01Downtown construction
02Working out on Mindil beach
03The city’s skyline
04James Paspaley, executive director of the Paspaley Group, in its retail shop
05Ranger Lorraine Williams, of the Larrakia indigenous tribe
06Shops in the city centre
07A new residential and commercial complex in Darwin’s wharf
08Britta Decker, who with her partner Marijana Joerder, runs PR company Agentur
09Melaleuca On Mitchell, a hostel which, at $137 per night, is more “flash-packer” than backpacker.
10Chris Young, head of the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce
11The central business district
12A young crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove, a tourist attraction
13Wave pool near the convention centre
14Entrance to Crocosaurus Cove
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