Gove Peninsula is situated at the northeastern corner of Arnhem Land and the mining town of Nhulunbuy. Gove is accessible, by air from Darwin (650 km) and Cairns (1190 km) with regular flights. Flights to Gove are thus available regularly and amply and available from quite a few cities in Australia and even abroad.
Gove can also be reached by road. During the dry season with the desert dust taking a toll on Gove one can also reach the place by 4WD from Katherine and with proper papers from the Northern Land Council. This journey has to be made through the Arnhem Land Aboriginal reserve and comprises of over 700 km of rough dirt roads and takes approximately 14 hours. Notably, here are no fuel stops on the way and permissions from the Northern Land Council for the journey is not easy to obtain. Which is why, most people prefer to take the flights to Gove Australia over the road journey.
The flights to Gove are operated by the following airlines:
- Quantas
- Quantas link
- Airnorth
- Aboriginal Air Services
International flights to Gove Australia are available from UK. Direct and connecting flights from UK to Nhulunbuy are available. A shuttle bus connects to Nhulunbuy.
The smallest commercial aircraft flying out of Gove is a CNA with 9 seats. The Gove airport is connected to 4 cities nonstop and there are 4 nonstop flights per week departing from Gove.
Other airlines that operate flights to Australia are:
- Air New Zealand International
- Cathay Pacific
- Virgin Blue
- Freedom Air
- Air Pacific
- Pacific Blue
The Gove Peninsula was originally occupied by the Yolngu Aborigines and its proximity to the Arafura Sea enabled the locals to trade with the Macassan trepangus that visited the coast.
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