Territory Day bus services
Fireworks
If you're travelling on a public bus with fireworks, they must be in their original shop packaging.
Under law, you must also:
- be 18 years or over to legally possess or use fireworks
- only use fireworks on Wednesday 1 July from 6pm to 11pm.
Unused fireworks must be handed in to NT Worksafe by 12 noon on Thursday 2 July. Find out more on the NT Worksafe website.
Territory Day is on Wednesday 1 July 2026.
For the celebrations at Mindil Beach, extra departure times have been added to several bus routes.
These times may vary:
- depending on which bus interchange you're travelling from
- due to traffic and weather conditions.
Buses will also stop at bus stops along the way.
See below for departure and return times.
These additional bus services are free, as are all regular services.
From Casuarina Bradshaw Tce bus stop and return - route 4
Route 4 will depart from bay D, Bradshaw Tce bus stop to Mindil Beach D at:
- 5:10pm
- 6:00pm
- 6:30pm
- 7:00pm
- 7:30pm
From Mindil Beach to Bradshaw Tce bus stop
Buses will leave from 8:30pm at regular intervals as required.
The last bus will leave at 9:30pm.
From Darwin Harry Chan bus stop and return - route 15
Route 15 will depart from bay E, Darwin Harry Chan bus stop at:
- 3:58 pm
- 4:18 pm
- 4:40 pm
- 5:02 pm
- 5:22 pm
- 5:42 pm
- 6:02 pm
- 6:22 pm
- 6:42 pm
- 6:50 pm
- 7:02 pm
- 7:10 pm
- 7:15 pm
- 7:22 pm
- 7:30 pm
- 7:42 pm
- 7:50 pm
From Mindil Beach to Darwin Harry Chan bus stop
Buses will leave from 8:30pm at regular intervals as required.
The last bus will leave at 9:30pm.
From Palmerston interchange and return - routes 16 and 17
Route 16 will depart from bay E, Palmerston interchange at:
- 4:00 pm
- 5:10 pm
- 6:00 pm
- 6:30 pm
- 7:00 pm
- 7:30 pm
From Mindil Beach to interchange
Route 17 will leave from 8:30pm at regular intervals as required.
The last bus will leave at 9:30pm.
Contact
For more information, call Public Transport on 08 8924 7666 between:
- 6:45am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday
- 9am to 1pm Saturday.
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