About Darwin
Cruise into Darwin and it is ‘welcome to Crocodile Dundee country,’ for this is the gateway to the legendary Kakadu World Heritage Park.
Darwin is famous for the frontier spirit and rough humour of its inhabitants, who celebrate their favourite leisure activity with an annual Beer Can Regatta – racing rafts made of empty cans while emptying plenty more!
But, if you can tear yourself away from bushmen’s tales in rip-roaring pubs, you will find a cultural side to Darwin, in excellent art galleries, an outstanding Museum of Arts and Natural Sciences and stunning Botanical Gardens with manicured lawns and more than 400 species of plants.
If you prefer your nature rawer, follow a bushwhacking trail to the spectacular rapids at Katherine Gorge or head for Kakadu and the crocs.