WHILE southerners suffered through a chilly Winter Solstice, Top Enders celebrated it in true blue Territory style — in bikinis, boardshorts and bare feet with a brew in their mitts.

2015 Sandbar Party

More than 100 locals and backpackers turned out to celebrate the middle of winter on an exposed sandbar off Cullen Bay on Saturday.

media_camera The exposed sandbar off Cullen Bay in Darwin was the site of a massive party

Territory born and bred party enthusiast Ned ‘Buddahonky’ Marcroft, 24, said it was not the first time they’ve had a party on the sandbar.

“But it was probably the biggest one we’ve had so far,” he said.

media_camera More than 100 people turned out for the sandbar party

The party took a few weeks of planning, with organisers paying close attention to the tides before they settled on a day when the sandbar would be perfectly exposed.

Word was then sent out over Facebook, where organisers had set up an event page.

Buddahonky said there was something for everyone with revellers throwing on different music throughout the party — which ran from about 12pm to 5.30pm.

“There was wakeboarding, some people played cricket — even a footy came out,” he said.

But luckily there were no crocodile sightings.