There is a lot to see in the mining town of Pine Creek , gateway to Kakadu, right now. The mango trees are in full blossom, grey nomads from all over Australia are circling the town like Redskins around a ring of wagons in a wild west movie , and the local dogs are resting after appearing on stage kitted out as dinosaurs in a play about a rest home.Little Darwin is reliably informed a local lass wore an uplift bra for the first time during the play and made a big impression on the theatre audience.
The town’s colourful past is displayed in a long trail of tiles drawn by locals,covering the Aboriginal links, early European history, mining and how the town came to be named- after a grove of Cypress Pines .
Unfortunately, that interesting and creative trail of tiles has been damaged and defaced with offensive graffiti on one panel which should be promptly removed. It appears a dispute between local Aboriginals resulted in some of the tiles being roughly removed and chipped. This is a sad situation. Another informative plaque near the railway booking office has been subjected to more offensive graffiti and should be replaced .
