At Doctors Gully, an easy walk from the north end of the Esplanade, Aquascene runs a remarkable fish-feeding frenzy at high tide. Visitors, young and old, can hand-feed hordes of mullet, catfish, batfish and huge milkfish. Check the website and tourism publications for feeding times.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Darwin attractions

1. Bicentennial Park

0.24 MILES

Bicentennial Park runs the length of Darwin's waterfront and Lameroo Beach, which inhabits a sheltered cove popular in the '20s when it housed the…

2. Crocosaurus Cove

0.52 MILES

If the tourists won't go out to see the crocs, then bring the crocs to the tourists. Right in the middle of Mitchell St, Crocosaurus Cove is as close as…

3. Lyons Cottage

0.61 MILES

Just across the road from Bicentennial Park, Lyons Cottage was built in 1925. It was Darwin's first stone residence, formerly housing executives from the…

4. Lameroo Beach

0.61 MILES

Darwin's only downtown beach, unless you count the sliver of sand at the waterfront precinct… It's sheltered from the city on the hill above by vegetation.

5. Burnett House

0.64 MILES

At the far northern end of Smith St is a small but important precinct of four houses built in the 1930s and now on the Register of the National Estate…

6. Myilly Point Heritage Precinct

0.64 MILES

At the far northern end of Smith St is this small but important precinct of four houses built between 1930 and 1939 (which means they survived both the…

7. Cenotaph

0.71 MILES

Commemorates Australian servicemen and women.

8. Chinese Museum & Chung Wah Temple

0.86 MILES

This excellent little museum explores Chinese settlement in the Top End. The adjacent temple has a hushed interior, punctuated by scarlet lanterns and…