ワゲイトビーチは、ダーウィンCBDから数分の静かなビーチコミュニティで、基本的なキャンプから熱帯の隠れ家、豪華なビーチフロントのヴィラまで、いくつかの宿泊施設を利用できるお気に入りの週末の隠れ家です。
手付かずのビーチ、緑の森の散歩、釣り、第二次世界大戦の遺産を体験するために訪れてください。
コックスカントリークラブでの食事、地元の店でのコーヒーと朝食、またはスポーツとレクリエーションの場で電気バーベキューを提供する評議会での独自のバーベキューを楽しむことができます。
トップエンドの熱帯沿岸のライフスタイルを体験してください。カレンベイからフェリーですぐ、またはクーラリンガの南にあるスチュアートハイウェイのすぐそばにあるペニンシュラウェイツーリストルートに沿って2時間の荒野をドライブします。
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Wildlife
Walking along the beach, you may be lucky enough to spot the occasional dolphin, dugong or even seasonal manta rays. During the dry, turtles come ashore at night to lay eggs. Parks NT do an annual turtle hatchling release here, check their website to register attendance.
Just walking around is a bird watcher’s treat, with flocks of diverse forest parrots, wetland birds and numerous marine birds flying over the waves.
At night you may hear the howl of the area’s many pure bred dingoes, and in the morning see a croc sunbathing on beach rocks. Wagait Beach is authentic Australian Coastal Bush!
WWII heritage
Along the coastline are remains and evidence of the location’s World War II strategic importance. There’s a gun tower and placements at the beach access from Wagait Tower Road with story boards, and more ruins of gun placements on the beach walk east from Wagait to the Jetty.
In the forest with signed access from Charles Point Road are the remains of the Milady, and American bomber which crashed in 1945, with signage telling the story of the ill-fated plane and her crew. There’s also the widely strewn remains of a crashed Japanese ‘Betty Bomber’ which didn’t make it home from the infamous Bombing of Darwin.
Dining & entertainment
The Cox Country Club at the heart of Wagait is open Thursday to Sunday for meals and beverages, with occasional weekend live music featuring Territory musicians. It’s also the home of MUFF, the raucous Mandorah Ukulele Folk Music Festival held annually the last weekend of June, which attracts up to a thousand Uke fans from around the country. The one breakfast spot in Wagait Beach is the garden terrace behind the shop.
Places to stay
There is a range of bookable holiday homes, from vintage Territory style elevated tropical houses to luxurious beachfront villas with swimming pools and spas. During the Ukulele Festival, free camping is permitted on the grounds of the Country Club.
How to get there
Quickest is a 15-minute ferry operated by Sealink NT from Cullen Bay to Mandorah Jetty. Otherwise you’ll need your own transport. Wagait Beach is a comfortable 20-minute ride on a sealed bicycle path from the jetty.
From Thursday to Sunday, there’s a free bus ride from the Jetty for visitors to Cox Country Club (phone 0459 053 522 for details). By road from Darwin, it is an easy 90-minute drive down the Stuart Highway, and then along the picturesque Peninsula Way tourist route.