Getting There By Air:Darwin International Airport (DRW) Tel: (08) 8920 1811.
Website:
www.ntapl.com.au/DIIndex.htm Darwin International Airport is located 13km (8 miles) from the city center. It is the main international and domestic gateway to the Northern Territory.
Approximate flying time from London is 21 hours, usually with a stop over in Singapore or Bali. Several no frills airlines serve the city.
Airport facilities include ATMs, bureaux
de change, left luggage, restaurants, bars, shops and car hire (
Avis,
Budget,
Hertz and
Thrifty). There is also a hotel on site, the
Darwin Airport Resort (tel: 1 800 600 975; website:
www.darwinairportresort.com.au).
Darwin Airport Shuttle Bus (tel: (08) 8981 5066
or 1 800 358 945) runs between the airport and city hotels. The trip into the city takes around 15 minutes.
Getting There By Road:It’s 1,480km (920 miles) to Darwin from Alice Springs, along the Stuart Highway. From the east, the Barkly Highway connects with the Stuart Highway at Tennant Creek, 922km (572 miles) south of Darwin. From the west, the Victoria Highway joins the Stuart Highway at Katherine, 314km (195 miles) south of Darwin.
The Automobile Association of the Northern Territory (
AANT) (tel: 131 111; website:
www.aant.com.au) provides emergency roadside assistance.
Buses usually arrive and leave from the Darwin Transit Station, on Mitchell Street.
Greyhound Australia (tel: (07) 4690 9950
or 1300 4739 46863/GREYHOUND; website:
www.greyhound.com.au) runs buses between Darwin and Alice Springs (around 20 hours); from Broome, via Kununurra and Katherine (24 hours); and from Cairns, via Townsville and Tennant Creek (40 hours).
Getting There By Rail:The Darwin Train Station is situated about 20 minutes drive south of the city center. The
Ghan is Darwin’s only train link. It runs twice weekly from Adelaide to Alice Springs (trip time: 20 hours), and onto Darwin (trip time: 24 hours), covering a distance of 2,979km (1851 miles). Contact
Great Southern Railways (tel: (08) 8213 4592
or 132 147; website:
www.gsr.com.au) for information on these trains.
Getting Around:
Public TransportDarwinbus (tel: (08) 8924 7666) runs the local buses. The city terminal is located on Harry Chan Avenue (near Bennett Street end of the Smith Street Mall). The suburban Casuarina terminal is in Bradshaw Terrace, and the suburban Palmerston terminal is on the edge of the Palmerston Shopping Center.
You can buy single tickets on buses and a one-day Tourcard, which allows unlimited travel until midnight, at newsagents and bus terminals.
TaxisThe main taxi company is
Darwin Radio Taxis (tel: (08) 8985 0705
or 131 008). You could also try
City Radio Taxis (tel: (08) 8981 3777).
Car HireCar hire companies include
Avis (tel: (08) 8981 9922, website:
www.avis.com);
Budget (tel: (08) 8981 9800; website:
www.budget.com.au);
Hertz (tel: (08) 8941 0944, website:
www.hertznt.com); and
Europcar (tel: (08) 8941 0300;
www.deltaeuropcar.com.au).
Bicycle HireMany hotels and hostels offer bicycles for rent.
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