Mudburra Region

Node ID: MPHA845

Postcode: 845

Companies: 1  Households: 275

Suburb Coverage: BATCHELOR (NT)

Australian postcode 0845 is centred on Batchelor, a small township in the Northern Territory’s Coomalie region, about 100 km south of Darwin and close to Litchfield National Park, so living there offers a distinctly tropical, semi-rural lifestyle with easy access to waterfalls, swimming holes, bushwalking and the Top End’s natural environment. The community is small and services are correspondingly limited, although there is a general store, post office, police station and community health centre, with Darwin providing access to much more extensive medical, shopping and employment services. Batchelor Community Health Centre Batchelor General Store The climate is hot and tropical, with a pronounced wet season and dry season, and residents need to be comfortable with heat, humidity, seasonal heavy rain and relatively long distances. Batchelor has an interesting history associated with uranium mining and is also closely connected with tourism and Litchfield National Park. For SENA purposes, 0845 is an especially good example of a small regional community where digital connectivity could potentially reduce the disadvantages of geographic isolation, because a resident can live in a relatively remote environment while remaining connected to services, employment, education and wider networks.