Cask wine in the Territory

It,s amazing that i can buy a carton of bottled wine though. Will have to build a exstenion on the back of the trailor LOL.

Thanks Rick for the update,


I dont agree with someone else problem with al cee hol gambling or any other vice causing grieve to someone else.

A better way would be to ban certain people from buying alcohol and making it hard for someone else to buy it by having the harshest sentence in living history if they did.

I dont have an issue the drinking but it can cause tremendous problems if I was trying to "stock up" for an extended isolated desert camping trip.

Cheers Wilko

What's that you say NO DAPTO HANDBAGS in the NT!!!

Seriously have the people that drink a Dapto Handbag a day still got a drivers licence?? I feel so sorry for them because how the hell are they going to be able to buy a 2lt cask with out one??
Jeez they will be sniffin petrol next who would have guessed!!

Hi Rick (and others),

I was in Woolies' Liquor in Katherine about a fortnight ago and there was a big notice above the 2lt casks that when the existing stock was gone there would be NO MORE CASKS of any size on sale in their store.

On a slightly different topic, I object to anyone (especially liquor store employees) scanning my drivers' licence. It has my home address on it and very neatly advises anyone with access to that database that I'm away from home. Sighting it is OK - proves that I'm over 60 when I only look 17... :-))

Strikes me as a kneejerk/bandaid solution to avery big problem.

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."

Cheers,
Chris

This must be one of the silliest rules ever.
When we were in th NT we simply went to all the outlets and each purchased a cask.
We finished up with enough for our needs for an extended trip.
So those that abuse the drink can do the same.

Why not ban those that drink and play up?

Absolute rubbish aint it, ... but what can we do??
Funny thing is something i saw the other day, all of this stuff comes mostly from idiots based in Canberra and who dont have a clue, ... a big sign outside of Yuendamu, PORN has been banned here, if you want PORN go to Canberra, it is LEGAL as it is the PORN capital of Australia .....

Lesson, stock up BULK before leaving home, empty the water tank on the camper and get it filled with wine, the little sink in it would be what dreams are made of..
Cheers
Joe

Gday,
I asume your talking about Darwin?
Youve had those restrictions and a lot more in Alice and Tennant for years.

Cheers

Well I believe that anyone who buys a cask of wine of any size has serious drink related issues anyway:-)

Seriously, I have witnessed the midday queues at the liquor outlets in the Alice and Katherine waiting for the doors to open and the problems resulting from subsequent consumption by mid afternoon.

I have also noticed the (necessary) lists pasted on the fridge doors in the pub at Daly River (owned by the local community but run by white folk) whereby certain individuals are restricted to a couple of light beers, or banned from buying grog altogether for a period of time, after returning to the community tanked and causing serious problems.

Unfortunately, the misuse of alcohol by a minor group in our communities result in silly rules that have to be applied to all, so as not seen to be prejudiced or racist.

We just transport our meager supply of alcohol for our own consumption, whenever we travel and wherever we go and to hell with any stupid regulations prohibiting us from doing so, when travelling from point A to point C but having to pass through point B and its restrictions.
We are responsible travellers and like a glass or two when camped for the night.
We don't make loud noises or otherwise annoy other campers, but unfortunately experience our share of antisocial behaviour, usually fuelled by irresponsible over consumption of alcohol by a few ferals.

I was wrapped with the lack of alcoholism I saw on a 3 month trip last year. The stricter grog laws in some of the places mentioned above have made huge improvements to peoples health regardless of their color.

Alice Springs compared to 10 years ago seemed like a different town. My wife drinks cask wine so we both bought a cask each on two seperate days and she was stocked up. Big deal.

We went to a footy match in Fitzroy Crossing and I was impressed by the family atmosphere. The crowd was better behaved than most of the crowds I see when I go to the footy in Melbourne or locally.

I like a drink but for the sake of all Aussies we need to be making sure that alcohol is difficult to get in large amounts to protect the most addicted members of our communities.

TJ..

Just watch and see , broken glass will soon replace the silver pillows and big buisness will complain about the dropoff in tourist dollars , its really no wonder that a large proportion of the world thinks of Australia as a backward country when we impose a selective prohibition , the people who have a drinking problem will simply find another form /way to get what they want or move to a less restrictive area , , typical dogooder services ,punish the lot for the sake of a few.

I'll tell you all a sad thing. "I DON"T HAVE A CLUE OF HOW TO FIX THIS"
Now I will tell you all the saddest thing" NEITHER DO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THESE RULES & REGULATIONS" & they are being paid salaries most of you could not ever imagine to earn & they are stuffing a race of people right up for now & for generations to come. That bit I do know.