Darwin Australia

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Current Darwin Time and Date;

Time zone; GMT +9.30	Dial Code; 61 8	Power; 220-240v 3pin
Roads; Left Hand Drive	Annual rainfall; 1,651mm (65 inches)

Emergency Phone numbers;

POLICE, AMBULANCE or FIRE: 000
Darwin Hospital: 8922 8888
Crisis Line: 8981 9227
Poisons Information: 13 1126
Health Advice 24/7: 1800 186026
AANT Road Service: 13 1111
Maritime Search & Rescue: 1800 641792
Interpreter Services: 1800 676254
NT Legal Aid Commission: 8999 3000

Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory.

The nearest Australian city of comperable size is Townsville in Queensland more than 2500 Kilometres away.
With an area of 1,346,200 km, the NT is the third largest of Australia's states and territories, yet has a population of only 206,000 people.

More than half that population lives in Darwin city or within a short distance in nearby Palmerston and Litchfield areas.

Northern Territory Population 2006
Darwin City	71 325
Palmerston	25 654
Litchfield Shire	16 976
Katherine	9 022
Tennant Creek	3 068
Alice Springs	27 018
Nothern Territory Total	206 688

Darwin has three generally recognised seasons, the dry (April - August), the wet (December - March) and the build up (September - December). This is a monsoonal tropical climate, tempered by the proximity of the sea.
Away from the coast temperatures become more extreme, the highest maximum recorded was 48.3 C at Finke in 1960 and the lowest minimum at Alice Springs was -7.5C in 1976.

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