Originally Posted by
Bend alot
Redundancy and training in an area that military aircraft may actually be required for military reasons (war games at Mt Bundy team A and Team B at Tindal). Tindal to Darwin or Bundy would neither be a 2 hour trip by car or aircraft.
Mount Bundy also is a current military training area, a reasonable drive from Darwin with a few better amenities than K town for the family type. I also believe the water quality is better in Bundy than K town unless the RAAF have recently rectified that.
It is 207KM by road from Katherine to Mt Bundy so maybe a bit longer than 2 hours; however by air, just a hop. Katherine is far enough inland to be outside of the most severe cyclones (hence the US interest) and also has ready access to Delamere (approx same distance) and Bradshaw (slightly longer. Given the time to build a facility of sufficient size, the water quality in Katherine will be a thing of the past.