Micket Creek Complex

Micket Creek Shooting Complex is located approximately 12 kilometres in a direct line north east of the Darwin CBD. The Complex covers an area of approximately 2 square kilometres. The Complex faces north overlooking the coastal flats adjacent to Shoal Bay.

The Complex was funded and constructed by the Northern Territory Government and opened by the Chief Minister Shane Stone on 16 August 1997.

The Complex accommodates three Darwin based shooting clubs, Darwin Rifle Club, Darwin Pistol Club and The Sporting Shooters Association of Australia. The Complex is managed under a lease to the Northern Territory Firearms Council.

Full bore rifle, small bore, muzzle-loading, metallic silhouette, bench rest, single action, IPSC, ISSF events are conducted to name a few and the future addition of a world class clay target venue is proposed.

The facilities are unequalled in the region and frequently host national, international and regional competition.

The complex is situated at the end of Brandt Road Berrimah, visitors and interested persons are always welcome.

Unfortunately due to the proximity of the complex to both wetlands and Darwin City, mosquito control operations by the Department of Health sometimes necessitate range closures. Mosquito control operations are either land based or helicopter based and for obvious safety reasons shooting must stop while these operations, so necessary for public health, occur. Range closures may be either be total or partial depending on where the area of control operations occur with respect to relevant safety templates. Partial closures usually only involve high powered rifles as rimfire and pistol safety templates are shorter. The Entomology Section of the NT Department of Health have issued a tentative control program for 2011 (please see attached PDF file).