The Hotel Darwin survived a 1974 cyclone that occurred during what holiday period?
Hotel Darwin Hotel Darwin was an iconic hotel located on the Esplanade in central Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was commonly known as the "Grand Old Duchess". Despite surviving the Bombing of Darwin and Cyclone Tracy, the hotel was demolished in 1999. A bar at the rear of the original site formerly known as the Hot & Cold Bar now functions under the name Hotel Darwin.
Booya (ship) Booya was a three-masted schooner with a steel hull built in the Netherlands in 1917. She was originally named "De Lauwers". The schooner was renamed "Argosy Lemal" in 1920 and carried that name until 1949. As "Argosy Lemal" the ship served as one of the early United States Army communications ships from 1942–1949. In 1949, on return to civilian use, the vessel was renamed "Ametco", "Clair Crouch" and finally "Booya" in 1964. "Booya" was last seen anchored off Fort Hill wharf in Darwin Harbour at about 8.00pm on 24 December 1974, the evening Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin. Nearly twenty-nine years later, in October 2003, she was discovered by chance in Darwin Harbour, lying on her starboard side in about 20 metres of water.