Welcome to At the Creek - a brand new tourist attraction and visitor information centre in Julia Creek.

The focus of At the Creek is to engage the visitor in an ecological and cultural journey of the unique McKinlay Shire environment. The centre provides a high quality, safe, interactive, and educational venue for domestic and international tourists and locals. Visitors will receive up to date, relevant and accurate information on the attractions within the Shire and the surrounding region. 

Through a range of audio, visual and tactile communication tools, we aim to give visitors an insight into the life of the McKinlay Shire community and what it is like to live in this part of the world.

Please visit the McKinlay Shire Council website for further information on our region.

We look forward to welcoming you At the Creek. 

In 2012, Stage 2 works at the Julia Creek Information Centre ‘At the Creek’ will be undertaken. The new works will explore the relationship between above & below ground within the Mitchell Grass Downs Bio-region. Features will include a cut through of the top 2m of black soil exploring the interaction between the native grasses, micro organism life and the predominant black soil of the region, a cross section of the next 500m below ground extending from the Trepell fault to the south with its high quality mineral deposits to the forest country of the north with the Great Artesian Basin aquifer that underlies the entire region. It is here where attention will be given to the relationship between mining companies and the grazing industry highlighting how the two can work in harmony with each other.

The highlight of the centre will be the nocturnal display housing the threatened Julia Creek Dunnart. This mean hunter with a bad attitude – a little guy who boxes well above his weight and who puts fear into every grub, grasshopper and weevil in the shire!