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Bend alot
Not sure the station owners would like your imagined location.
3 h 42 min (377.8 km) via National Highway 1 - but yes a hop by air.
Katherine & a new base ( Mt Bundy near training area) and leaving Darwin for commercial use & military emergency.
Katherine is very prone to cyclones even ex cyclones at a rate of about every 20ish years, so about due another 98 was a record.
Katherine water quality has a 10 year band-aid solution of a limited quantity.
Mate - Don't know where you are getting your mileage - Google Maps has RAAF Tindal to Mt Bundy Station as 223KM and 2h 14mim. But we are getting way off topic. I am well aware of the floods in Katherine. I have lived there. Whilst Katherine may still be exposed to the effects of cyclones, it is nowhere near as severe as Darwin. Hence the works at Tindal.