Katherine
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By car
Katherine is around 3 hours drive and around 300 km south of Darwin. All cars rented direct from the rental companies in Darwin will have per day kilometre restrictions. Unlimited kilometres rentals are unheard of in Darwin unless hiring a campervan.
Unlimited kilometre car hire rentals can be obtained by booking through travel wholesalers such as Territory Discoveries and Flight Centre which makes car hire much more affordable. Be careful though, if you are just booking through a consolidator, rather than a wholesaler, the kilometre restrictions will definitely apply.
By bus
Greyhound bus services Katherine. Their office is located at BP Travel North on Katherine Terrace.
By train
The Ghan train travels north twice weekly to Darwin from Adelaide via Katherine, and is one of Australia's most spectacular rail trips. The train stops for a few hours in Katherine, and there are a selection of off train tours that you can do. These are organised on the train when it is arriving into Katherine.
By plane
Just south of Katherine is the Tindal Airforce Base. This is also the airport for Katherine, however no schedueled domestic flights fly to or from here. You may charter an aircraft into Katherine.
Darwin International Airport is the closest schedueled flight airport to Katherine.
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Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal
with its F/A-18 Hornets is located 17 km south of Katherine. Katherine is situated just south of the humid environs of the tropical 'Top End' but still north of the main central Australian desert regions.
Katherine School Of The Air
Giles Street, Katherine, Northern Territory, 0850, Australia, The Katherine School of the Air located in Giles Street, Katherine, is a distance education school, making it a living example of an historic outback schooling tradition. The School caters for isolated students residing in the top half of the Northern Territory or temporarily travelling in remote areas. Curriculum materials are delivered to the students via correspondence and high frequency radio. Radio broadcasts can be clearly heard as far away as Germany and the Antarctic. The Katherine School of the Air currently delivers education to children in an 800,000 square kilometre radius.
Katherine Art Gallery
12 Katherine Terrace, The Katherine Art Gallery holds an excellent collection of Aboriginal Art. Presenting a portfolio of artists from the region, the gallery reflects the cultural diversity and influences of the Jawoyn, Warlpiri and Dagoman Aboriginal people, who have lived in the Katherine area for thousands of years. The gallery also houses a range of collections from regions of Arnhem Land, the Central Western Desert, and areas in Western Australia. Clients from all over the world maintain contact with the gallery to purchase the didjeridus, artefacts and paintings from the friendly characters who come to produce their work on the premises.
Katherine Museum
3 km outside of town on the Katherine Gorge Road. Displays including a room on the Overland Telegraph Line, another on the Chinese in the Territory, plus detailed history of the changes of the town from the first settlement at Knots Crossing to the building of 'The Katherine', to the modern settlement.
Katherine Region Tourist Association
Corner of Stuart Highway & Lindsay Street, Good first stop to get free info, maps, etc.
January - March
September - December
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