A tinny by the river on a hot day = bliss, but how about 8,500 of them? That’s how many Western Australian cousins Kevin Goodall and Campbell Jones had to drink/find to achieve their dream of building a boat out of beer cans… After 4 months of hard yakka, the pair’s creation – dubbed the SS Wyalkatchem after their Wheatbelt hometown – is complete. Goodall says seeing the vessel take shape was ”rewarding”, but there’s “a sense of relief” now it’s done. But they can’t relax just yet as its maiden voyage involves another epic effort… The beer can boat has to travel over 3,700km to Darwin where they’ll compete in the 50th anniversary Beer Can Regatta in mid-August. The boat might technically be worth $850 if they chose to recycle afterwards, but the bragging rights are priceless…