There are many offshore islands within easy reach of Darwin. Marine life particularly invertebartes are prolific. The Vernon Islands just north of Darwin, regions of Melville Island, off the remote Coburg Peninsual, the remote Bathurst and Wessel Islands to the east of Darwin and Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Darwin has some good local diving, with wrecks from both WW11 and the infamous Cyclone Tracy scattered throughout Darwin Harbor.