Experience the diversity of this vibrant city with its world-famous icons. Enjoy the sun and surf at one of the many beaches, discover the thrilling entertainment or wander through the chic shopping precincts.

If you ache to snorkel, dive, swim, paddle or just laze on a breathtaking white sand beach, this is the place to do it.

The free-spirited frontier town of Darwin is the capital and only real city of the Northern Territory, a region of Outback Australia covering about one sixth of the entire continent and isolated by the vast Australian desert. Darwin offers many sights from its colonial past, and serves as the gateway to the Kakadu National Park. During WWII, a major Australian military base was established in Darwin and the Japanese bombed the city on several occasions. Darwin averages 8.5 hours of sunshine per day but heavy rainfall complicates the climate from around November to March. Between November and April the area is vulnerable to cyclones. All year round it is tropically hot, suggesting very lightweight clothing. While Darwins municipal attractions run from beaches to parks to museums to a casino, the city is best known as a gateway for Australias Top End, a center for exploring the wild surrounding country and viewing exotic animals such as buffalo, crocodile, wallabies and birds. General Information Ship berths alongside at Stokes Hill Wharf Points of Interest: Government House, Browns Mart , Fanny Bay Gaol (now a museum), Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Hotel, Admiralty House, Performing Arts Center, Botanical Gardens, Aquascene, Indo-Pacific Marine Aquarium, Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Kakadu National Park.

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Known as Indonesia’s best kept secret, Lombok is a pearl in the sparkling blue ocean. Appreciate the local customs and crafts that reflect the fusion of different cultures or go snorkelling and experience the mysteries of the sea.

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.