The Darwin Beer Can Regatta Northern Territory Australia

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The Darwin Beer Can Regatta original song by Gary Crockett based on my time in Darwin and attending the quirky Beer Can Regatta. Click the below link to go to the full range of my music. https://garycrockett1.bandcamp.com/

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00:00In Darwin once a year where the tropic breezes blow

00:16The Aussies gather round down by the ocean flow

00:21On Mendel Beach they come with laughter in the air

00:26For the beer can regatta, it's a party beyond compare

00:32They build their boats with pride, cans of beer stacked high

00:36SSVB, a beer can aircraft carrier

00:40Beneath the open sky, friends and family cheer

00:44From the shoreline they shout

00:47Hoping that their vessel won't suddenly capsize out

00:52An ammo, bitter beer can bike in long, both thirty foot long

00:59The race starts and a dozen beer can boats are going strong

01:04With water cannons and flower bomb catapults

01:09The boats race for the finish line with all their faults

01:15Covered in flour, the water can turn the flour to dope

01:20Beer can boats break apart and cans float in the tides float

01:25Sticky and tired, the crew swim as the boats sink

01:30And SSVB wins the day crossing the finish line in a blink

01:36Beer can be a beer can ragatta, where memories are made, made

01:43In the Northern Territory won't let tradition fade, fade

01:49With our mates and kegs and sunshine in the summer's golden glow

01:54Blow the race along the beach

01:57Is the best show you'll ever know

02:00Is the best show you'll ever know

02:03The water's warm and clear underneath the southern sun

02:13They paddle and they laugh in boats built just for fun

02:18Coming ready to raise the key

02:21As they race the salty tide

02:26On the SSVB with Aussie Pride

02:31Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

02:38Oh, yeah, the boats may not be pretty, but they float upon the waves

02:46A tribute to ingenuity and the energy it saves

02:51It's not about winning, but the laughter and the cheer

02:56As Darwin's beer can regatta fills the air

03:01Of the camera batter, where memories are made, made

03:06In the Northern Territory won't let tradition fade, fade, fade

03:12With mates and kegs and sunshine in the summer's golden glow

03:17Glow the race along the beach is the best show you'll ever know

03:24It's the best show you'll ever know

03:27Here in Australia

03:35Here in Australia

03:37Here in Australia

03:40Here in Australia

03:42Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

04:12Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

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