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Health
Bedrooms
Kitchens and laundries
Computer facilities
Recreation
Sports equipment
Loan bicycles
Bus service
Living at International House Darwin
Below is a list of the facilities at International House Darwin.
Bedrooms
All bedrooms are fully furnished with air-conditioners, ceiling fans, small fridge, desk, chair, lamp, bed, and wardrobe. All rooms are provided with bed linen and a towel. View the room rates and terms and conditions on the Costs and Payments page.
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Standard room (shared external bathroom)
A standard room has a king-sized single bed, desk, chair, lamp, and wardrobe. All of the rooms have a small fridge. Communal, single gender bathrooms are shared with others who live in your area of the building. Bathrooms are cleaned and maintained daily.
Twin share room (shared external bathroom)
The twin share room is twice the size of a standard room. It contains the same inclusions as a standard room, but has two king-sized single beds that can be connected to make a king-sized bed. It is for two people to use this room and is per person per week in the standard tariff. The occupants of these rooms use the single gender communal bathrooms in their building which are shared with others who live in your area of the building. Bathrooms are cleaned and maintained daily.
Standard room (shared ensuite)
Similar to a standard room, these rooms are constructed in pairs with a central communal bathroom (shower and toilet) for the use of the occupants of the two adjoining rooms. It is the responsibility of the occupants to clean their own bathrooms; inspections are conducted regularly. Reservations staff ensure that rooms sharing ensuites are occupied by people of the same gender. These rooms are limited in number and are slightly more expensive than a standard room.
Twin share room (private ensuite)
This room type is the same as a twin share room but has its own personal shower, washing basin, and toilet. It is the responsibility of the occupants to clean their own bathrooms; inspections are conducted regularly.
Single story building
This building contains 5 standard rooms which share communal single gender bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and lounge room. It is the responsibility of the occupants to clean their own communal areas (bathroom, kitchen, dining room, and lounge room); inspections are conducted regularly.
Apartment
These new buildings are due to open at the beginning of 2012. They are fully enclosed and contain standard and twin standard rooms, shared bathroom, kitchen, dining room, and lounge room with TV. It is the responsibility of the occupants to clean their own communal areas (bathroom, kitchen, dining room, and lounge room); inspections are conducted regularly.
All buildings have their own conveniently located kitchens, bathrooms and laundries.
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Kitchens
Kitchens are equipped with stoves, microwaves and full-size freezers. Residents are responsible for preparing their own meals and share responsibility for the cleanliness of their kitchen.
Kitchens are not equipped with cooking utensils. Individual kitchen kits are available for purchase and hire from the IHD office if you do not have access to your own pots, pans and cooking utensils. A kitchen kit costs $150.00 for long term residents to purchase and for hire to short term residents (Less than 4 weeks) at a cost of $1.50 per day and a bond of $150.00.
Laundries
Laundries containing washing machines are available at no extra charge to residents. Dryers are coin operated and cost $3.00 per cycle. Residents are able to use these between the hours of 7am and 10pm (all laundries are locked at night and no access is granted after hours to retrieve laundry left in machines). Laundries also have irons and ironing boards for resident use.
Computer Facilities
IHD has a computer lab which is available to residents 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and 365 days per year and includes printing facilities. Access codes to the computer room are given to new residents upon arrival at IHD. In addition, IHD provides wireless internet access for residents from most areas of the residential complex.
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All new residents need to contact the CDU Information Centre to obtain a student ID. This then enables the IT department to create a logon and password to access the computers. Contact ITMS after the student ID has been obtained.
Recreation
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Residents are able to relax and socialise in the common areas of IHD whenever it suits them. IHD has a TV room which is equipped with a large screen TV and DVD player, a separate study room and a games room which includes table tennis facilities. There is also an outdoor 12 metre salt-water swimming pool and pool area as well as free BBQ facilities.
The Academic Liaison and Cultural Coordinator at IHD plans regular outings and activities for residents. For more information, refer to the Events at IHD page.
Sports equipment
IHD has a range of sporting equipment available for loan by residents. During office hours this may be accessed by calling at the IHD office. After hours, the IHD Resident Leader on duty will be able to assist with equipment loans.
In terms of sporting equipment, we have basketballs, netballs, soccer balls, soccer goals, volleyball net, volleyballs, pool volleyball net, cricket bats, stumps, tennis raquets and balls, table tennis equipment, frisbees and pool toys. We also have eskies and a range of BBQ equipment for use with the BBQ's located in our entertainment area. Please note however that you will need to sign these out and, if they are not returned by you, you will be charged for replacements.
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IHD has bicycles available for loan. They provide an alternative form of transportation to the nearby shops as well as a great opportunity to utilise the extensive bicycle tracks around the area to see Darwin or visit the nearby beaches. To loan the bicycles you will need to sign them out at Office Reception, if they are not returned by you, you will be charged for replacements.
Looking for ideas on where to venture? Check out the Making Tracks flyer to get a list of all the outdoor hot spots around Darwin and Palmerston!
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Bus Services
IHD Bus
A free shuttle bus service is run for residents by IHD on Friday evenings during semester periods to the Casuarina Shopping Square. This service is convenient for residents who have weekly shopping to do. Meet outside the IHD office at the IHD bus stop.
CDU Campus Bus
Interested in a free shuttle bus service between Casuarina and Palmerston campus? The FREE bus service commences on Monday, 6 February continuing on throughout the year. The bus times are as follows:
Casuarina – Palmerston (departing from the bus stop outside Orange 1):
Departs 8.00am – Arrives 8.30am
Departs 4.00pm – Arrives 4.30pm
Palmerston – Casuarina (departing from bus stop and carpark near Building A):
Departs 8.30am – Arrives 9.00am
Departs 4.30pm – Arrives 5.00pm
Pickup/dropoff:
Casuarina – bus stop outside Orange 1
Palmerston – outside building A
Public Bus
CDU students receive FREE bus travel on scheduled services 7 days per week through Darwin's public bus network. Simply show your CDU student ID card to the bus driver to get on board for free!
Residents wishing to access the Parap Market (Saturday mornings), Nightcliff Market (Sunday mornings), Rapid Creek Market (Sunday Mornings) or Mindil Market (Thursday and Sunday nights in the dry season) may do so using the number 4 public bus which departs from the CDU campus and passes each market. This bus service also continues on to the Darwin city precinct.
Timetables for public buses may be found here.
