Trenches at Larrakeyah
Trenches like this were dug all around Darwin before the bombing
View ArticleDoctors Gully tank
One family evacuated from Darwin then returned 70 years later to see their home at Doctors Gully replaced by a rock-climbing tank
View ArticleDoctors Gully Boom Net
Remains of the world's longest boom net - used during WWII to stop submarines entering the Darwin Harbour - are visible from the shore at Doctors Gully
View ArticleDoctors Gully Catalina Flying Boat
Doctors Gully was a place many women and children boarded the Catalina Flying Boat during the evacuations before the Bombing of Darwin
View ArticleBarack Obama and Julia Gillard
US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Julia Gillard paid their respects at the USS Peary memorial in 2011
View ArticleUSS Peary at sea
The USS Peary destroyer was an American land and sea vessel. Its memorial was built on the Darwin Esplanade
View ArticleMelvin Duke
Melvin Duke is one of a few survivors from the USS Peary, which was bombed and sunk on February 19
View ArticleLameroo baths
Concrete bath walls were erected at Lameroo Beach for locals to swim in, safe from crocodiles, before the war ended
View ArticleLameroo beach path
You can walk down the rainforest path to Lameroo beach from the Esplanade.
View ArticleBicentennial Walk
The Bicentennial path takes you along the Esplanade, which was the site of defence guns in 1942
View ArticleMary Lee Cubillo
Mary Lee remembers her father Juan Cubillo, who was killed on the Darwin Wharf during the bombing, every February 19
View ArticleCenotaph (Stop 5)
The Cenotaph stands on the site of the old Darwin Oval, and WWII anti aircraft guns
View ArticleWestpac Bank display (Stop 4)
A display inside the Westpac bank shows historical items from WWII, including the original bank plaque, with bullet holes from Japanese fighters.
View ArticleThe old Bank of NSW - Smith St
The old Bank of NSW stood on the corner of Smith and Bennet streets
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