Skip to playerSkip to main content
The Darwin Beer Can Regatta created by Gary Crockett song is about a real event held in Darwin Northern Territory Australia in June.
#darwin beer can regatta #beer can boat race #northern territory #australia
Transcript
00:00Hi, Gary Crockett here.
00:03Just a quick intro to my song, The Darwin Beer Can Regatta.
00:09This is a real event that is held in Darwin every year in June.
00:17The boats have to be made out of empty beer cans.
00:22This particular song is about a beer can regatta that I attended, that the Australian
00:29Navy had built an aircraft carrier, which raced against a 30-foot Emu Bitter Cairn Viking
00:39longboat.
00:40I hope you enjoy this song.
00:50In Darwin once a year, where the tropic breezes blow, the Aussies gather round down by the
01:02ocean flow.
01:03On Mendel Beach they come with laughter in the air, for the beer can regatta.
01:13It's a party beyond compare.
01:15The boats with pride, cans of beer stacked high, SSVB, a beer can aircraft carrier beneath the
01:25open sky.
01:26Friends and family cheer, from the shoreline they shout, hoping that their vessel won't suddenly
01:34capsize out.
01:36And Emu Bitter Beer can Viking longboat 30-foot long.
01:42The race starts and a dozen beer can boats are going strong.
01:47With water cannons and flower bomb catapults.
01:52The boats race for the finish line with all their faults.
01:58Covered in flour, the water can turn the flour to dope.
02:04Beer can boats break apart, and cans float and the tides float.
02:09Sticky and tired, the crews swim as the boats sink.
02:14And SSVB wins the day crossing the finish line in a blink, yeah.
02:22Beer can regatta, where memories are made, made.
02:26In the Northern Territory won't let tradition fade, fade.
02:31With our mates and kegs and sunshine in the summer's golden glow.
02:37Blow the race along the beach, is the best show you'll ever know, is the best show you'll
02:44ever know.
02:45The water's warm and clear, underneath the southern sun.
02:56They paddle and they laugh, in boats built just for fun.
03:01Comrade raise the key, as they race the salty tide, on the SSVB with Aussie pride.
03:13Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah.
03:22Yeah, the boats may not be pretty, but they float upon the waves.
03:29A tribute to ingenuity, and the energy it saves.
03:34It's not about winning, but the laughter and the cheer.
03:39As Darwin's beer can regatta fills the end of the can regatta
03:45Where memories are made, made in the Northern Territory
03:51Won't let tradition fade, fade, fade
03:55With mates and kegs and sunshine in the summer's golden glow
04:00Glow that race along the beach
04:05Is the best show you'll ever know
04:11Here in Australia
04:17Here in Australia
04:20Here in Australia
04:23Here in Australia
04:25Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
04:29Oh, oh, oh, oh
04:34Oh, oh, oh, oh
Be the first to comment
Add your comment

Recommended