The 7 Best Things to do in Adelaide River, Northern Territory

4REPAIR & SERVICE UNIT TOUR Allow 2.5 to 3 hours Tour Dates and Bookings visit our website or email us. Groups Welcome. The tour includes short walking diversions to various infrastructure and to view collected artefacts from the site. It begins at the front gate where the taxiway from Pell Airstrip was used to bring aircraft within the camp and place them along various revetments. Tour takes places near Adelaide River, 100km south of Darwin on the Stuart Highway NT. 4RSU has 16.4 ha of heritage listed sites on the property. TOUR INDEX: * Pell Mell Air Strip * Wire from camouflaging * Drainage * Bridge * Gunning emplacements * Airman’s mess site * Revetments * WWII site * WWII site concrete slabs * Drain * Engineering workshop slab with signatures * Shells in concrete slabs * Slit trenches * Sergeant’s mess * Gunning emplacement with gun tripod * Relics from WWII * Propeller service pit * Recreation hall * Oxygen making equipment * Officer’s mess * Bomb site * Parade Ground * Loading ramp [2] * Trench art * Pins * Insulators in trees * Gunning emplacement on the hill east of house * Relics * Second drainage system * Wheel strut * Dunnies! * Bedding The tour is enhanced by recounting stories from the actual happenings within the unit. This is enabled by reference to Walter Venn’s book, "Restore to Service”. Walter was with the unit for the whole of its time in the NT and return south, and visited Pell in 2000. Walter wrote the story of the unit and his book is available for sale at Pell. One can visit various sites pictured in the book and relate so easily to the circumstances of the men who lived here.

Visit Window on the Wetlands on your way to Mary River National Park and Kakadu National Park. There you will get an understanding of the landscapes you are about to see. The top floor of the centre has 270 degree views of the wetlands below, which during the Wet Season can be complete with a lightning show. For half of the year the wetlands are flooded, while in the Dry Season they are baked and dried out. The region is one of great contrast. Interactive displays will tell you about seasonal changes, the ecological processes within the wetlands and the problems of feral animals and weeds. There is detailed information on wildlife and local Aboriginal and European history.