Buying alcohol in the N.T.

'I have only been able to buy one cask at a time. So involves running around if you wish to stock up.'

Isn't that crazy ?
If you can go bottle shop to bottle shop buying X qty at a time, why not just let people buy what they want in the first place ?

When we were in Alice a fair number of years ago after some bushwalking out the west macs . . . we bought some red, just a few bottles, to drink with meals etc at the local YHA where we stayed.

Not having experienced this sort of limited purchasing before, we asked how it works . . .
They told us limits that applied (can't recall what they were now), scanned our drivers licences, and said that any other liquor supplier in town 'knows' what was bought at their store, and you can't buy more than X in a 24hr period.
I think they said excessive daily purchases were scrutinised by some authority, and followed up of any suspicious buying patterns emerged.

All very strange but understandable.
Not sure if was just Alice, or how others NT locations operated.

Hi Les
Liquorland at Casuarina (Darwin) has the one cask per day rule but it's not a blanket rule across the Territory, it would pay to check where ever you are though. We just bought 6x2 litre casks at BWS Hibiscus Shopping Centre (Darwin) only because they were on special, $9 each.
Cheers
Rick P

I was not asked for any id last year in Alice, at the bottlo attached to Coles.

as an example in perth i can go to the bottle-o at 9.00 am, walk in with bare feet and buy as many cartons as i want
whereas in Kununurra only after midday and only 2 cartons, no shoes no servica and if i walk from over the park then i get nothing

Get outmore,

Your local bottle shop is slack. You must wear shoes to purchase from a bottle shop in WA....it's part of the license to sell acohol. I am a part of owner of a bottle shop and it's law.....staffed are fully aware of the licensing requirements.

But yes, you can purchase just about any quantity you want.

When in Darwin, I just went back into the same bottle shop with a hat and sunnies on 5 minutes later and purchased more grog.....the bottle shop attendant winked as he handed me my change. I think the wink was that he knew I was on my second buy....I hope lol.

Brett....

I've walked into bottle shops many many times in WA in summer wearing my thongs (the ones you wear on your feet..lol) and never had anyone question me as to whether I had the appropriate footwear
OK maybe a bit naive but whats with the partial prohibition in the NT. We will be there in a week or two so probably a good time to bone up on local customs. Yep, never been into the Territory before.

Cheers
Pop

dunno, just know all the shops in kal said you need a shirt and shoes for service. if you show up in a taxi you have to get out of the taxi and have shirt and shoes

yellow waters I think it was a while ago
1 six pack or 2 if you were in the caravan park

many examples of different selling conditions for different towns

Interesting feeling seeing guards at the bottle shops. When I was there are little over a year ago, they were actual Police. It was part of their duties.

What I found stranger, was that you had to pay to use the toilets in these centres.

They are REAL POLICE at the bottleshops, not private guards. Since Police have been manning the entrances and talking pretty much to every person entering the stores (not targeting any race/color/creed), the number of presentations to the ER dept at the hospital have SUBSTANTIALLY decreased and the amount of violence and poor behaviour has markedly dropped.

There are a set of public toilets just outside of the Yeperenye shopping center but once you use these you will understand why there are pay toilets :-)

Pete

Thanks everyone for your insghts.Much appreciated.T