The Darwin Beer Can Regatta With Intro

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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

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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

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