49 Beard Road, Humpty Doo NT 836, Australia
49 Beard Road is a house, as listed in the property features.
Humpty Doo lies about 40 km south of Darwin, reachable via the Arnhem Highway.
Within roughly 2 km you’ll find the Humpty Doo Fire Station (≈1.5 km), a police station (≈1.5 km), the post office (≈1.6 km), a public library (≈2.3 km) and a nearby park (≈2.4 km).
Humpty Doo has a tropical savannah climate with a wet season from November to April that brings high humidity and thunderstorms, and a dry season from May to October that is sunny with cooler nights.
Visitors enjoy the iconic Humpty Doo Hotel, the Big Boxing Crocodile roadside exhibit, Graeme Gow’s Reptile World, and the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, which offers walking trails and bird‑watching opportunities.
The name first appeared in 1910 and may derive from the army slang “umpty”, a colloquialism meaning “everything done wrong”, or the Aboriginal term “Umdidu” meaning “popular resting place”.
The area was originally inhabited by the Djerimanga (Wulna) people; notable sites include the heritage‑listed Wishart Siding railway relic and the World War II “Humpty Doo Fighters” nickname given to a nearby squadron.
