Bees Creek
Bees Creek is an outer rural area of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is 33 km southeast of the Darwin central business district. It is the council seat of the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality, although most council facilities, public amenities and the actual Municipal offices are in the neighbouring locality of Freds Pass.- Type: Hamlet with 864 residents
- Description: locality in the Northern Territory of Australia
- Also known as: “Bees Creek, Northern Territory” and “Bees Creek, Northern Territory, Australia”
- Postal code: 0822
- Neighbors: Humpty Doo
Places of Interest
Highlights include Emkaytee Airfield.
Emkaytee Airfield
Aerodrome
Emkaytee Airfield, also known as MKT Airfield is a private airport in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Weddell, Northern Territory about 40 km south of the territory capital of Darwin City. Emkaytee Airfield is situated 3½ km south of Bees Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McMinns Lagoon and Humpty Doo.
McMinns Lagoon
Hamlet
McMinns Lagoon is an outer suburban area in Darwin. It appeared on Goyder's plan of the Survey of Port Darwin and Environs in 1869. The McMinns Lagoon Recreation Reserve is located in the area. McMinns Lagoon is situated 4½ km north of Bees Creek.
Humpty Doo
Photo: Mattinbgn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Humpty Doo is a small town in the Top End of the Northern Territory not far from Darwin on the road to Kakadu National Park.
Virginia
Village
Virginia is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 31 kilometres south east of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. Virginia is situated 6 km northwest of Bees Creek.
Bees Creek
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.57992° or 12° 34′ 48″ southLongitude
131.05945° or 131° 3′ 34″ eastPopulation
864Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)Open location code
5QVHC3C5+2QOpenStreetMap ID
node 4191161098OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
8349145Wikidata ID
Q3637432
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Bees Creek” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bees Creek, Northern Territory”
- French: “Bees Creek”
- Italian: “Bees Creek”
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