Not far from where hippies who passed through on the trail that ran down through Portuguese Timor in the l960s to early 1970s and built tree houses on Lameroo Beach , Darwin , prelimary steps are now underway which could see a Westin luxury hotel , artist's impression above , built for Landbridge, the Chinese company given the contentious 99-year lease of the port .
The proposed six storey hotel , with a rooftop link to the city plateau , variously reported to cost $200million and $250million , is to be constructed on a site not far from parliament house (no bugging , please ) relinquished by Toga. Initially , the popular , long established Deck Chair Theatre at Lameroo was concerned that the hotel would be built nextdoor.
Lameroo has long been used by fringe dwellers and during tough economic times . The Darwin Council raided hippies and dismantled their distinctive tree houses , the area called the Royal Lameroo Hilton . A hippie girl who arrived at Darwin Airport from overseas was found to have a pet monkey hidden under her skirt and cried when it was taken from her .
In another waterfront project , old fuel storage tanks are to be removed and a Bali waterbom slide complex constructed on the site to add to the already existing wave pool attraction. (In Queensland , Townsville recently raised the possibility of having a wave pool like Darwin ).
The proposed six storey hotel , with a rooftop link to the city plateau , variously reported to cost $200million and $250million , is to be constructed on a site not far from parliament house (no bugging , please ) relinquished by Toga. Initially , the popular , long established Deck Chair Theatre at Lameroo was concerned that the hotel would be built nextdoor.
In another waterfront project , old fuel storage tanks are to be removed and a Bali waterbom slide complex constructed on the site to add to the already existing wave pool attraction. (In Queensland , Townsville recently raised the possibility of having a wave pool like Darwin ).
