8-809: Buslink VIVO (VIVO stands for "Vehicle In Vehicle Out") was a bus operator providing services in Howard Springs . It was a 50/50 joint venture between Buslink and Transdev Australasia . In November 2012, Buslink Vivo was awarded a 56-month contract to operate vehicles to transport workers during the construction of the Ichthys LNG project in the Northern Territory of Australia. Buslink Vivo ceased operation in July 2019. During its operation, Buslink Vivo delivered more than 15 million journeys. Buslink Vivo operated employee services from Darwin and Palmerston to
16-467: A workable form. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. A primary school was established in 1974. An accommodation facility named Manigurr-ma Village was built at Howard Springs in 2012 by Japanese energy company Inpex to accommodate up to 3500 temporary fly-in fly-out construction workers on the Ichthys LNG gas plant . The facility
24-462: The local government area of Litchfield Municipality . The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. European settlement of the area began in 1864. The stream which commenced with a spring was named for Frederick Howard in 1865 by the survey party of B. T. Finniss . Howard was the captain of a schooner and a hydrographer. Although first examined in 1921, Howard Springs in 1939 became
32-524: The Bladin Point construction site. The fleet peaked at 212 buses, primarily Irizar and Volgren bodied Mercedes-Benz OH1830s. With the completion of the project, by October 2018 the fleet was down to 92 and down to 25 by August 2019. Howard Springs, Northern Territory Howard Springs is a locality in the Northern Territory . It is located 29 kilometres (18 mi) SE of the Darwin CBD in
40-737: The Northern Territory Government began to gradually take over all operations from AUSMAT. Following the recommendations of a national review of hotel quarantine for a national quarantine centre, the commissioning of Howard Springs prompted demands for other quarantine facilities, which based on the Howard Springs model were approved to proceed for construction at Mickleham, Victoria in June, 2021; at Jandakot, Western Australia in August 2021, at Pinkinba, Brisbane, Queensland in mid-August 2021 and
48-515: The first major water supply area to service Darwin, at one time also known as Worgan Springs. Discharge was calculated to be 1.9 million imperial gallons (8.6 Ml) every twenty-four hours. Later Manton Dam supplied water to Darwin with the onset of World War 2 , but now most of Darwin's water supply comes from Darwin River Dam. Uranium was located in the area in November 1952, but not in
56-565: The second lockdown in that state. From mid-October 2020 the quarantine facility was referred to as the Centre for National Resilience, in anticipation of an agreement between the Northern Territory and Federal Governments in October 2020 for use of the camp for that purpose. From late October 2020, the quarantine facility was used for repatriating Australians from Europe and India. From May 2021,
64-492: Was closed and abandoned in 2018. From early 2020, the abandoned accommodation site became a quarantine facility for people returning to Australia from areas infected with COVID-19 , initially on 9 February 2020 from Wuhan . The quarantine facility was run by the Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT). From later in 2020, the facility was a quarantine facility for people arriving from Victoria during
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