Getting on the beers: Family celebrate New Year's Eve with a Dan Andrews themed party which saw them hilariously recreate his well-known North Face press conference outfit
After a long and difficult coronavirus-interrupted year that saw Victorians living under a second-wave of lockdown restrictions for 111 days, it was finally time to get on the beers.
And one Australian family did just that with a Daniel Andrews themed New Years Eve extravaganza complete with a purple backdrop, black-framed glasses and an ill-fitting North Face jacket.
They partied into the New Year and posted a clip of their gathering on TikTok where it has received more than 200,000 views in just over 24 hours.
A Victorian family has celebrated the New Year with Dan Andrews themed party
The group paid homage the Premier's signature purple backdrop he stood in front of at Covid media conferences
Social media users loved the video and heaped praise on the viral sensation which featured the hit song Get on the Beers.
The creators of that now iconic Australian track Mashd N Kutcher were among those who commented on the hilarious video.
'OMG. This is unreal,' the dance music duo said.
Others on the social media platform used the premier's own vocabulary to express their views: 'This is awesome… I can't be any clearer than that,' one person wrote.
Mr Andrews lengthy daily press conferences where he answered questions about who was responsible for the catastrophic hotel quarantine blunder that led to Victoria's crippling second wave of Covid infections became synonymous with the troubled year.
Australia first went into nationwide lockdown in March and slowly began to reopen six weeks later.
Members of the group cut out purple squares of paper to create the signature backdrop
They partied into the New Year and posted a clip of their shindig on TikTok where it has received more than 200,000 views in just over 24 hours
At the time the premier sent out a warning to all Victorians in the face of the deadly contagion which would go on to claim the lives of over 800 people in the state, infecting more than 20,000.
'You won't be able to go to the pub because the pub is shut. That doesn't mean you can have all your mates around to home and get on the beers, that's not appropriate. It's not essential, it's not needed, and all it will do is spread the virus,' he said.
In the months that followed the serious warning would be turned into a satirical anthem of the pandemic.
Victoria kept the first round of restrictions in place for much longer than the rest of the country, but eventually the state's lockdown measures were lifted in June.
But just a few short weeks later on July 7, Mr Andrews, in front of the purple backdrop, announced there were 191 new cases in the state and that Metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire would re-enter lockdown.
'OMG. This is unreal': The creators of the now iconic Australian track Get on the Beers, Mashd N kutcher, said about the hilarious video
Mr Andrews lengthy daily Covid press conferences became synonymous with the troubled year
It was supposed to last for six weeks but the draconian measures dragged on for another four months until November 8, and also impacted the rest of the state.
Some lauded Mr Andrews for keeping Victorians safe and standing firm of the issue.
Others labelled him 'Dictator Dan' and said the prolonged lockdown was a violation of civil rights.
While there was widespread disagreement across the political spectrum it seems neither side of the aisle has lost their sense of humour.
'I love that Victorians all have the same warped sense of humour post lockdown,' one TikTok user wrote.
Others said: 'You guys win New Year's Eve 2020' and '2020 will be remembered for getting on the beers'.
'You guys win New Year's Eve 2020' and '2020 will be remembered for getting on the beers', social media users said.