Name: Bombing of Darwin World War II Heritage Tour
Address: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Rating: 5.0

#26 of 138 Tours & Activities in Darwin

Historical & Heritage Tours

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Jan

Melbourne, Australia2 contributions

"Bringing Them Back To Life" - This tour definitely lives up to its name.

Oct. 2023 • Couples

What a fantastic informative tour. Gary is so passionate and knowledgeable. The stories are told with respect and humour, when appropriate , and as a consequence brought these brave young people back to life . We learned so many things we never even knew had happened in our own country. So glad we went on Garry's tour.

Written 17 October 2023

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Span

Kilmore, Australia5 contributions

Highly recommend

Sep. 2023 • Couples

Graham's tour of Darwin is fabulous, very informative and entertaining. And a great way to see Darwin overall. Graham is an encyclopaedia of Darwin's war history and provides an excellent local perspective.

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 28 September 2023

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Laura S

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Amazing Tour

Sep. 2023 • Family

By far the best tour in town. Been on this tour a few times and we always tell family to do it.
Garry is very knowledgeable and likes a good laugh. Each time you learn something you didn’t no about The Bombing of Darwin.

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 8 September 2023

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Jodie F

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What a history lesson! Amazing! Thankyou Gary

Aug. 2023 • Couples

Gary was great! Very knowledgeable on the history of the bombings and really made the people come to life, with his stories! We toured through Darwin and even went to the aviation museum, a real highlight! Thanks for a great day, We Highly recommend this tour!

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 29 August 2023

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MelbourneTed

Surrey Hills, Australia90 contributions

Informative and entertaining

Aug. 2023

A very informative tour with Garry. He is passionate about Darwin's WWII history and keen to share all his knowledge with others. Highly recommend.

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 14 August 2023

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David W

Hobart, Australia9 contributions

An Awesome experience

May 2023 • Couples

Garry took us on a amazing journey through the heart of Darwin, his knowledge of the bombing sites, strafed homes were described in great detail. I learnt so much about the "bombings" that had never been taught to me in school. A Must to do when in the Top End. Thanks again Garry, we all thoroughly enjoyed your tour.

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 9 July 2023

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bilby2009

Sydney, Australia163 contributions

Great half day tour, alot of knowledge shared.

Apr. 2023

This was a half day tour in a mini van. Alot of knowledge and history shared on wartime Darwin and visit to the Darwin Aviation museum - the aviation museum has B-52 bomber. I felt there was enough time on the tour to be able to explore the museum and you get out at a few points along the journey. Gary was very knowledge and a good character.

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 30 April 2023

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Pam S

Airport West, Australia32 contributions

The Darwin Bombing

Aug. 2022

Learning the history of The Bombing of Darwin, our guide Gary knew so much about the history and he did it in a fun way a great tour for everyone to learn about how close we came to be taken over by the Japanese.

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 10 February 2023

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2and8

Lowden, Australia31 contributions

History lesson the fun but thought provoking way.

Nov. 2022

Wow, how knowledgeable and engaging Garry is. He has a personal story to tell which it makes it more real somehow. The facts and stories told will entertain and astound you. A real eye opener. Why are these events this not taught in school history?

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 13 November 2022

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justalittlebitocd

Melbourne, Australia410 contributions

Must do tour to tie all the other War tours and sites together

Garry is a real Aussie block who has the gift of the gab and is an encyclopaedia of information regarding Darwin in WWII and it kinda just puts everything into perspective. Garry has a cheeky sense of humour as well

This tour is mostly in a van visiting destinations where he will tell you stories about WWII heroes and villains and share original photos with you .

Also includes entry to Defence of Darwin experience Which has a video presentation theatre, lots of relics , memorabilia with heavy equipment outside and kinda ties together everything that Garry mentions in his tour.

If you are further wanting to see more WWII tours / information I highly recommend the Virtual Reality at Royal Flying Doctors and the Oil tunnels

And if you are a real WWII or military aviation buff you will want to visit the Aviation museum ( see separate view)

And maybe save time to see the War graveyard. We ran out of time to see this due to it being based quite a distance out of town but I believe it has manicured gardens and is quite exceptional

Complete side note :
I do kinda wonder though why Darwin don’t do this better . They could have everything together like at Pearl Harbour and the tourists would flock

Review of: Bombing of Darwin WWII Heritage Tours

Written 6 November 2022

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