Dripstone Beach & Caves - NT

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -12.362425 130.867189

DMS: 12º 21' 44.73" S 130º 52' 1.88" E

UTM: 52 L 8632661mN 703018mE

Altitude: 13.59m

Address & Contact

Daribah Rd
Tiwi NT 0810

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Information

Rapid Creek separates the suburb of Rapid Creek from the Dripstone Caves, with a 100 m long footbridge across the creek linking the two. Between the creek and the caves is a 1.2 km long northwest-facing beach (NT 145). The beach has a continuous high tide beach, fronted at the western end by the 1.5 km wide creek tidal shoals, which narrow to 1 km in the east. The beach is backed by a 5-10 m high grassy foredune, then a large gravel car park, and further back the Casuarina campus of the Northern Territory University. The caves are located at the base of 10 m high weathered sandstone bluffs which form the eastern boundary of the beach.
Limited parking but good picnic area, water taps, free bbqs although no view of beach from the park.

PlaceID	401676

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Darwin Airport at 02/02:30am CST

Distance from Dripstone Beach & Caves 7.36km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
23.8°C	24.5°C	66%	17.1°C	1012.1hPa	0.0mm	SE	9km/hr 5knots	13km/hr 7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Darwin Airport

Distance from Dripstone Beach & Caves 7.36km S

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.8	31.4	31.9	32.7	32.0	30.6	30.5	31.4	32.6	33.2	33.3	32.6
Mean Min. °C	24.8	24.7	24.5	24.0	22.1	19.9	19.3	20.4	23.0	24.9	25.3	25.3
Mean Rain mm	423.8	374.6	322.1	101.2	21.3	1.9	1.2	5.0	15.7	70.2	139.3	251.3