Introducing Pine Creek
A short detour off the Stuart Hwy, Pine Creek was once the scene of a frantic gold rush and although the open-cut mine here ceased in 1995, today there’s a new influx of mine workers from the recently opened gold and iron ore mines nearby. A few of the old 19th century timber and corrugated-iron buildings still survive and there are museums devoted to the town’s history and the railway that started here in 1889.
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The town itself is 1km or so off the highway, which gives it a sleepy atmosphere, undisturbed by the road trains thundering up and down the highway. It’s a reasonably popular stopover since the Kakadu Hwy to Cooinda and Jabiru meets the Stuart Hwy here.
Last updated: Apr 20, 2010
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