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WHERE ARE WE?
Click on the map in the navigation column to see exactly where we
are located on the map of Australia. You don't get much more top
end than Nhulunbuy (NOOL-UN-BOY), on the Gove Peninsula.
There are around 4000 Napaki (non Indigenous) people in the township of Nhulunbuy, here because of the Alcan Gove bauxite mine and alumina processing plant.
There are also around 10,000 Yolngu (Indigenous) in north east Arnhem Land.
The Gove area is around 12 degrees south of the equator, so naturally it is hot and tropical, with two distinct seasons, the "wet" and the "dry", with a build up season in between.
The township of Nhulunbuy has most of the facilities of a typical Australian country town, but the cost of living is a little higher than other mainland areas because most supplies come by barge. For six months of the year it is not possible to drive out because of flooded roadways.
Nevertheless, life here is pleasant, with ample opportunities for recreation activities such as yachting, fishing, golf, tennis, surf lifesaving and many others.
The schools here are among the best in the NT, and it is safe for kids to walk or ride to school by themselves.
At last count there were five watering holes and three churches.
For more information on the local area, go to the LINKS page.
YBE(2) Pty Ltd, ABN 84
774 046 117, PO Box 420 Nhulunbuy NT 0881, Australia
Tel 08 8987 2233, Fax 08 8987 2632
We stand firm to develop our future