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Suburb of Darwin, the Northern Territory, Australia

Brinkin

Brinkin is a northern suburb of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.

The place

Brinkin is a northern suburb of Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres (7 mi) north of Darwin's central business district, and is home to the Casuarina campus of Charles Darwin University. It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Brinkin

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Charles Darwin University

    Charles Darwin University is an Australian public university with two campuses in Darwin and six satellite campuses in metropolitan and regional areas of the Northern Territory and New South Wales. It was established in 2003 after the merger of Northern Territory University, the Menzies School of Health Research, and Centralian College.

    1.8 km · public university in the Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Marrara Stadium

    Marrara Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Darwin suburb of Marrara. With a seating capacity of 12,215, it is the largest stadium in the Northern Territory and primarily hosts Australian rules football, cricket, soccer and rugby league.

    3.9 km · sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Darwin Football Stadium

    Darwin Football Stadium is a sports stadium in Darwin, Australia in the Marrara Sporting Complex, and is located adjacent to the TIO Stadium. Work began on the stadium in 2007 and was officially opened on 28 July 2007 when it played host to an A-League Pre-Season Cup game between Perth Glory and Melbourne Victory.

    3.3 km · sports stadium in Darwin, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Casuarina Square

    Casuarina Square is a shopping centre located in Casuarina, a suburb of Darwin, Australia. It is the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory.

    1.7 km · shopping mall in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum

    The Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum preserves and promotes nursing heritage in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located at Charles Darwin University in Darwin.

    300 m · museum in Northern Territory, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Brinkin

Airports
Darwin / RAAF Darwin (DRW), 5 km
Stations
Casuarina Bus Interchange, 1.5 km
  • Broome → Brinkin
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Dili → Brinkin
    717 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · $230–360
  • Oecussi-Ambeno → Brinkin
    797 km · quickest by air, 6h 2m · $270–420
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Brinkin

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Brinkin. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAlliance Airlines and Arafura Aviation offer limited charter services.
  • Go nextIt provides a base for day trips to explore the 'Top End' of the Territory.

From Wikivoyage: Darwin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,120 km
  2. 02
    Togian IslandsID

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,657 km
  3. 03
    Gili IslandsID

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,680 km
  4. 04
    Nusa PenidaID

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    1,724 km
  5. 05
    SiquijorPH

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,528 km

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Around it

Next door to Brinkin

  • Nightcliffsuburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia2.4 km
  • Leanyersuburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia3.5 km
  • Alawasuburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia1.3 km
  • Casuarinasuburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia1.7 km
  • Anulasuburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia3.6 km
  • Marrarasuburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia3.4 km