The best way to do it? Book yourself onto a multi-day fishing charter. Picture: Groote Eylandt Lodge. It is an hour and a half flight from Darwin to get to the island, or 40 minutes from the town of Nhulunbuy in East Arnhem land.
Swimming on the Groote Eylandt beaches can be dicey due to saltwater crocs, as well as sharks. Only swim where its safety is indicated by locals. Popular swimming spots include Leske Pools, Naked Pools you'll need a recreational Permit through the Anindilyakwa Land Council to visit these and the local swimming pool. She joined Escape as content producer in , and wants to go to Sri Lanka next. She considers any trip where locals take her home for a family dinner, a success.
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Apart from sports fishing tourism, the island sees less than 30 tourists a year despite its easy access from Darwin. It is the mine. The money the mine makes, tourism could not even compete with. The native land titles, no-one wants to provide access for tours if they can give their land to the mine for much higher dividends and the mine is extremely respectful of not touching pristine beaches and parcels of land deemed incredibly sacred to the locals.
With constant secret chatter behind closed doors of how long the mine will continue to be active for, a sense of nervousness is starting to creep in. Another year lease has just been signed, but rumours state this could be the last lease before the mine shuts down and regeneration takes place.
Then what? An island with so much history, such natural beauty and home to one of the more uninfluenced Indigenous populations, opportunity appears endless for tourism to plays its part in protecting a fragile culture but the hunger and lust for fortune from manganese has destroyed what was a truly traditional life of these Indigenous communities. Barriers of financial greed, lack of education and absence of interest to explore beyond the now, keep a choke hold on this island. Search Crooked Compass.
Select Year Please enter your email address and your itinerary will download automatically. Umbakumba and Angurugu communities on Groote Eylandt and Milyakburra community on Bickerton Island are home to approximately people. Some family groups choose to live outside of communities on outstations, to remain close to their homelands. In addition to these communities, the GEMCO mining lease township of Alyangula has a population of approximately residents and fly-in fly-out mine workers.
The course and clubhouse are situated on Alebuwa Road, centrally located within the township of Alyangula on the northwest site of Groote Eylandt. The course is 9 holes with 18 different tee blocks and a Par 65 ACR 62 , and is kept in excellent condition. Alyangula Golf Club offers fantastic facilities including a licensed bar, bistro and dining room, playg Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and is located south-west of Nhulunbuy township.
The art c A unique cultural experience awaits you! Offering a relaxed and friendly, tropical atmosphere reflecting the lifestyle, hospitality and wishes of the Groote Eylandt traditional landowners. Groote Eylandt Lodge is a highly recommended destination for leisure breaks, fishing and cultural holidays.
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