Battery Hill Mining Centre and Tennant Creek Visitor Information Centre - NT

  Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -19.647551 134.207993
DMS: 19º 38' 51.18" S 134º 12' 28.77" E
UTM: 53 K 7827327mN 416967mE
Altitude: 382m

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Address & Contact

160 Peko Rd
Tennant Creek NT 0860
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Information

Experience life in Tennant Creek's 1930s gold rush at this mining centre, which doubles as the Visitor Information Centre, 2km east of town. There are underground mine tours and audio tours of the 10-head battery. In addition there is a superb Minerals Museum and you can try your hand at gold panning.

The admission price gives access to all of the above or you can choose to visit the Minerals and Social History Museums only (adult/family $10/20) or just go panning (per person $2.50).

While you're here, ask for the key ($20 refundable deposit) to the old Telegraph Station, which is just off the highway about 12km north of town. This is one of only four of the original 11 stations remaining in the Territory. Just north of the Telegraph Station is the turn-off west to Kundjarra (The Pebbles), a formation of granite boulders like a miniature version of the better-known Devil's Marbles found 100km south. It's a sacred women's Dreaming site of the Warumungu.

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Tennant Creek at 14/11:30am CST
Distance from Battery Hill Mining Centre and Tennant Creek Visitor Information Centre 2.65km W
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
32.2°C32.1°C38%16.1°C1011.3hPa0.0mmNNE11km/hr
6knots
20km/hr
11knots

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Tennant Creek Airport
Distance from Battery Hill Mining Centre and Tennant Creek Visitor Information Centre 2.65km W
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C36.735.734.331.627.524.424.527.531.634.736.437.2
Mean Min. °C25.024.523.220.316.312.812.214.418.421.723.724.9
Mean Rain mm110.0124.357.418.08.55.24.91.67.920.641.170.2

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