Darwin and Alice Springs

The Northern Territory: one venue at each end of the Stuart Highway

The Territory has two places to bowl, 1,500 kilometres apart: Kingpin in Darwin's city centre and The Dust Bowl in Alice Springs.

Latest closingKingpin Darwin · midnight

Best Google ratingKingpin Darwin · 4.7 from 4,322 reviews

Darwin and the Centre

Kingpin Darwin had 4.7 stars from more than 4,300 Google reviews. The Dust Bowl, in Alice Springs, is the alley for anyone in the Centre.

The Northern Territory does not use daylight saving, so in summer Darwin is an hour and a half behind Sydney.

The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

3.8 (82)

29 Gap Road, Alice Springs NT 0870

Hours listed  Open to the public

Alice Springs tenpin on Gap Road, with league bowling, parties and online lane booking.

Kingpin Darwin

Kingpin Darwin

4.7 (4.3k)

1 Neale St, Darwin City NT 0820

Hours listed  Open to the public

An air-conditioned Neale Street complex near Darwin Airport with tenpin, laser tag, karaoke and a licensed bar.

Questions

Northern Territory bowling questions

Is there still a bowling alley in Nightcliff?

No. The Planet in Nightcliff is reported to have closed in 2021, so it is not listed.

Where can I bowl in Alice Springs?

At The Dust Bowl.