Overnight: Darwin

  • Darwin Cenotaph War Memorial

  • Survivor’s Lookout to Government House

  • USS Peary Memorial to Doctor’s Gully

Day 2 – Visitor Orientation and Interpretation

Overnight: Darwin

  • Top End Visitor Information Centre

  • Tour Tub Darwin City Explorer

  • Royal Flying Doctor Service Darwin Tourist Facility

Day 3 – Bombing History & Naval Defence

Overnight: Darwin

  • Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

  • Big Bus Darwin

  • WWII Navy Oil Storage Tunnels 5 & 6 and WWII Oil Storage Tunnels Tour.

Day 4 – Harbour Logistics & East Point Batteries

Overnight: Darwin

  • Frances Bay Explosives Complex

  • WWII Navy Victualling Yard Building

  • East Point Reserve

  • Pee Wee Camp

Day 5 – Observation & Coastal Defence Posts

Overnight: Darwin

  • WWII Observation Post, Brinkin

  • WWII Observation Post, Brinkin Terrace

  • WWII Observation Post, Sandy Creek

  • Casuarina Coastal Reserve

Day 6 – RAAF & Darwin Airfield Infrastructure

Overnight: Darwin

  • WWII RAAF Operations Room, Berrimah

  • WWII RAAF Explosive Storage Area

  • WWII Winnellie Camp

  • Charles Darwin National Park

Day 7 – Wagait & Mandorah Loop

Overnight: Darwin or Mandorah

  • WWII Hughes Airfield

  • WWII Gun Emplacement Wagait Beach

  • Wreck of the B24J Liberator Bomber Milady

  • Mandorah & Wagait Beach

Day 8 – Southern Darwin Defence Belt

Overnight: Adelaide River

  • WWII Camp 16 Mile

  • WWII Quarantine Anti Aircraft Battery Site

  • WWII Noonamah Railway Siding and Stores Depot

  • WWII Noonamah Cricket Pitch and Strauss Airfield

Day 9 – Strategic Rail & Commemoration Sites

Overnight: Adelaide River

  • WWII Strauss Airfield Precinct

  • WWII Pell Airstrip Camp A 4RSU Workshop

  • Adelaide River War Cemetery

  • Memorial to Railway Workers

Day 10 – Batchelor to Coomalie Operations

Overnight: Katherine

  • 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 to Pine Creek

Overnight: Katherine

  • Marrakai Military Museum

  • Snake Creek Armament Depot

  • Brocks Creek Military Detention Barracks

  • Pine Creek Water Gardens

Day 12 – Larrimah Supply Trail

Overnight: Larrimah

  • Pine Creek Railway Precinct

  • Burrundie Explosive Magazines

  • Larrimah Museum

Day 13 – Gorrie & Tennant Rail Sites

Overnight: Tennant Creek

  • Gorrie Airfield

  • North Australia Railway Memorial

  • Tennant Creek Hospital Outpatients Department

Day 14 – Attack Creek & Telegraph Network

Overnight: Tennant Creek

  • Attack Creek Historical Reserve

  • Warloch Ponds Rail & Road Bridges

Day 15 – Southbound Transit

Overnight: Alice Springs (Drive day with optional regional stopovers)

  • Tennant Creek Telegraph Station

Day 16 – Central Alice WWII Trail

Overnight: Alice Springs

  • Anzac Hill Memorial

  • Spencer Hill WWII Sites

  • Totem Theatre Complex

  • Adelaide House

Day 17 – Telegraph Stations & Commemorative Wrap-Up

Overnight: Alice Springs or tour end

  • Seven Mile Aerodrome

  • Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

  • Bombing of Darwin Day Commemorative Service 2024 (Optional - Seasonal, February only)

Day 1  

  • Darwin Cenotaph War Memorial

    Darwin Cenotaph War Memorial

    Darwin City
    See & do

    The Darwin Cenotaph commemorates Australian men and women who have served in conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

  • Survivor’s Lookout

    Survivor’s Lookout

    Darwin City
    See & do

    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.

  • USS Peary Memorial

    USS Peary Memorial

    Darwin City
    See & do

    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.

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  • WWII RAAF Operations Room, Berrimah

    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.

  • WWII RAAF Explosive Storage Area, Darwin

    Charles Darwin National Park contains rich natural and cultural resources including protected bird species, middens and mounds, and historic structures associated with military activities.

  • Charles Darwin National Park

    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  

  • WWII Hughes Airfield

    WWII Hughes Airfield

    Darwin & Surrounds
    See & do

    The site consists of sealed runway approximately 1.9km long with two main taxi ways at the northern end of approximately 600m across.

  • WWII Gun Emplacement Wagait Beach

    WWII Gun Emplacement Wagait Beach

    Wagait Beach Mandorah
    See & do

    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.

  • Wreck of B24J Liberator Bomber Milady

    Wreck of B24J Liberator Bomber Milady

    Wagait Beach Mandorah
    See & do

    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.

  • Mandorah & Wagait Beach

    Mandorah & Wagait Beach

    Wagait Beach Mandorah
    Destination

    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  

  • WWII Camp 16 Mile

    WWII Camp 16 Mile

    Palmerston
    See & do

    The WWII Camp 16 Mile was a World War II military base located along the Stuart Highway.

  • WWII Quarantine Anti Aircraft Battery Site

    Established in 1941, the Quarantine Anti-Aircraft Battery Site is the only complete gun-site of its type within the Darwin area.

  • WWII Noonamah Railway Siding and Stores Depot

    WWII Noonamah Railway Siding and Stores Depot

    Darwin & Surrounds
    See & do

    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.

  • WWII Noonamah Cricket Pitch and Oval, near Strauss Airfield

    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.

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  • Burrundie Explosive Magazines

    Burrundie Explosive Magazines

    Katherine & Surrounds
    See & do

    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.

  • Larrimah Museum

    Larrimah Museum

    Larrimah
    See & do

    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.

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  • Warloch Ponds Road Bridge

    Warloch Ponds Road Bridge

    Mataranka
    See & do

    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.

  • Warloch Ponds Railway Bridge

    Warloch Ponds Railway Bridge

    Katherine & Surrounds
    See & do

    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.

  • Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial

    Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial

    Tennant Creek & Barkly Region
    See & do

    The Attack Creek Memorial is situated on the Attack Creek Historical Reserve, located on the Stuart Highway 74 kilometres north of Tennant Creek.

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