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Crocodylus Park & Zoo
Crocodylus Park & Zoo showcases hundreds of crocs and a minizoo comprising lions, tigers, a Persian leopard and other big cats, spider monkeys, marmosets, cassowaries and large birds. Allow about two hours to look around the whole park, and you should time your visit with a tour, which includes a feeding demonstration.
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Bicentennial Park
Bicentennial Park (The Esplanade) runs the length of Darwin's waterfront and Lameroo Beach - a sheltered cove popular in the '20s when it housed the saltwater baths, and traditionally a Larrakia camp area. Shaded by tropical trees, the park is an excellent place to stroll.
At the Herbert St end there's a cenotaph commemorating Australians' service to the country's war efforts: from those who lost their lives in WWI to Aboriginal men and women whose bush skills assisted the Army during WWII to protect the remote northern coastline. Also honoured are 200 Remarkable Territorians: hand-painted tiles in panels dispersed intermittently along the Esplanade commemorate some of th…
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Burnett House
At the far northern end of Smith St is this small but important precinct of four houses built in the 1930s and now on the Register of the National Estate. One of them, Burnett House, operates as a museum. There’s a tantalisingly colonial high tea ($7.50) in the gardens on Sunday afternoon from 3.30pm to 6pm.
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Framed
A fine range of arts and crafts is presented in this gallery near the entrance to the Botanic Gardens. The eclectic and ever-changing range is typically Territorian and tropical, and includes contemporary Aboriginal art, pottery, jewellery and exquisitely carved furniture.
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Chinese Museum & Chung Wah Temple
The Chinese Museum & Chung Wah Temple represents Chinese settlement in the Top End. The sacred tree in the grounds is rumoured to be a direct descendant from the Bodhi tree under which Buddha sat when he attained enlightenment.
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Information Centre
You can pick up a brochure at theGeorge Brown Botanic Gardens’ Information Centre near the Geranium St entry.
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Mason Gallery
Features bold dot paintings from the Western and Central Desert regions.
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Darwin Military Museum
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