🎉 Darwin Seniors Expo 2025 – Celebrate 10 Years of Connection & Community! 🎉

COTA NT’s Seniors Expo in Darwin is the premier event specifically designed for seniors in the Territory.

This is COTA NT’s 10th year of holding Expo’s in the Darwin region and all members of the community are warmly invited to join us for a special anniversary year marked with sparkle, cake and all of the essential ingredients for an Expo – conversation, connection and celebration!

📅 Date & Time: Saturday 28 June 2025, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Venue: CDU Marrara Netball Stadium, 235 Abala Road, Marrara
🎟️ Entry: Free
☕ Morning Tea: Free
🎶 Live Music: Yes!
🎤 Territory FM 104.1 broadcasting live on-site from the lobby!

🧡 WHAT’S ON

Celebrate 10 years of the Northern Territory’s most vibrant seniors event! Hosted by COTA NT, this Expo is packed with everything you love:
✅ Inspiring conversations
✅ New connections
✅ Lively entertainment
✅ Valuable info for seniors
✅ Free workshops and giveaways!

✨ EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Opening Ceremony at 10am – with VIP guests:

  • His Honour Professor the Honourable Hugh Heggie AO PSM and Ms Ruth Jones

  • Address by the Hon Lia Finocchiaro, Chief Minister of the NT

• FREE Workshops (Bookings essential – you can reserve your spot here )
  🛡️ BeCyber Secure (11:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
  ⚰️ Dying to Know (12:30 PM – 2:00 PM)

• Live Music & Performances:
  🎸 Musical Jam (10:30 – 11:15)
  🎤 Yvette Young (11:30 – 1:30)
  💃 Nuline Dance (10:30 – 11:00)
  🐎 Top End Mustangs (11:10 – 12:00)
  🕺🏽  Darwin Line Dancing (12:30 – 1:00)
  🏓 Table Tennis sessions
  🧘🏻 Flametree Yoga (1:00 – 2:00)

• Over 90 exhibitors on Courts 2 & 3 offering info, prizes, samples, and friendly faces!

• ✈️  Win a fantastic Holiday ✈️

  Make sure you Visit the  Air North (Booth 33) to enter the biggest Expo prize draw:
  
  🧳 🛎️  Trip for 2 to Dili + 2 nights at the 5-star Palm Springs Dili Hotel!  ✈️

🗺️ Venue Info

• First Aid: Booth 66 – St John Ambulance

• Water: Water fountains available; BYO water bottle encouraged

• Refreshments:

• Free morning tea available on the verandah from 10.30am

• Casuarina Lions Club sausage sizzle on the lawns (access via the verandah) – Gold coin donation
• Luvva Cuppa – barista coffee and specialty drinks available to purchase outside Expo entry.

🚗 Parking & Accessibility

• Strictly no parking on Marrara verges

• Disabled parking: Netball Stadium outdoor lot

• Overflow parking: Marrara Indoor Stadium, Rugby NT, TIO Stadium

• Courtesy shuttle between carparks and venue provided

📣 Spread the Word!

• Program PDF Coming Soon

 

🧾 Full Exhibitor List below

With over 90 organisations attending, there’s something for everyone – from legal support and tech help to health services and craft clubs.

COTA Seniors Expo Exhitior List 2025