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The Darwin Beer Can Regatta at Mindil Beach, Northern Territory, Australia - where Territorians build boats entirely out of beer cans and then go to war.

In this clip: The famous Green VB Aircraft Carrier - HMAS Canberra style - flat deck, stepped tower, hull, everything made of stacked VB cans - crewed by 2 with flour cannons VS the White Emu Bitter Viking Long Boat - hull, dragon neck, EMU shields all white Emu cans - full crew rowing and firing back.

Flour bombs, water cannons, turquoise water, thousands packed on the sand. No wood, no fibreglass - entire hulls 100% beer cans only. This is how Darwin does it.

Filmed at the Mindil Beach Beer Can Regatta - the craziest boat race in Australia.

Darwin Beer Can Regatta
© Gary Crockett Australia

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Transcript
00:10In Darwin once a year, where the tropic breezes blow
00:15The 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
00:31They build their boats with pride, cans of beer stacked high
00:37SSVB, a beer can aircraft carrier, beneath the open sky
00:42Friends and family cheer, from the shoreline they shout
00:46Hoping that their vessel won't suddenly capsize out
00:53An ammo, bitter beer can bike in long, boat 30 foot long
00:58The 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 blanket
01:38Beer can, beer can ragatta, where memories are made, made
01:43In the Northern Territory won't let tradition play, play
01:48With our mates and kegs and sunshine in the summer's golden glow
01:54Blow the race along the beach, is the best show you'll ever know
02:00Is the best show you'll ever know
02:08The water's warm and clear underneath the southern sun
02:13They paddle and they laugh in boats built just for fun
02:18Comrade to raise the key, as they raise the salty tide
02:26On the SSVB with Aussie pride
02:32Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
02:40oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
02:40oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
02:41oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
02:41oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
02:41oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
02:58Fills the end of the caricature
03:02Where memories are made, made
03:06In the Northern Territory
03:08Won't let tradition fade, fade, fade
03:12With mates and kegs and sunshine
03:14In the summer's golden glow
03:17Glow the race along the beach
03:21Is the best show you'll ever know
03:23Is the best show you'll ever know
03:31Here in Australia
03:34Here in Australia
03:37Here in Australia
03:40Here in Australia
04:00Oh, oh, oh, oh