The town of Humpty Doo is located in which country?

Humpty Doo is a small town in Australia's Northern Territory, situated just south of the Arnhem Highway, approximately 40 km from Darwin. At the 2016 census, Humpty Doo had a population of 4,380 people. The town is a popular stopping point for tourists travelling between Darwin and Kakadu National Park, and boasts many attractions of its own. The main industries are agriculture and tourism; however, most residents commute to Darwin or Palmerston for work, and many regard it as a dormitory town.

The town's name It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The locality of Humpty Doo is named after the station originally called "Umpity Doo"; however, origins of the name are uncertain.

The Humpty Doo Hotel is well known and features in several bush ballads, including "The Man from Humpty Doo" by Ted Egan and "Humpty Doo Waltz" by Slim Dusty. It opened in 1971, survived Cyclone Tracy in 1974 and has since become a local icon.

Another tourist attraction is the Big Boxing Crocodile outside the United fuel station (formerly known as the Bush Shop) on the Arnhem Highway. This humorous attraction is a reference to the large crocodile population in the area and is one of the many famous "big things" found around Australia.

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James Chartier

It could only be Australia

Christopher Skinner

Humpty Doo is just down the road from where I live. The nearby Fogg Dam built in the late 1940's is home to the most bio-diverse patch of ground on the planet and is a marvellous place for Ornithologists to go, as the birds flock there in profusion and mass numbers, it's so bio diverse that Rice crops grown there were destroyed by the insect life. Mark Lane below is an old fellow employee of mine from Tasmania.

Sally Onyett

Don’t you just love the Ozzie sense of humour ? 😜 I went on a trip from Darwin to Kakadu but we never stopped there. Shame. 😐

JRW

hazelphyllis, And with sand flies an' mozzies as swinging companions, We dance to the Humpty Doo Waltz.

Georgia Kemp

Jabiru on the signpost helped.

hazelphyllis

Old Slim Dusty song "the Humpty Doo Waltz"

M.C.F

I have have never been but knew it had to one of ours

earlepg

Looked at the ad for seeing crocodiles in the picture. Only one country likely to have those.

JohnnyRoulette

Got to love Australia and New Zealand. Almost any bizarre animal, instrument or geographical name in trivia comes from one of those two places

Joe Mangan

The crocodile sign gave it away. The only crocodiles ever seen in Scotland were Robert Burns' 'Parcel of Rogues.'

Howard Groopman

A36 was a big hint.

Christopher J Voce

Going to Darwin in June - and now will visit the Humpty Doo pub after that informative explanation. Might have a Darwin Stubby there in fact ! 👍🏽

Kathryn Cavanagh

More specifically , in the Northern Territory of Australia. I lived in Darwin for quite a few years so have been there and to other places around there, all the way out to Jabirum was even involved in a small way with the design of the township of Jabiru, back in the late 70's early 80's.. that is in the last century..!! loved all the land around, but the increasing heat began to take it's toll.