On a hot day it doesn’t take much to cool the taste buds of Adults other than a cold beer when you visit friends or have them over to your place.
This is permitted as long as when you indulge you don’t end up drinking and driving and you get a designated driver.
In the land down-under they make their own fun and one such event is the Darwin Beer Can Regatta.
Yup that’s right and it’s a festival event begun by Darwin businessmen, Lutz Frankenfeld and Paul Rice-Chapman which has been held annually since 1974 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia at Mindil Beach.
The inaugural event was attended by about 22,000 people attended and was (at that time) about half of Darwin’s population.
Participants create boats using empty beer cans, soft drink or soda cans soft drink bottle and milk cartons.
The vessels are not tested to see if they are able to float on the day of or prior to the water events and the ones that fall apart, make the day more entertaining.
A great many sundry events go along with this so-called regatta and some include a concert, a thong-throwing event (contest) and the “Henley-on-Mindil” competition.
This was named after the Henley-on-Todd Regatta where the participants run their so-called boats around the area as if it was a Flintstones car.
The Darwin Regional Tourism Promotion Association was the organizer of this event until 1978 when the event came under the aegis of the combined Lions Clubs of Darwin.
Other events held on the day have included a thong-throwing contest and a competition and one for the best hat of the day.
The Lions Beer Can Regatta took place on 6 July 2014 and was attended by 15,000 plus and attracted visitors from all over Australia.
The main event or the “Battle of Mindil”, was fought for a $500 prize.
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