About Darwin Beer Can Regatta
The Darwin Beer Can Regatta is an annual festival in which participants create floating vessels from beer cans and cartons in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia at Mindil Beach. The inaugural event took place in 1974 with 63 entries and was attended by about 22,000 people which was about half of Darwin's population at the time.
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