The Ngukurr Language Centre are having one of their regular Kriol Awareness Courses on June 10 – 11, details below:
Barge from Darwin delivers much needed fuel
When the rain came through before the Easter break, it stopped work on the detour road over the Wilton River and cut-off large truck access to the Roper Highway, preventing us from getting a food delivery in via our barge. As a result, the store has run out of food. This is on top of running out of Unloaded Opal fuel two weeks ago as well – the fuel our barge runs on.
Thankfully today, that’s changed. A barge has come in from Darwin delivering fuel for the Power Station. They’ve also delivered a truck of Unleaded Fuel as well. This means we can get our local barge up and running again and deliver food into the community over the coming days.
Special thanks goes to Veronica of the Roper Bar Store for assisting us with fuel and engine repairs for our barge.
Work begins on Mundulooloo Street
With the Easter break over, and with dry weather returning, work has begun on the Mundulooloo Street upgrade. It’s currently expected that the work will take about two weeks before the road is completed and bitumised. Until then, please be mindful of trucks operating in the street.
Timomatic to visit Ngukurr
“One of Australia’s biggest hip-hop stars will swap the bright lights of the stage for a more intimate performance mentoring at-risk youth in the remote Indigenous community of Ngukurr.
Nigerian-born Australian singer-songwriter Tim Omaji, aka Timomatic, will converge on the community, about 300 kilometres east of Katherine, on April 8 and 9 to host a series of empowerment workshops and mentoring sessions as part of Roper Gulf Regional Council’s Right Path Project.
The project is targeted at youth under 24 from Ngukurr and Numbulwar, and will offer a range of sport and recreation activities, information sessions and support services designed to offer a pathway to increased engagement and self-esteem.”
Read the full media release on the Roper Gulf Council website.
Fracking Inquiry Community Consultation in Ngukurr
The independent Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory is in town today, as part of its Territory wide community consultation program.
Everyone is invited to attend a community meeting to get information about hydraulic fracturing and provide feedback to the inquiry.
Information will be provided in language, as well as translation services.
Meet Justice Rachel Pepper, Chair of the Inquiry
Tuesday 21 March, 10:30 am to 1 pm.
Roper Gulf Regional Shire Office
Do you want to learn Kriol?
The Ngukurr Lanuage Centre is running a weekend Kriol Awareness Course in March on Sat 25 & Sun 26. See the details below:
Contact the Language Centre on the details above for more information and to register. Registrations will close on Wednesday 15, March.
Water levels rising – Ngukurr cut-off
Water levels have been rising significantly after the down pours over the weekend. The Wilton Bridge is now approximately 5M under water. You can see just how high the water is below. The image on the left shows the under construction bridge, scheduled for completion in 2017, taken only a few weeks ago. On the right is the same location, now completely under water, taken just yesterday.
It was expected that even with the new Roper and Wilton bridges, Ngukurr would face 10 – 20 days every few years where the water rises above bridge levels. This is a marked improvement on the up to 6 months that Ngukurr would often be cut-off for during a heavy wet season.
Welcome to the Yugul Mangi website
Welcome to the Yugul Mangi Development website! We’ve only just started this site so we look forward to adding plenty of content, photos, news and much, much more, especially about the work we’re doing in Ngukurr. We hope you’ll visit this page regularly so you can stay up to date with developments.