Must-see attractions in Darwin

  • Top Choice
    Mindil Beach Sunset Market

    Food is the main attraction here − from Thai, Sri Lankan, Indian, Chinese and Malaysian to Brazilian, Greek, Portuguese and more − all at around $6 to $12…

  • Top Choice
    Crocosaurus Cove

    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…

  • Top Choice
    Royal Flying Doctor Service

    This outstanding museum on Stokes Hill Wharf is the way all museums should be. There's a 55-seat hologram cinema, virtual-reality glasses that enable you…

  • Crocodylus Park

    Crocodylus Park showcases hundreds of crocs and a minizoo comprising lions, tigers and other big cats, spider monkeys, marmosets, cassowaries and large…

  • Bicentennial Park

    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…

  • East Point Reserve

    North of Fannie Bay, this spit of land is particularly attractive in the late afternoon when wallabies emerge to feed and you can watch the sun set over…

  • Darwin Aviation Museum

    If you like aircraft and you like 'em big, you're going to love this place. Darwin's aviation museum, about 10km from the centre, has a mammoth B52 bomber…

  • George Brown Botanic Gardens

    These 42-hectare gardens showcase plants from the Top End and around the world − monsoon vine forest, the mangroves and coastal plants habitat, baobabs,…

  • Darwin Military Museum

    At this innovative museum and multimedia experience, you can hear personal accounts of those affected by, and those who actively participated in,…

  • Myilly Point Heritage Precinct

    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…

  • Charles Darwin National Park

    Available for day-use only, this park protects places of natural and cultural importance, including part of Port Darwin wetland, one of the country's most…

  • Aquascene

    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,…

  • WWII Oil-Storage Tunnels

    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…

  • Coral Reef by Night

    Hosted by the Indo-Pacific Marine Exhibition, this evening includes a tour of the aquarium, seafood dinner (on biodegradable plates, no less!) and an…

  • Northern Centre for Contemporary Art

    The NCCA is a really small space that shows some changing and challenging exhibitions. It's worth checking out while doing the Parap Village Market.

  • Burnett House

    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…

  • Parliament House

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

  • Lyons Cottage

    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…