The Tennant Creek Licensed Post Office is located at 49 Patterson Street, the main street of town which becomes the Stuart Highway north and south of the town limits, and provides a full range of services, with post office boxes available as well as passport business. It is open Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday.
Tennant Creek is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and is approximately 1000 kilometres south of the territory capital, Darwin.