Two stories, two RFDS museums narrate the will of doctors to provide medical services to remote communities in the heart of Australia, the red centre. The museum locations are Alice Springs and Darwin.
Explore an interesting and engaging museum. Kids to seasoned travellers will not want to miss discovering more about a unique Aussie public service.
The RFDS museum has Interactive headset videos that immerse you in the stories of the flying doctors. In Darwin the kids will be impressed with a shaking floor messaging the power of the Japanese bombs that hit Darwin in World War II.
WHY YOU SHOULD SHOP FOR SOUVENIRS AT THE RFDS MUSEUM OUTLET?
The museum in Darwin and Alice Springs have excellent gift shops from inexpensive fridge magnets to books, backpacks and clothing. The profits support the work of the doctors. This alone is a great reason to shop for souvenirs from the RFDS stores.
Darwin and Alice Springs have authentic Royal Flying Doctor planes with the interiors open to the public to walk through the plane and wonder at the sheer difficulty of treating patients in remote communities.
Surrounding the full sized plane are a number of holograms narrating individual stories. Press the button and listen to the voices of pilots, patients, nurses and doctors.
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DARWIN LOCATION – RFDS ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR MUSEUM
The Darwin RFDS Royal Flying Doctor Museum is located in the historic Stokes Hill Wharf. The location is part of the Darwin hop on and hop off bus service and the free connector bus service with the Darwin waterfront precinct.
Nearby on Stokes Hill Wharf are cafes and restaurants as well as a number of tour operators departing from the wharf for harbour cruises.
ALICE SPRINGS LOCATION – RFDS ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR MUSEUM
Alice Springs RFDS museum is located in a 1939 heritage building which housed the RFDS base operator.
There is a life size hologram of the founder, Reverend John Flynn chatting about his concern for the health of his community and the steps he took.
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Both locations have an onsite cafe.
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