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Hotels Darwin News

No Piddling Matter As Drunken Sailors Add Insult To Injury

Wednesday September 2, 1998
The Australian Navy has apologised to the Commonwealth Games athletics team for rowdy and drunken behaviour by sailors which has led to the team switching hotels at its Darwin base. More than 50 sailors on shore leave last weekend spent two nights drinking at the historic Hotel Darwin. The no