Adelaide River 203 km north of Katherine we visited the Railway Heritage Precinct. This was at the 77 mile point on the 145 mile Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway where passengers could stop for refreshments during a 10 hour journey. This features a display about railway life during the 1880's and during WW11 period. This ceased operations in 1976.
Several aspects of WW11 feature here as it was a major forward supply base having a large military presence. An aerodrome constructed in 1941 for a fighter strip and then as an emergency landing strip. A hospital was established in 1942 following bombing by the japanese in Darwin, the hospital moved from Berrimah to this location and ambulance trains ferried patients here.
The QCE hotel was established here in 1873 and this is where Charlie the buffalo from "Crocodile Dundee" stands stuffed on the bar.
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