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Melbourne Cup Day

2007.11.06

Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup.

It's a day when the nation stops whatever it's doing to listen to the race call, or watch the race on TV. Even those who don't usually bet, try their luck with a small wager or entry into a 'sweep' - a lottery in which each ticket-holder is matched with a randomly drawn horse.

Since 1877, Cup Day has been a public holiday for Melbourne, and crowds have flocked to the track. By 11.00 am on the first holiday, the Flemington grandstand was packed to its 7,000 capacity, and by 3.00 pm, 150,000 people were estimated to have gathered - thronging the hill beyond. The party atmosphere often means that champagne and canapés, huge hats and racetrack fashions overshadow the business of horse racing.
12 Comments
peregol Fantastic composition
peregol · 2007-11-05: 05:30
Riccaster Fantastic flagscapture !!!
Riccaster · 2007-11-05: 05:38
DancingDolphin Thanks for sharing. This is one thing I LOVE about photoblog is finding out what the rest of the world does! Have fun!
DancingDolphin · 2007-11-05: 06:56
OutOfReach Great shot:)
OutOfReach · 2007-11-05: 08:44
SheriJ Very cool..Did you take any photos of the horses??
SheriJ · 2007-11-05: 08:59
fryzyjka thx for comment :)
wonderful photo :)
fryzyjka · 2007-11-05: 09:54
OC110481 OH I LOVE IT! Awsome shot!
OC110481 · 2007-11-05: 10:05
lamp72 Nice shot. xo
lamp72 · 2007-11-05: 10:49
Lindyart very very powerful shot !!!:)
Lindyart · 2007-11-05: 16:39
anahitagallery nice shot
anahitagallery · 2007-11-09: 02:16
davidcardona Great work! Thanks for sharing!
davidcardona · 2007-11-11: 21:28
Aguamala That's so great pic!!!!
Aguamala · 2007-11-20: 21:00
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