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Our first local Yarralin festival is being held over this long-weekend. With bike races, sports, music, and a range of other activities. Visitors are welcome, provided they’re able to camp self-sufficiently. A program and maps are available below.

Nitjpurru (Pigeon Hole) community have been temporarily housed on the Yarralin oval in what became called the EASY Camp – Emergency Accommodation Site Yarralin. After 3 months, it was time for them to head home over the weekend. With housing and facilities back online in Pigeon Hole, community departed Friday 14 July on buses andContinue reading “Farewell to Nitjpurru Community as “Tent City” dismantled”

It’s been a long while since we last had a festival in Yarralin with an air show in 2006. We’ve decided to kick things off again this year. Come along to Yarralin for the weekend of Friday 4 – Monday 7 August for bike races, football, basketball, music, and other fun and activities. Check-out ourContinue reading “Yarralin Festival 2023”

The Telstra Network is down again in Yarralin. Starlink Satellite services are still working, so WiFi calling is available. Some services may be uncontactable though until the Telstra network returns. UPDATE: The Telstra Network came back online in the afternoon. Service has returned to normal.

Two buses with members from Nitjpurru (Pigeon Hole) community arrived on Sunday 30 April, bringing people to settle in for their stay in Yarralin, while their community is repaired after it flooded earlier this year. The site includes 17 tents setup for sleeping, a mess / kitchen tent, tents for crew and 4 ablution blocksContinue reading “Nitjpurru community settle in to “tent city” on Yarralin Oval”

A community meeting was held in town today to discuss the proposed temporary re-location of members of the Pigeon Hole (Nitjpurru) community. Peter from the NSW Rural Fire Service and Len from the NT Government Emergency Recovery team came to Yarralin to discuss the proposed establishment of a temporary camp. Located on the Yarralin SportsContinue reading “Community Meeting held ahead of Pigeon Hole (Nitjpurru) Transition Camp”

It’s been a rough last week as our shelves at our local store started to get empty. While the wet season is coming to an end, the road to Yarralin (Buchanan Highway) is still in poor condition and not yet open to vehicles above 4.5 tonne (restricted to light vehicles only). Nighthawk Transport were ableContinue reading “Yarralin Store re-stocked”

The Telstra service in Yarralin is back online and operating normally after technicians were able to visit the site and resolve the issue last weekend. It’s been up 24/7 since then. Mobile phones are operating as expected. Many local services are getting Starlink satellite internet though, after the service proved invaluable during the outage overContinue reading “Starlink the winner during Telstra outage, as things return to normal”

Telstra: The Telstra network is still going up and down, causing major communications issues for us. They’re working to fix it but may not be able to get the proper equipment out until the weather passes and they can get through. Anyone trying to contact Yarralin can call Martin Schahinger, the Walangeri General Manager on 0427Continue reading “Yarralin Update – 8th March 2023”

Local Police held a community meeting at the Yarralin Community Store yesterday afternoon to confirm that Yarralin is NOT evacuating, after media articles had been circulated during the week saying we were. While the Dashwood Crossing is up and rising, the Wickham River (which runs through the back of the community) has dropped significantly overContinue reading “Yarralin NOT evacuating”