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07-18-2016, 10:31 AM
Behold, the most Australian way to recycle: Boats made of beer cans
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What better way to rally a community than to meet annually and compete in a dash to the finish line. Better still if that dash occurs in the ocean and aboard a vessel made exclusively from beer cans.*
That's what the people of Darwin did Sunday, with thousands (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-17/bitter-taste-in-mouth-for-beer-can-regatta-creator/7636036) heading to the seaside to witness the Beer Can Regatta as participants proved themselves proficient recyclers and halfway decent shipwrights.
SEE ALSO: New Zealanders find new use for your rotten caravan (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/new-zealand-caravan-fishing/)
The Darwin Lions' Beer Can Regatta is an annual event dating back to 1974 (http://www.beercanregatta.org.au/history). In the wake of a devastating cyclone (http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs176.aspx), the event was launched to boost spirits and collect all the post-storm rubbish. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/beer-can-regatta-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What better way to rally a community than to meet annually and compete in a dash to the finish line. Better still if that dash occurs in the ocean and aboard a vessel made exclusively from beer cans.*
That's what the people of Darwin did Sunday, with thousands (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-17/bitter-taste-in-mouth-for-beer-can-regatta-creator/7636036) heading to the seaside to witness the Beer Can Regatta as participants proved themselves proficient recyclers and halfway decent shipwrights.
SEE ALSO: New Zealanders find new use for your rotten caravan (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/new-zealand-caravan-fishing/)
The Darwin Lions' Beer Can Regatta is an annual event dating back to 1974 (http://www.beercanregatta.org.au/history). In the wake of a devastating cyclone (http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs176.aspx), the event was launched to boost spirits and collect all the post-storm rubbish. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/18/beer-can-regatta-australia/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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