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The 2017 Darwin Beer Can Regatta was won by a team of women representing the city's LGBT community.
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Here's a regatta with a difference – all of the boats are made out of beer cans. The annual event is held in (where else?) Australia. The Darwin Beer Can Regatta (http://www.beercanregatta.org.au) was started in 1974 as a way to clean up beer cans littering local streets.
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Competing craft must be made largely from recycled drinks containers (beer and soft drink cans, milk cartons and plastic bottles) and are not tested for seaworthiness before the race – sinking simply adds to the excitement.
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This year race was won by a "collective of crazy women" representing Darwin's LGBT community, in a boat named 'Rosie' in honour of a member the community who died recently. Crew member Tracey Knighton told NT News: "We want people in the Northern Territory to see gay, lesbian and bi people are all here and all want the same things as everyone else — to get ahead in life and have a laugh and sail a beer can boat."
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The event is run by the Lions Club and raises money for charity. Organisers estimate they have donated more than A$1.5m (£884,621) to charitable causes over the lifetime of the event, which sounds like a good reason to start emptying more beer cans.
https://youtu.be/-ZkHak5CZas
David Sim (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/)