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City transport
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The city's inexpensive
bus service
(maximum fare $2.20 for all three zones; pay the driver) can deliver you to most corners of Darwin. Services operate daily from around 7am to 8pm, with some routes running until after 11pm on Friday and Saturday. "Multirider" tickets are also available, giving you ten trips for $17.50. Another alternative is the "Tourcard" which gives unlimited travel for seven days for $25. One-day cards cost $5. The
bus terminal
(tel 08/8924 7666) is on Harry Chan Avenue, at the bottom of Cavenagh Street, plus there's also a major interchange in the shopping centre at Casuarina, in the northern suburbs. Buses leave the city for the suburbs along Cavenagh Street and come back in along Mitchell and Smith streets. They head out as far as Palmerston, Howard Springs and, on weekdays, Humpty Doo, 50km from town on the Kakadu road.
Most hostels and some hotels rent out
bicycles
for $15 a day. Although Darwin is flat, it's also hot and humid, so East Point Reserve, 8km from the centre, is about as far as you'd want to ride for fun. Along Mitchell and Smith streets, a few local
car rental
outfits do battle, with prices starting at around $25 a day, plus a kilometre fee.
Taxis
work out at about a dollar a kilometre and there are plenty cruising around: either hail one on the street or give them a call on 13 1008. Other useful information
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