Desert Knowledge Precinct

15/01/2025

The Treat Me Good Cafe & Catering is reopening today! 🎉

They also now have extended opening hours: 7am-3pm on weekdays.
AND from February 10 they'll be opening for evenings and Saturdays!

07/01/2025

Over 300 people came to the Treat Me Good Cafe & Catering Christmas lunch, with 20 volunteers helping out. Amazing effort. 🙌 🎄

December 25, updated: Dozens of volunteers have come together in the Red Centre to make Christmas Day one to remember for dozens of families, providing more than 300 hundred meals – and company – for Alice Springs residents.

19/12/2024

Happy Christmas! 🎄 We loved bringing the Precinct together for our annual festive lunch! 😋

📅 Centre for Appropriate Technology and Batchelor Institute will now be closed 20 December - 6 January. And Desert Knowledge Australia and the Business and Innovation Centre from 25 December - 2 January. 📅

19/12/2024

Another great example of collaboration on the Desert Knowledge Precinct. Thanks Centre for Appropriate Technology, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education RTO 0383 and Desert Knowledge Australia

17/12/2024

16/12/2024

Huge congratulations Treatmegood.cafe! 🎉

So well deserved. Your amazing work benefits the whole community. 👏

🏆 Congratulations to the Winner of the Awards Australia Small Business Award, Treat Me Good Cafe!

Treat Me Good Cafe of Kilgariff is dedicated to creating a food welfare system that preserves traditional food practices while nurturing community connections. Treat Me Good is a community-focused business in Mparntwe, Alice Springs. It has developed key initiatives over five years to combat hunger and promote sustainability. They donate 10% of catering profits to support families facing hardship and host an inclusive annual Community Christmas Lunch. Through various support services, they have assisted individuals during challenging life events. They recently secured a grant to employ Aboriginal job seekers. Their dedication to transparency and resilience inspires social responsibility and significantly improve the quality of life in the community.

13/12/2024

If you've seen The Purple House truck at the Precinct near the DKA Solar Centre, here's what they've been up to. 🚚⬇️
https://dka.com.au/desert-knowledge-precinct-used-as-test-site-to-improve-dialysis-trucks

08/12/2024

It's the last few days to enjoy Treatmegood.cafe before they take a well-earned break! They close to the public this Wednesday and return on 15 January. 🎄

They are still doing some catering behind the scenes, subject to availability.

02/12/2024

And he's done it again! Our front-of-house superstar Cedrick Pacis has just won the TERRITORY-WIDE award for Outstanding Customer Service - Individual at the Chamber of Commerce Northern Territory Business Excellence Awards. Congratulations, so well deserved. 🎉

And well done to all the winners and finalists who work so hard to help the Territory thrive. 👏

28/11/2024

The amazing Treatmegood.cafe are finalists for the NT Community Achievement Awards - People’s Choice Award in not just one but TWO categories!! 🎉

They’re up for the Small Business award and owner Shahn Fitisemanu is also a finalist for the Local Legend award.

✅ Vote for them here once a day until Monday 2 December 👇

The People’s Choice Award has launched!

27/11/2024

Desert Knowledge Australia and Batchelor Institute are celebrating local languages next week, holding a language forum and hosting two public events:

Tuesday 3rd - Join a film night at CAAMA Radio, screening and celebrating films in Central Australian Aboriginal languages.

Wednesday 4th - Right here at the Precinct, take part in Batchelor Institute's workshop on using pod­casts as tools for lan­guage teach­ing and preser­va­tion.

More about the events here 👇
dka.com.au/promoting-central-australian-aboriginal-languages-this-december

13/11/2024

🎄 The amazing .cafe are bringing Christmas to the Precinct! 🎄

They're inviting everyone to lunch on Christmas Day to celebrate and share food - at no cost. ⭐

If you would like to volunteer, donate money, or get involved in any way, reach out to them through Facebook, or email [email protected]

11/11/2024

Happening this Thursday at the Precinct!

Learn more about Aboriginal Investment NT, their grants, programs, and initiatives. They have recently rebranded (formerly NTAIC).

🕑 2pm - 3:30pm
📍 NTIBN Hub, Business & Innovation Centre
📧 RSVP: 0477 833 048 or
[email protected]

08/11/2024

We're always walking over to Treatmegood.cafe to look at their incredible cakes - and for Kate at Desert Knowledge Australia's birthday they really treated us with this cake and fruit platter and extra gluten free options on the side. 🍰

06/11/2024

Another Batchelor Institute language meet-up took place this morning at the Library on Precinct, looking at cultural knowledge on country and seasons. 🍃

📅 The next will be held on December 4th!

Let’s Talk Language

The November 2024, ‘Let’s Talk Language’ morning tea, outside the Batchelor Library on a hot and cloudy Alice Springs day, ended in a lively discussion sharing cultural knowledge about country and seasons. We were grateful for the resources we accessed in the library, including the beautiful Utju School/Tangentyere Landcare books. This is good preparation for the Arandic language workshop at Engawala next week.

We welcome interested people to the next one on December 4th. This will be a special end-of-year morning tea, where participants will be able to learn about and get involved in creating a language podcast.

28/10/2024

🔥 The power of collaboration at the Precinct! 🔥

On a recent visit from the federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and the Northern Territory Government, the Centre for Appropriate Technology and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education spoke about their recent training activity - a feat of collaboration, which saw a traditional burn carried out at the Precinct involving 40 Aboriginal rangers.

Daniel Dowling and William Quall, who took part in the training, talked about what they learnt and how they will bring this knowledge to their own remote communities. Desert Knowledge Australia, the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services and rangers from the Central Land Council were also involved.

Looking forward to many more training days like this, and other innovative collaborations between Precinct partners.

📷 Photos from CfAT

24/10/2024

Have you seen our new signs pointing the way to the Precinct from the South Stuart Highway? 🛣️

You can't miss us. 👋

Treatmegood.cafe is open Monday-Friday, 8am-3pm.