The lack of a tower at Darwin overnight was suppose to have been rectified within 3-6 months. Well, it’s now 6 months and the NOTAM has been pushed out to the end of May at least. That makes it 8 months.
Townsville tower doesn’t open until 8am on weekends despite multiple early departures.
It’s pretty poor anyway you look it and is a recurring theme now in these kinds of incidents at CTAFs (or “TRAs”) around the place. It’s only a question of time until it goes badly wrong.