00:00A small top end town with a name tourists cannot resist has quietly turned itself into one of the
00:05Northern Territory's most photographed pit stops.
00:18Humpty Doo, known to locals simply as The Do, has drawn steady streams of travellers eager to snap
00:24photos, grab merchandise and say they've been there.
00:30The town sits along the Arnhem Highway about 40 kilometres southeast of Darwin and has become a popular stop for visitors heading to Kakadu National Park or nearby croc jumping tours.
00:44The origins of the name have remained something of a mystery.
00:48The NT place names register traced it back to a cattle station listed as Humpty Doo on a 1910 survey map,
00:56with theories ranging from an Aboriginal word meaning resting place to old army slang and bush expressions.
01:03What locals lacked in certainty, they made up for in creativity.
01:08At the centre of the town's tourist trade, the Humpty Doo Hotel has built a booming merchandise business around the name.
01:15Pub sells everything from T-shirts and stubby holders to fridge magnets, belts and mud flaps, all stamped with its Buffalo Horn logo.
01:23Beyond the merchandise, the town offers a snapshot of top-end life with mango orchards, cattle stations, wandering wallabies and the famous big boxing croc greeting drivers along the highway.
01:36Beyond the highway.
01:37Beyond the highway.
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