Pine Creek

Pine Creek is a city in Australia. It is located 90km north of Katherine at the junction of the Stuart and Kakadu Highways.

Understand

Local Aboriginal peoples of the area are the Wagiman, Mayall, Arigoolia and Jawoyn.

Get in

By plane

• Darwin International Airport
• Pine Creek Airport

By car

• From Darwin use the A1 Stuart Highway
• From Katherine use the A1 Stuart Highway
• From Jabiru use the A21 Kakadu Highway

See

• Lake Copperfield. Is located 6km from Pine Creek. It is a cool deep lake, ideal for swimming, with a shady picnic area, toilets and large parking area. No dogs allowed. 
• Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park
• 1 Umbrawarra Gorge. This gorge is located 22km south west of Pine Creek, further along from Lake Copperfield. It features swimming holes with sandy beaches sheltered by the steep red gorge walls. The first group of deep swimming pools is about 15 minute walk from the car park. Magnificent cliff-top views and secluded waterholes will reward the adventurous, with the local bushland abounding with wildlife. Camping and toilet facilities are available, road access during the wet season may be restricted.  
• Walk through time footpath. Heading south from the railway station and locomotive is the historic “Walk through Time” footpath, which is made up of nine bays of tiles painted by local artists. The tiles from a time line along the footpath, commemorating people who have made a contribution to Pine Creek, from the Aboriginal people to the miners and pastoralists of the 1960s. More tile bays will be added in the future. 
• Water gardens, 11 Railway Terrace, ☏ +61 8 8976 1391, pinecreek@vicdaly.nt.gov.au. When the railway lines closed in1976, the disused cutting became the Water Gardens, this tropical garden is situated in the centre of town and has shaded picnic tables overlooking lily covered ponds. 

Museums

• National Trust Museum. This building was originally erected on the Goldfields at Burrundie in 1888 and was moved to Pine Creek in 1913. It has been the home of a mining warden, a doctor’s residence, clinic and dispensary. During the war, it was taken over as a military hospital. In the late 1940s it was used as a post office and telephone exchange. The building is now an excellent museum of local history and also houses the library which offers public internet access. 
• Grove Hill Heritage Museum, Mount Wells Rd, ☏ +61 8 8978 2489. The Grove hill Historic licensed hotel and museum is located in the heart of the Northern Goldfields on the old railway line that ran between Larrimah and Darwin. It contains many historic artifacts and is a great place for birdwatchers. It is on the Northern goldfields Loop which runs between the Stuart Hwy north of Emerald Spring’s and Kakadu Highway south of Pine Creek. Camping and accommodation is available. 

Eat

• 1 Mayse's Cafe, 40 Moule St, ☏ +61 8 8976 1241. 8AM-2PM (closed Sundays). (updated Jun 2021)

Sleep

• Pine Creek Hotel Motel, 40 Moule St, ☏ +61 8 8976 1288. The only Hotel and Motel in town, restaurant, cafe, bistro, beer garden. 
• 1 Pine Creek Digger's Rest Motel, 32 Main Terrace, ☏ +61 8 8976 1442. (updated Jun 2021)

Events

• The Gold Rush Festival annually in June, featuring the local goldpanning championships.
• The Pine Creek Races are held annually in May at Pussy Cat Flats Racecourse.

Go next

Adelaide River, Jabiru, Emungalan, Katherine