Museum
Fannie Bay Gaol
Fannie Bay, Northern Territory
A free old jail museum with cells, a gallows and some good Darwin stories.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 60 min
Darwin's main jail from 1883 to 1979, kept as it was with the cell blocks, gallows and a few bleak stories of the Territory's past. Entry is free and it takes about an hour, which makes it a good wet-season or midday heat break.
Good to know
- Entry is free
- Pair it with the nearby museum and the Mindil sunset market
- Best time
- Morning, before the heat
- Open
- All year (closed some public holidays)
- Getting there
- Sealed road, free car park
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- No dogs
Facilities
- Toilets
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