The town was established in the late 1800's as a result of gold being discovered. Pine Creek still relies on the mining industry for its' survival, with the majority of the town's working population being in mining or mining related industries. The town also attracts a lot of tourists and the expanding hospitality facilities are a direct result.
Pine Creek has a population of approx.
640 people, which includes surrounding stations and Kybrook Farm, an Aboriginal community of approx. 100 people from differing tribal groups throughout the Top End. The climate is tropical with a Wet Season from October to March and a Dry Season from April to September with the average rainfall of 1150mm. Pine Creek is situated at the junction of the Stuart and Kakadu Highways and is an ideal base for swimming, sight seeing, fishing, hunting, gold panning, horseriding, bushwalking and fossicking.