COTA NT’s Darwin Rural Seniors Expo is on 10 and 11 October 2025

6 Oct 2025

Held over two days in the Litchfield Community Library and the Central Shopping Centre at 425 Stuart Highway, Coolalinga, the Expo features 30 stallholders and 15 presentations. Presentations will be held in the library conference room and stalls will be located throughout the shopping centre.

Representatives from the organisations below will be on hand to provide information and answer questions on topics such as aged care, concessions and savings, health issues (asthma, dementia, hearing, nutrition), safety online, in the community and from fire, pensions and retirement, government supports, library services, volunteering, consumer rights, end of life care, making wills and advance personal plans and leisure pursuits (such as cooking and walking groups).

On Friday 10 October, 9am to 3pm

Stalls include Ageing with Grace, Arthritis & Osteoporosis NT, Asthma Foundation NT, Australian Ears & Hearing Care, Bendigo Bank – Coolalinga & Districts, Carers NT (Howard Springs), COTA NT, Centre for Disease Control – NT Health, Daly Electorate, Dementia Australia, Department of Health, Disability & Ageing, Department of People, Sports and Culture, DonateLife NT, Goyder and Nelson Electorate, Jacana Energy, Litchfield Community Library, Melaleuca Australia, Member for Lingiari, NBN Local, Neighbourhood Watch NT, Northern Territory Consumer Affairs, Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Services, Public Guardian and Trustee, Relationships Australia – NT, Riding for the Disabled Top End, Services Australia, The Heart Foundation, Thermomix, Wildcare Inc

Presentations include Asthma Foundation NT 10am, NBN Local 10.30am, Aged Care Navigator (COTA NT) 11am, NT Seniors Card (COTA NT) 11.30am, Bendigo Bank – Coolalinga & Districts 12pm, Litchfield Council 12.30pm, Ageing with Grace 1pm, Northern Territory Consumer Affairs 1.30pm, Department of Health, Disability & Ageing 2pm*

On Saturday 11 October, 9am to 1pm

Stalls include: Arthritis & Osteoporosis NT, Australian Ears & Hearing Care, Bendigo Bank – Coolalinga & Districts, Centre for Disease Control – NT Health, Daly Electorate, Dementia Australia, DonateLife NT, Jacana Energy, Lions Club Litchfield, Litchfield Community Library, Member for Lingiari, NBN Local, Neighbourhood Watch NT, Northern Territory Consumer Affairs, Northern Territory Fire and Rescue Services, Palliative Care NT, Public Guardian and Trustee, Riding for the Disabled Top End, Services Australia, Thermomix, Top End Vision & Mobility, Wildcare Inc

Presentations include Arthritis Foundation NT 10am, Top End Vision & Mobility 10.30am, Australian Ears & Hearing Care 11am, Jacana Energy 11.30am, Dementia Australia 12pm

* program may be subject to change on the day

 INFORMATION

• COTA NT has been running Seniors Expo events since 2015
• Expos have won awards including Australia Day Award for Community Event of the Year and the NT Chamber of Commerce’s award for Excellence in Business – Best Community Event or Business Collaboration: Darwin Seniors Expo.
• This is the first Darwin Rural Seniors Expo.
• https://www.cotant.org.au/cota-nt-rural-expo-2025/