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The Mindil Beach Casino was renamed as the Diamond Beach Hotel and Casino. Aspinall bought out Greate Bay's interest for US$1 million in 1986, [ 6 ] and then acquired the territorial government's 17 percent interest for $5 million in 1987.
Mindil Beach is a beach in the Northern Territory of Australia, located in the suburb of The Gardens, near Darwin's central business district. [1] Mindil Beach holds the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, which runs during the dry season (from May until October) of every year. [ 2 ]
The present site of the hotel and casino on Darwin's Mindil Beach opened in 1983, at which point gambling operations ceased at the Don Hotel and resumed at the newly built facilities. The new hotel and casino was named Mindil Beach Casino until 1985, when the name changed to the Diamond Beach Hotel Casino.
It has a diverse and somewhat transient population. There are a number of serviced apartment developments and accommodation businesses in the suburb, owing to its proximity to the city and tourist attractions including Mindil Beach and the Casino, the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, Doctor's Gully and bars and restaurants at Cullen Bay ...
The Regatta was begun in 1974 by Darwin businessmen, Lutz Frankenfeld and Paul Rice-Chapman, [1] as a way to clean up beer cans littering Darwin's streets. [2] This was the same year the Darwin Rocksitters Club began and, in their early years, they were often closely associated with each other as they were both viewed as celebrating the drinking culture of the Northern Territory.
This is a list of beaches of the world, sorted by country. A beach is a landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones.
An attraction within Smith Street is the historic Victoria Hotel built in 1894. It was badly damaged by cyclones in 1897, 1937 and in 1974.At the end of the Mall at Bennett Street is State Square where the Northern Territory Parliament House and Supreme Court of the Northern Territory are located.
Locations of Darwin's original and current railway stations. From 1889 to 1973, the North Australia Railway ran through Darwin and terminated at its own Darwin station. This station was at a different site to the modern one, near what is now Fishermans Wharf [2] (and like the city, it was known as "Palmerston" until 1911).