MAGIC MELVILLE
Situated 60 kms to the north of Darwin, Melville Island is the largest of the two Tiwi Islands and home of the Tiwi people and Tiwi Islands Adventures.
With exclusive access to 100km of coastline containing an extensive array of fish rich mangrove-lined rivers, creeks, flats, bays, inlets and coastal reef, all abundant with marine life, this is an unspoiled angler’s paradise.
A recent visit to Melville Island courtesy of Tiwi Island Adventures was the best fishing I’ve ever experienced. The fishing was mind-blowing and the way the crew operated was amazing. If I had to sum up the visit in a sentence, I’d choose “seamless perfection in a wild pristine environment”. From the moment we boarded the light aircraft at Darwin for the 30 min flight to Melville, until the moment we returned everything went without a single hitch. The fishing was mind-blowing. My mate Darren “The Keg” McQueen and I arrived mid-November afternoon to a cool sea breeze, without bities and a view to die for, as fish busted the surface of Snake Bay and a big croc just offshore.
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