00:02It's the only place and the only night in Australia where it's legal to let off fireworks
00:08without a permit.
00:09And Territorians and visitors alike made the most of the opportunity.
00:13It's been an experience, that's for sure.
00:16First time at Territory Day, yep.
00:18So, the best thing ever.
00:20This is incredible.
00:22With public displays across the NT, including at Darwin's Mindal Beach, families made the
00:27most of the day.
00:28It's kind of cool that everyone is celebrating the Territory Day and everyone is being together.
00:34With plenty of chaos as well.
00:40Unpredictable.
00:41You don't know what's going to happen.
00:42But Territory Day isn't time for everyone to celebrate.
00:45Firefighters say the days after the fireworks are some of the busiest of their year.
00:50We're probably going to be responding to a few fires that will still carry on from these
00:53fireworks tonight for the next couple of days, especially with the school holidays on as
00:57well.
00:58So hopefully kids won't play with the fireworks while mum and dad are at work.
01:01After a bit of unseasonal rain in the top end in the evening, bushfire's NT say despite
01:06a few small fires, they weren't as flat out as they often are on the night itself.
01:10But that could change in the coming days.
01:13We'll see a cooler, drier front coming in.
01:16That will increase that risk profile of bushfire.
01:19Territory Day often keeps the NT's paramedics busy, but they say no one was badly injured
01:25at this year's celebrations.
01:26We had a relatively easy night with the events that we had to respond to.
01:30There was only six overall in the Territory.
01:32We had one in Alice Springs, which was a child, four years of age, minor facial injuries.
01:38Despite the relatively low injury toll, there were plenty of near misses.
01:42Cullen Bay resident Patricia Brooks says it was lucky no one was hurt when a cracker hit
01:48a car filled with explosives.
01:50We did see the dad open one of the passenger doors.
01:52He grabbed the esky and then everyone stepped away from it and off it went.
01:56It burned very brightly.
01:58We heard a number of explosions.
01:59I think that would have been the fuel tank going up.
02:02Unfortunately, a burnt out car wasn't the only thing left to clean up this morning.
02:06But with the government not planning to change Territory Day's relaxed firework rules, celebrations
02:11are set to look similar for the years to come.
02:14Loving each other, being there for each other and just being one.
02:20That's what Territory is all about for me.
02:22A message of Territory pride to cap off a unique Territory night.
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