Adelaide River, Northern Territory 🇦🇺 2025

Date: 7-8th August 2025 

Travelled: 120 kms from Darwin to Adelaide River  

Visited: Adelaide River and Robin Falls  

Stayed: Adelaide River Showgrounds, $32, S13.24717, E131.11046

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Our Darwin departure is delayed by a final swim at Casuarina, a loaf of fresh sourdough and dropping the car of at Thrifty. Our two weeks at Lee Point has been a highlight of this year’s tour, but frankly without a car it would not have been so. Whilst Darwin is only small in comparison to other Australian cities, ‘it’s a sprawling town and 15 kilometres is a long way by bicycle.

South of Palmerston we stop for a coffee and by chance purchase a large wild Barra fillet from a road side fish-monger that will feed us for a few meals. The barramundi up here is completely different to the farmed stuff where used to down south.

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Adelaide River, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, 0846, Australia

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Ninety minutes later we arrive at the Adelaide River show grounds and find ourselves a spot in the shade. It’s 33º come mid-afternoon. As you can see from the picture below we’ve settled in on our patch of nearly green grass but we decide to leave exploring till tomorrow.

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Looks like another another warm day so we set off early to walk to the Adelaide River War Cemetery about 2.5 kms from our campsite.

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With the bombing of Darwin, Adelaide River became a major military base and home to many civilians who were evacuated after February 1942. The site for a cemetery for the war dead was chosen and eventually taken over by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1947. Many of the servicemen and servicewomen buried in various cemeteries around Darwin were re-interned here.

This commonwealth cemetery is beautifully maintained and very similar style to those we have visited in Turkey, France and Belgium.

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After a late breakfast we pack up the Jayco and drive the 14 kms to Robin Falls.

Not the best road we have driven on but we arrive safely and walk the 500 metres up to the falls. It’s a rocky and boulder strewn path which takes us 20 minutes to reach the base of the falls. The final scurry is too much for Pam and I don’t blame her for erring on the side of safety.

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Where back at the showgrounds under our shady tree by mid-afternoon. Barramundi for dinner once again and a full moon as mist fills the valley.

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We take a final walk around Adelaide River before setting the Jayco for the road once again. A last swim in the showground’s pool before we turn south once again.

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Michael + Pam