A NORTHERN Territorian who told police he drank up to 90 Melbourne Bitter cans the day before he got caught drink-driving has been banned from being behind the wheel for six months.

Trevor Alexander Warren, 51, of Dundee Beach, represented himself this week in the Bathurst Local Court in New South Wales.

The Western Advocate reported Warren33 was pulled over by police at 6.14am on Monday at a random breath testing station.

Police told the court when they pulled over Warren's Holden utility, they noticed the smell of alcohol coming from the car.

They asked Warren if he had been drinking. He told police he had finished drinking at 6pm the previous day.

He told police he had consumed "between 80 and 90 full-strength cans of Melbourne Bitter beer and hadn't eaten while consuming the alcohol yesterday".

Warren was taken to Bathurst police station for a breath analysis, where he recorded 0.108 - more than double the legal limit.

Consuming 90 cans equates to drinking more than 33 litres of beer or about 77 schooners.

Magistrate Michael Allen convicted Warren, suspended his licence for six months, and fined him $450.

Chifley highway patrol Sergeant Peter Foran said it was not unusual for drivers to be charged with drink-driving the day after consuming alcohol, particularly coming into the festive season.

"If people have a big night on the drink they really have to consider the following morning. If there is any risk at all you might be over, don't drive," Sgt Foran told the Western Advocate.

Amy Hetherington, from youth anti-binge drinking committee Y Change, said excessive drinking wasn't the way to go.

"It's a little bit ridiculous when you stop caring about your health and (the) safety of other people," she said.

"Alcohol is a part of Territory lifestyle but drinking that much is un-Territorian; people can have good time with alcohol but know their limits and drink in safe way with friends."

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