On 1 July each year, Territorians get to officially celebrate everything they love about this place we call home and the people who make the Territory so special! Keep an eye on your local noticeboards for events in your community.

Where: Lake Jabiru Park
Time: From 6:00pm
Fireworks Display: A stunning fireworks display will light the sky at 7:00pm. No personal fireworks.

Where: Maningrida Football Oval
Time: 6:30pm
What's Happening: Celebrate with a BBQ and an official fireworks display at 7:00pm.

Last Thursday night, Jabiru had a wonderful community event at Magela Oval. 
There was a wonderful turn-out with many participants and spectators. 
Jacob from Jabiru Clontarf put together a great evening with the support of many stakeholders. 
There was an Auskick session held for the young children in the community before a senior AFL match between Jabiru and Gunbalanya. 
There was a barbecue, a fundraising store, a half-time sprint race and a great atmosphere all round. 
It was wonderful to see so many people helping out and enjoying themselves. 

This week in Minjilang, West Arnhem Regional Council’s Youth, Sport and Recreation (YSR) program received generous donations from ‘Kitbag for Kids’ which were given out to the kids in community. It was so good to see little happy faces running around with new footy shirts on. Thank you to ‘Kitbag for Kids’!

The YSR team would also like to welcome Etitera, who has lived at Minjilang for a long time, to the team. All the kids are very excited and looking forward to new and exciting programs and activities run by Sophia and Etitera. 
The kids have been very engaged in activities, including playing with plastercene recently. They loved experimenting with plastercene and it was great to see them coming up with their own designs.  The YSR team have been taking the kids to the basketball court in the afternoons to play a game which was then followed by a game with the older youth.

As Kurrung is fast approaching, Minjilang have also received their training gear and will commence training soon!

West Arnhem Regional Council (WARC) has welcomed their newest members to the Community Safety (Night Patrol) team in Warruwi, Traditional Owners Jenny Inmulugulu (right) and Kylinda Brown (left).  Jenny is the most senior Elder and brings an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience to the team.  Kylinda has worked in various roles for WARC in the past and most recently at Yagbani Aboriginal Corporation. Kylinda is also one of our upcoming Youth Leaders with the Church Group mentoring our youths and also in her spare time does volunteering at youth, sport and recreation. 

WARC is excited to have both Kylinda and Jenny on our team. Female Community Safety Officers are important to our communities to provide a culturally safe environment.

The Vet Team from AMRRIC visited Gunbalanya from 16 to 19 May to complete a dog and cat census and also conduct basic worming and tick control in preparation for main vets visit in late June 2023.
A big thank you to Alistair Narodol who provided local knowledge and interpreting whilst escorting the team around.

The Ark Animal Hospital will visit Gunbalanya 26th June - 1st July and 6th July - 8th July.

Recently, West Arnhem Regional Council’s (WARC) senior and experienced Community Safety team members travelled to Jabiru from across West Arnhem to attend the inaugural Community Safety Forum.

The Forum was held over 3 days to train in all things Community Safety, and for our teams to come together to discuss challenges, issues, and solutions for the Community Safety team.

The forum was organised by Tamzin France and Kellum France and their efforts must be mentioned and recognised; their contributions were exceptional.    The group were addressed by the CEO and A/DoOG who gave messages concerning the value to the organisation and Communities of the Night Patrol. 

This was the inaugural forum for this group and it was obvious from the matters discussed, the building of comradery and the first time for the entire group meet their colleagues in Jabiru from the other sections on Council.

The feedback from the group has been terrific and we look forward to the continuation of these meetings into the future.     

The team worked tirelessly over the 3 days brainstorming ideas and suggestions.  It was wonderful to see our teams bring their years of experience, care for their communities and fresh ideas to discuss solutions for very real issues faced every day in their communities

Training topics saw the team engage and train together, and covered data collection, mandatory reporting, community engagement and induction. 

The Forum team continue to work together to create a Community Safety handbook for WARC staff.  They also created and implemented an agreement for all current and new staff to sign to work with Community Safety in our communities.

