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 British Australian Telegraph Company (which laid a submarine cable between Australia and Java). It houses the Aboriginal Bush Traders shop and cafe.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Darwin attractions

1. Lameroo Beach

0.09 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.

2. Cenotaph

0.14 MILES

Commemorates Australian servicemen and women.

3. Crocosaurus Cove

0.15 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…

4. Parliament House

0.26 MILES

At the southern end of Mitchell St is the elegantly boxlike Parliament House, which opened in 1994. Reminiscent of Southeast Asian colonial architecture,…

5. Chinese Museum & Chung Wah Temple

0.35 MILES

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

6. Bicentennial Park

0.37 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…

7. WWII Oil-Storage Tunnels

0.42 MILES

You can escape from the heat of the day and relive your Hitchcockian fantasies by walking through the WWII oil-storage tunnels. They were built in 1942 to…

8. Aquascene

0.61 MILES

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,…