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Update 25: Tropical Cyclone Fina

Welfare Recovery Centre

A Welfare Recovery Centre is now open at Marrara Indoor Stadium located at 10 Abala Road, Marrara to provide a single access point for practical support, information, and referrals.

The Centre is open from 8:30am – 4pm daily until Wednesday 3 December.

You can access a range of support through the Centre, including:

  • psycho-social and wellbeing support
  • connect people with emergency relief services for items such as food and essential supplies
  • food and water safety information
  • support for culturally diverse communities, including help navigating services and linking with insurance
  • information about available financial support including processing applications for eligible people
  • food vouchers for impacted households needing immediate assistance
  • representatives from Power and Water Corporation, Department of Housing, Mission Australia, Services Australia, local councils and community partners.

Additional Pop-up Welfare Recovery Centres

From Thursday 27 November, pop up WRCs will operate from Casuarina, Coolalinga, Darwin CBD and Litchfield.

Operating hours:

  • Casuarina – 2B CasCom Centre, 13-17 Scaturchio St, Casuarina
    Thursday 27 November from 2pm – 7pm
    Monday 1 December Casuarina from 2pm – 7pm
  • Darwin CBD – Manunda Place, cnr Knuckey and Cavenagh Sts, Darwin
    Friday 28 November from 12noon – 7pm
    Wednesday 3 December from 12noon – 7pm
  • Coolalinga – Coolalinga Shopping Centre, 425 Stuart Hwy, Coolalinga
    Saturday 29 November from 8am – 12noon
    Tuesday 2 December from 2pm – 7pm
  • Litchfield area – Berry Springs Primary School, 1150 Cox Peninsula Rd, Berry Springs
    Saturday 29 November from 2pm – 6pm

Additional dates and times may be available in response to demand.

Schools

Government schools

All government school are open.

Non-government schools update

The following non-government schools remain closed:

  • Tiwi College, Melville Island - No estimated time for reopening at this stage.

Early childhood education and care services

The following remain closed:

  • Dragonfly Play & Learn.
  • Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic Primary School Preschool.

Roads

For the latest information about road conditions, go to the Road Report NT facebook page.

Waste management

  • The temporary waste management site at Hidden Valley will stay open to the public until 6pm Sunday 7 December 2025.
  • Green waste can be dropped off at the Hidden Valley Raceway carpark (171 Hidden Valley Road) between 7am-6pm.
  • The site is open to residents of any local government area.
  • No domestic/household waste will be accepted.
  • Access is by vehicle only. Please take care and comply with all traffic management and signage in place.
  • The site will continue to be open for commercial green waste until 6pm 19 December 2025.*
  • Residents are reminded that residential green waste left on verges will not be collected by local council.

Power outages

Power and Water crews have restored power to 19,934 customers.

Around 62 households in the Darwin region remain without power, and crews are continuing to reduce that number.

We understand that this is frustrating for those without power, but the crews are working around the clock to get everyone reconnected as soon as they can.

For the most up-to-date information, go to Power and Water Corporation outages.

The Jacana Energy contact centre will be open from 8:30am – 4:00pm Saturday and Sunday to confirm customers’ accounts only. Please call 1800 522 262 for this service.

Parks and Reserves

Many parks and reserves remain closed due to debris and high-water levels.  Casuarina Coastal Reserve was highly impacted in terms of fallen trees.

Rapid assessments have now been undertaken on all parks and reserves, with priority works identified focusing on public safety.

As key sites open, social media and the department website will be updated.

Before you head out, please check the park access page on our website to see which parks are currently open.

Howard Springs Nature Park

  • Closed

Howard Springs Hunting Reserve

  • Open - Access not yet assessed, proceed with care

George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens

  • Closed while staff carry out essential safety assessments across the site.
  • Eva’s Café and the Café carpark is now open.

Litchfield National Park

  • Upper Cascades, including the designated swimming area at Curtain Falls is open
  • Buley Rockhole is open for swimming and day use
  • Florence Falls is open for swimming
  • All other areas closed

Territory Wildlife Park

  • Reopening 9am Friday 28 November

For council parks and reserves, please visit the local council websites.

Public health

Health alerts provide current information and resources about active health conditions, diseases or risks in the Northern Territory.

More information

Our emergency hotline 1800 888 901 is operational 7am to 7pm daily. This is for people looking for information about shelters, roads and transport and general information about the cyclone response.

Call 1800 245 090 to report any fallen powerlines.

For emergency service in floods, storms or cyclones call 132 500.

DO NOT CALL 000 unless it is an emergency.

Page last updated 28 November 2025

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