Day at the Races

October 20th, was an all day affair at the Horse Race.  The Caulfield Cup, is Australia's second largest Cup Race.  To me....all I could think of was Emerald Downs in Auburn....where it is very boring and hardly ever has a sold out crowd.  I was in for a big surprise.  Everyone who attends the Spring Carnival Horse Races dress up and hats are in, big time!  As I didn't have a suit jacket I was a little out of place; however, as the day's weather warmed up I was glad I didn't have an extra layer.  The Caulfield Cup experience is all about dressing up, wearing fancy hats and drinking and betting.  It begins with classiness and then ends a little less with a few chaps passed out on the grass.  For me it was all about the people watching and enjoying the atmosphere.  The co-workers that I went with had it all planned well.  They had a picnic all set and ready as we waded through the crowds.

Caulfield is about a 20 minute train ride from where I am staying in the Docklands. So it was short and easy trip out to the rack.  http://www.melbourneracingclub.net.au/spring-racing-carnival  You can visit the race courses website if you want to see all the results and what the fashion dress code is.  The Melbourne Cup is Australia's largest horse race which is twice as large and twice as glamorous as the Caulfield Cup; however, Ill be out of town that Tuesday which is a public holiday just for the races in Melbourne.

The Hat Fashion Show, all you had to do was enter if you wanted to take part.  Most of the hats were homemade or were name brand for thousands of dollars.

The "Wingman" program which is similar to the Designated Driver program; however, this is to ensure that your "mate" wouldn't get into a violent fight....  So we posed, swore the oath that we wouldn't let anyone in our group get into a fight and got free aviators for committing to the program.

The Caulfield Cup

Co-workers

Picnic Set

 Next weekend will feature a trip to Brisbane and the Gold Coast, so stay tuned!  Following that weekend Ill be summarizing my long weekend trip to Singapore and their incredible food!