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P Government House gracious sandstone building with VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The Esplanade. Tel (08) 8999 7103. 7 stunning tropical gardens is the
∑ govhouse.nt.gov.au residence of the Administrator Practical Information
Above the harbour, the 1871- of the Northern Territory. * 100,000. n Cnr Smith &
built Government House, or Bennett sts, 1300 138 886/(08) 8980
the House of Seven Gables, P Stokes Hill Wharf 6000. _ Festival of Darwin (Aug).
is Darwin’s oldest surviving McMinn St. 7 - Transport
edifice. It has withstood bomb The long, wooden Stokes Hill k Darwin Airport, 15 km (9 miles)
raids, cyclones, earthquakes and Wharf, stretching out into SE of the city. @ Smith St Mall,
infestations of white ants. This Darwin Harbour, was once the Karama, Casuarina & Palmerston
shopping centres. g Cullen
Bay Marina.

town’s main port area. Now a
centre for tourist and local life, it
has restaurants and shops. Boats
leave on tours from the wharf.
At the wharf entrance is the
excellent Indo-Pacific Marine
exhibit, which has re-created
local coral reef ecosystems,
with bright tropical fish in its
tanks. In the same building, the
Australian Pearling Exhibition
describes the history and
Restaurant at the end of Stokes Hill Wharf overlooking the harbour science of local pearl farming.

Darwin City Centre
Airport Museum and Art Gallery of the NT
13km (8 miles) Botanic Gardens
Fannie Bay 1 Bicentennial Park
S T R E E T M C M I N N 2 Old Admiralty House
3 Smith Street Mall
L I N D S AY Frogshollow S T R E E T 4 Parliament House
Park
5 Old Town Hall
6 Brown’s Mart
W O O D S
Mindil
Beach C A V E N A G H S T R E E T 7 Old Police Station and
Courthouse
8 Government House
S M I T H
P E E L S T R E E T S T R E E T EDMUND ST S T R E E T Chinese 9 Stokes Hill Wharf
S T R E E T
Aquascene SHADFORTH LANE Temple M C M I N N
Transit K N U C K E Y Smith Street S T R E E T
Centre Mall S T R E E T
B E N N E T T Bus Terminal AV E NUE
M I T C H E L L
Old WE ST L A N E H A RRY CH AN
Admiralty
House S T R E E T Brown's
Mart
Old Town Hall
E S P L A N A D E
Bicentennial Old Police Station
Park Indo-Pacific
Parliament and Courthouse
House Marine Australian
E S P L A N A DE HUGHES AVENUE D R I V E Pearling
Exhibition
Government
House K I T C H E N E R Harbour
Darwin
Stokes Hill
Wharf
0 metres 250
0 yards 250
Fort Hill Wharf
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