Flemington - home of the Melbourne Cup

The second Tuesday in November - a public holiday in Victoria - a day of little work in the rest of Australia. It's the Melbourne Cup!! Socializing, sweeps, sickies, champers and hats!!

[Michel - Travel Pics]

Did you back the winner?

[Rob Z]

@travel Hi Michel - I splashed bets around on many horses - but only managed a third! It's always a lotto! Great day though - it was the first time we've actually been to the track. Thanks for having a look!. Cheers.

[Delwyn Barnett]

I hope you dressed up glam for the occasion!

[Dione Giorgio]

Looks like a great occasion. Hope your favourite horse won.

[Casablanca]

Oh how thriling to be there! Very nice collage of an exciting event. I especially like the close up of the riders top left.

[Rob Z]

@dkbarnett Oh Delwyn - it's a tale of woe!! We were all organized - new dresses,new hats, even new shoes! It was so freezing we had to cover everything up under huge jackets, the wind kept blowing the hats off and the shoes hurt terribly - LOL - still had a great day though! Cheers

[Rob Z]

@sangwann Hi Dione - Not a gerat day for financial gain! :) Good fun though. Cheers

[Rob Z]

@casablanca hanks Casablanca - the horses were spectacular! I think the brown one in the photo you liked actually had ear muffs on his ears - must be to stop the roar of the crowd from worrying him. Made him have nice pointy ears for the photo :)

[Casablanca]

@robz I looked more closely when I read that - they are almost like Batman ears, aren't they? I didn't know you could get ear muffs for horses!

[Taffy]

Such a grand looking scene! The collage works well to give a sense of the whole. Beautiful horses.

[Rob Z]

@taffy Hi Taffy - it was a wonderful scene - we/,e never been before - it is very impressive. And lots of fun! Thanks for having a look.