We had a special birthday surprise for one of our staff members and, to finish off the training, we all went on the Guluyambi cultural cruise.

More than 150 people turned out to participate in and celebrate the 2023 Kakadu Triathlon on Saturday, 29 April.
Celebrating 10 years of the triathlon this year, it was fantastic to see so many people come to Jabiru to take on the challenge of the open and junior triathlons and the inaugural 5km Kakadu Challenge Run.

To reflect on the 10 year anniversary, an event founding member Andy Ralph gave a special speech about the history of the triathlon which started in 2013. There was also past event memorabilia on display, and the 2023 event singlets design were replicated from the original design in 2014.

Coordinated by West Arnhem Regional Council, the triathlon continues to get bigger and better with the added Colour Fun Run around the Jabiru Lake which was held before the triathlon.  The major sponsors of the colour run were ALPA and NBN and all fund raised were donated to CareFlight. We wish to thank the generous sponsors and the incredible volunteers and organisations who assisted.
The total amount of money raised from both the Kakadu Triathlon and the Colour Run this year was $18,103. There were also special prizes for the individuals who raised the most money, donated by Kakadu Tourism.
A huge thank you to the race director Lucas Hayden and race officials Gary Wall, Tim Ellison, Lucy Berk, Darwin Triathlon Club and Triathlon NT.

An extra special thank you to all of the incredible volunteers, the CareFlight team and Chris Garner, Police and Emergency Services, and also a very big thank you to the Council pool staff and works crew. 

This event wouldn’t be possible without the generous sponsors and supporters: West Arnhem Regional Council, Blueridge Engineering, ERA, EDL, Veolia, NORTRUSS, Dig Hard Excavations, Darwin Triathlon Club, Sodexo, Intensity Sports, the Crocodile Hotel, Triathlon NT, NBN, Peter Keepence Photography, ALPA, Kakadu Tourism, Kakadu National Park and Puma.

The Ark Animal Hospital will visit Gunbalanya between 26 June - 8 July to conduct a free health and animal management program.

Please see the Council Office to leave your name and lot number so the vet can visit you.

The Jabiru community commemorated ANZAC Day in the early hours of April 25.  
The morning was supported by service men and women, the visiting Australian Defence Force personnel, NORFORCE, 72 Army Cadet Unit – Arnhem Land, members of the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services and special guests.
The service included commemorative wreath laying, prayers, flag raising and a speech by guest speaker Australian Army Cadets National Commander Brigadier Ben Slaughter.
West Arnhem Regional Council wishes to acknowledge the support of the Army Cadets, the Police and Jabiru Fire Station, Andy Ralph, Peter Keepence, and Sodexo for the ANZAC Day biscuits. 

Around 25 locals attended the Warruwi  ANZAC Day dawn service which concluded with about 4 minutes to spare before the storm hit. 
The Army Reserve across the top end is NORFORCE and is mainly Indigenous and pictured are local members Ida and Misman.
The event included a speech by Sam Robinson, wreaths presented by Bruce Reid, Clinic Manager from Red Lily Health and Misman Kris and Ida Waianga from NORFORCE and a poem ‘Animals Lost in War’ read by Andrea Hocking.

In Maningrida, the morning of ANZAC Day started with a drizzle of rain and a lovely service attended by many people.
Afterwards, attendees enjoyed bacon and egg rolls prepared by WARC staff members, Debbie and Rani, and ANZAC biscuits cooked by Debbie and Cathy with tea and coffee. 
While eating our bacon and egg rolls the skies opened up with heavy rain just to remind us what the soldier went through.

Around 25 locals attended the Warruwi  ANZAC Day dawn service which concluded with about 4 minutes to spare before the storm hit. 
The Army Reserve across the top end is NORFORCE and is mainly Indigenous and pictured are local members Ida and Misman.
The event included a speech by Sam Robinson, wreaths presented by Bruce Reid, Clinic Manager from Red Lily Health and Misman Kris and Ida Waianga from NORFORCE and a poem ‘Animals Lost in War’ read by Andrea Hocking.