Where you can't drink in the NT

You can't drink alcohol in public anywhere within Tennant Creek town without a special event permit. 

This means you can't drink alcohol in any of the following places:

• parks
• reserves
• car parks
• ovals
• streets - see map below. 

Alcohol is also totally banned in town camps.

There are signs at the town boundary that tell you where drinking is banned, and you can be given a penalty if you are caught drinking in the area. 

Read about buying takeaway alcohol in Tennant Creek. 

Map showing outline of Tennant Creek town boundaries, includes all areas within the boundaries starting at the junction with Warrego Road and the Stuart Highway, along the Stuart Highway and following the boundary of the airport, past Chariot Mine to the railway line, along the edge of the railway line, including the Railway Station, until the railway line meets the Stuart Highway, across the Stuart Highway and heading towards the Golf Club, along the front of the Golf Club and back towards the Battery Hill Mining Centre, along the back of the mining centre and along Kaczinsky Road, including the Speedway, returning to the Warrego Road and the Stuart Highway junction.

Where you can drink 

You can drink alcohol in all of the following places:

• licensed bars, clubs and restaurants 
• private homes - except where voluntary restrictions in place.
• community events that have a special event permit.

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