Victoria Daly Regional Council

About Victoria Daly Regional Council

The Big Rivers region has an abundance of naturally and culturally significant landscape, attracting many tourists during the dry season. Many small communities and towns, including the northern communities of Pine Creek and Nauiyu, as well as the southern communities of Timber Creek, Kalkarindji, and Yarralin, make up the Victoria Daly Regional Council, which forms part of the Big Rivers region, covering a total area of 360,873 km2. It has a complex weather system, with a mean annual temperature of 39.7°c. Towards the end of the cooler dry season, locals prepare for what is known as "the build up": an extreme increase in temperature and humidity. From the bush to the billabongs, the river catchments within the Victoria Daly Regional Council are the lifeblood of the region. The rivers flow across the region and carry with them a source of economic, social, and environmental wellbeing, central to the Council's character, culture, and sense of place.