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Pine Creek is a gold rush town with a railway heritage, good birdwatching and Kakadu on the doorstep.

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In town

The Pine Creek Water Gardens

The Pine Creek water gardens, located in centre of town, were created after the old railway tracks were uplifted, leaving a series of unsightly trenches.
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In town

The Pine Creek Look-out

Once known as Enterprise Hill, the Pine Creek Lookout offers a panoramic view of the Enterprise Mine pit which was left when the Pine Creek Goldfields ceased operation in 1994.
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umbrawarragorge
Close by

Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park

The Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park isolated approximately 22 kilometres along Umbrawarra Road, which is 5 kilometres from Pine Creek heading towards Katherine.
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minerspark
In town

Miners Park

This Park on the Darwin side entrance of town, houses historic mining equipment which was collected and restored as a bicentennial project.
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pine creek railway resort locomotive
In town

Pine Creek Railway Precinct – Restored Locomotive & Library

Explore the Pine Creek Railway Precinct, The initial terminus of an uncompleted 19th century transcontinental railway system.
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Walk Through Time
In town

Walk Through Time

Heading south from the railway station and locomotive is the historic Walkthrough Time footpath, which is made up of nine bays of tiles painted by local artists.
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pine creek railway resort trustmuseum
In town

Pine Creek National Trust Museum

Pine Creek is the only original mining town remaining in the Top End from the gold rush era of the 1870s. The National Trust Museum building is the oldest surviving prefabricated structure in the Northern Territory.
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Moline Rockhole
Close by

Moline Rockhole

Moline Rockhole is one of the nice little secrets in Kakadu National Park. A beautiful place that has no sign to keep visitor numbers low.
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The Bakery
In town

The Bakery

This interesting corrugated iron building was originally built at Mt Diamond in 1908 by local legend Jimmy Ah Toy’s father, who used it as a butcher shop.
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Moline Golf Classic
In town

Moline Golf Classic

The Moline Golf Classic debuted in 1983 at the site of the old course that used to service The Moline Mine and its workers when the mine was in operation.
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Goldrush Weekend
In town

Goldrush Weekend

The annual Goldrush Weekend is held at the Pine Creek Miners Park and is a well-loved tribute to the Pine Creek goldfields.
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ANZAC Day
In town

ANZAC Day

25 April – ANZAC Day is, much like everywhere else, a sacred tradition in which the whole town gathers in commemoration of the soldiers who died and fought in the war.
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Kakadu National Park

Australia's largest national park, next door

Kakadu covers 19,840 square kilometres and is jointly managed by its Aboriginal Traditional Owners and Parks Australia. The Traditional Owners are proud to share their country with visitors, and many communities still live in the region.

Kakadu is World Heritage listed for both its natural and cultural values, one of only four Australian places listed for both. Its Aboriginal rock art sites record tens of thousands of years of people living with this land.

Cooinda and the Yellow Water cruises are about an hour’s drive from the resort.

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Birdwatching

Birds seen around the resort

The property attracts a number of bird species, including the Hooded Parrot, lorikeets and Blue-faced Honeyeaters. Many finches are common in the area, including the Gouldian, Masked, Zebra and Blood Finch.

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  • Hooded Parrot
  • Gouldian Finch
  • Blue-faced Honeyeater
  • Great Bowerbird (and bowers)
  • Grey-crowned Babbler
  • Black and white cockatoos
  • Red-winged Parrot
  • Magpie-lark (Mudlark)
  • Butcherbird
  • Curlew
  • Plover
  • Quarrion
  • Collared Sparrowhawk
  • Egret
  • Brolga
  • Pardalote
  • Friarbird
  • Dollarbird
  • Forest Kingfisher
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra
  • Koel
  • Willie Wagtail
  • Spangled Drongo
  • Figbird
  • Red-collared Lorikeet
  • Masked Finch
  • Zebra Finch
  • Blood Finch