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Drumsite

Drumsite is a village in Christmas Island.

The place

Drumsite is a village in Christmas Island. The village's population consists mostly of Chinese and European workers. A project that built townhouses in the village was built in 2013 amid concerns about asylum seekers going to Christmas Island.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Drumsite

2 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
    Administrator's House, Christmas Island

    The Administrator's House is a heritage-listed former official residence and now museum located 1.5 kilometres south-west of Flying Fish Cove in the Australian territory of Christmas Island. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.

    900 m · residence and museum in Christmas Island, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bungalow 702

    Bungalow 702 is a heritage-listed house at Lam Lok Loh, Drumsite, Christmas Island, Australia. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.

    100 m · Australian heritage-listed house in Drumsite, Christmas Island · 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.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    The Dales

    Comprised of numerous freshwater streams running roughly parallel to each other.

  2. 02
    Dolly Beach

    An isolated beach, 1-hour drive by 4WD over rocky step tracks and then another 45-minute trek on foot downhill.

  3. 03
    The Blowholes
  4. 04
    Winifred Beach
  5. 05
    West White Beach
  6. 06
    Margaret Knoll

    An easy to access lookout located a short walk from your vehicle.

From Wikivoyage: Drumsite, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

View the spectacular world-famous Christmas Island Red Crab Migration during the months of November–February. Scuba diving or snorkeling at Flying Fish Cove Snorkel trip from a boat Scuba Dive from a boat Take a guided tour Whale shark watching Game Fishing on chartered boat Rock Fishing Caving (warning: seek local advice before setting out to any caves) 4-wheel driving, known locally as "bush bashing".

From Wikivoyage: Drumsite, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

There are several restaurants on Christmas Island serving Western and Asian cuisine.

  1. 01
    Lucky Ho Restaurant

    Alchemy (at the Christmas Island Recreation Centre),.

From Wikivoyage: Drumsite, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Drumsite

Stations
Christmas Island Airport, 2.9 km
  • Jakarta → Drumsite
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Yogyakarta → Drumsite
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Semarang → Drumsite
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Drumsite

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 Drumsite. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Nusa PenidaID

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    1,097 km
  2. 02
    Gili IslandsID

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,163 km
  3. 03
    Tanjung Pinang and BintanID

    9 ways of moving, 49 sources

    1,269 km
  4. 04
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    1,302 km
  5. 05
    SelatpanjangID

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    1,313 km

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Around it

Next door to Drumsite