Jones Store

Visit Jones' Store - one of the oldest structures in historic Newcastle Waters. As well as selling provisions, the store provided vital services including that of butcher, baker and saddler. Built in the mid 1930s, Jones' Store is an old building...

Tingkkarli/Lake Mary Ann

Tingkkarli/Lake Mary Ann is a cool oasis, located five kilometres north of Tennant Creek. This man-made lake was created to provide a water supply for the local town of Tennant Creek and is a pleasant surprise in a rugged Central...

Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve

Discover ancient granite boulders that seem to have dropped from the wide blue skies of the Barkly Tablelands, 95 kilometres south of Tennant Creek. Wander around Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles where you will find boulders that are precariously balanced...

Bonney Well

Bonney Well is one of only three remaining stock wells on the North-South Stock Route with stone dumps intact. The Well and associated remains are a good representative example of a government-built stock well constructed during the late 19th century....

Tennant Creek Cemetery

Take the time to wander through the Tennant Creek Cemetery to see the resting place of early pioneers who travelled the long and lonely Overland Telegraph track. Their plaques and headstones reveal the stories of their hardships and battles with...

Kunjarra/The Pebbles

Kunjarra/The Pebbles is an outcrop of granite boulders located 11 kilometres north of Tennant Creek. Known to the Warumungu Aboriginal people as Kunjarra/The pebbles are a sacred site where the dancing and healing rites of the Munga Munga dreaming...

Ghans Bore No7 Govt Bore

The Ghan's Bore site includes two circular iron tanks, some of the troughing, the capped borehead, engine mounts and artefact scatters .Ghan's Bore (also known as No.1 Bore, Deen's Bore, and No. 7 Government Bore) is a significant...

Powell Creek Telegraph Station

Powell Creek Telegraph Station is of great significance, both nationally and for the NT because it is a tangible reminder of the remarkable feat of constructing about 3000kms of Overland Telegraph Line from Port Augusta to Darwin which saw the...

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

Visit Tennant Creek Telegraph Station, once a remote refuge and supply point for travellers and an important part of the colonial telegraph system. Take the self-guided walk around the Reserve and explore the historic station buildings made of local stone....