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-(S)-STANDARD CLASS HOTEL
PROPERTY TYPE - CORPORATE/TRANSIENT, HOTEL, RESORT
RATINGS - MOBIL 3 STARS, 3 STARS
THE BATCHELOR AREA LOCATED JUST ONE HOUR SOUTH OF
DARWIN IS STEEPED IN HISTORY FROM EARLY CHINESE
MARKET GARDENS, USED AS A BASE DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR, AND PASTORAL AND MINING INDUSTRIES.
THERE ARE OLD WARTIME CAMPSITES AND AIRSTRIPS.
THE NEARBY RUM JUNGLE AREA SAW THE FIRST URANIUM
MINE IN AUSTRALIA. TROPICAL FRUIT ORCHARDS,
AVIATION, GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND THE BUSINESSES
RELATING TO TOURISM PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT IN THE
AREA. PARKS & WILDLIFE OFFICE ADMINISTERING
NEARBY LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK IS HEADQUARTERED
IN BATCHELOR.
BATCHELOR INSTITUTE IS A MULTI-PURPOSE TERTIARY
EDUCATION COLLEGE FOR ABORIGINES. STUDENTS ARE
ADULTS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLAND
DESCENT FROM THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA. THEIR CULTURE,
ART AND CRAFT ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE COOMALIE
CULTURAL CENTRE.
HOSTS BOB AND ROBIN DAVIS COMMENCED INVOLVEMENT
WITH TOURISM IN THE AREA IN 1985. THEY WERE
PIONEERS OF TOURISM IN WHAT LATER BECAME
LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK. THEY PROVIDED THE
ESSENTIAL ACCOMMODATION INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENABLE
THE DEVELOPMENT O LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK TO
COMMENCE. IN 2000 THE PURCHASE OF THE ADJOINING
RUM JUNGLE MOTOR INN PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
JOIN THESE TWO BUSINESSES INTO AN
ALL-ENCOMPASSING BATCHELOR RESORT.TODAY THIS 3.5
STAR RESORT OFFERS COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION,
FINE DINING FOR UP TO 100 GUESTS, BISTRO DINING
FOR UP TO 40, BARS, TAKE-AWAY FOOD, SOUVENIR
SHOPPING, LIQUOR STORE, FUEL, CONFERENCE
FACILITIES FOR UP TO 50, CHOICE OF TWO SWIMMING
POOLS, MINI GOLF, TWICE DAILY BIRD FEEDING,
OUTDOOR COOKING FACILITIES AND MUCH MORE.
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