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Going
to East point is a must for every tourist.
The
walk, drive or ride down East Point Road is a memorable
one. With stylish houses on the right and stunning seascapes
on the left.
What
To See At East Point
You can go there for a day or an hour. East Point offers
a miltary museum., the famous Lake Alexander for swimming,
BBQ areas, a large playground for children and some
of the most stunning views in all Darwin.
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Catch
the Darwin Bus Line it's convienant and cheap. It will
stop in the area of the East Point Road around the Cool
Spot Cafe around the corner also from the old Darwin
Goal.
Weekday
services to most areas run at least every half hour.
Services on weekends and public holidays are less frequent
but still regular and reliable. Darwin's public buses
also run regularly to and from the Royal Darwin and
Darwin Private Hospitals and Charles Darwin University.
Cool
Spot Cafe - this Darwin Icon also has fantastic views
from the tables. A good spot to wait for someone or
the bus.
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The
drive down the road is very easy for our motorhome clients.
Just be careful the views are distracting.
Notice
the speed limit is 60klm and further down once you enter
the entranc there are numerous speed humps which are
man made rises in the road to slow traffic down.
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Depending
on the tide you will notice the shades of blue in the
waters. these colours can change from pastel blues to
occassion vibrant green's.
The
East Point Reserve is home to the famous Darwin Rocksitters
Club.If you are there on a Saturday evening feel free
to join the Rocksitters'
club
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The
cycle path at the entrance to East Point.
There
is a bit of a hill on the way from Darwin city centre
just before twhere the museum is situated. The ride
here takes about an hour plus.
Darwin
Map Link Courtesy of DDC
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Depending
on tides you will see the beach just before the entrance
gates to east Point.
A
local haunt as the BBQ are just back from it and also
Lake Alexander is on the other side of the road only
100meters away for the family to swim in.
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The
gates nowdays close at 11pm so the nightlights of
Darwin clearly visible from east Pont is also a delight
to see.
At
the end of East point if you look directly across
the harbour you will see the sleeping town of Mandorah.
A secret getaway with the Darwin locals.
There
is a ferry that will take you across and back from
Cullen Bay. At Mandorah there is the Mandorah Beachfront
Hotel for the relaxing spot for a drink and unwind.
Pictured
left is the start of Alec Fong Lim Drive, East Point
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Lake
Alexander has everything you need for that picnic, swim
or just relaxed on a rug and watch the sky pass by.
After
a day of touring Darwin this is a favourite spot for
many of our clients to stop and just relax for a while.
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The
drive down East Point Road is amazing especially in
November when the flowers are their brightest.
In
the parklands at the end of east point behind the
Gun Emplacements there were at one time over 1000
Wallabies. Which came out to graze cautiously at Dusk.
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Drive down East Point Road to the end and veer right
for another 1klm and ithe museum is opposite the gun
emplacements.
East
Point Road, East Point
T el: (08) 8981 9702.
Website: www.epmm.com.au
Bill's
Reminising!!!
There is a steel tower of around 6m on the left. This
was the anchor point for the steel submarine nets that
stretched right across the harbour to Talc head in WW11.
After the war the net was stored near the carpark. One
net link was around 300m and you would 'bust a gut'
to pick it up. The japese bought it for scrap metal
in around 1965. Carl Atkinson was commissioned to remove
the ships out of the harbour that was bombed and the
net. (Including the 3SQx2m bouys)
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This
small but interesting military museum, which displays
mainly displays from on the World War 11 including the
'Bombing of Darwin' by the Japanese, is situated n a
gun command post at East Point.
On
display inside and outside are armoured vehicles, historical
weapons, videos along with a vast display of orginal
photo's, Japanese swords and other pieces from this
era.
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Also the view from east is amazing right back to the Skycity
Casino Resort, along Mindel Beach with the numerous yachting
gentlt bobbing up and down in the whislt moored outside
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After
the museum you can drive further down the road around
another 150 meters before it turns into a T Junction.
Left
is a no thru road and the right the same but they
are nice spot to park get out and take a few photograph's.
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