Melbourne is the oddest city so far…
The getting all dressed up wasn’t enough.
The public holiday wasn’t enough.
The 48 hour drinking marathon (72 for some folk) wasn’t enough.
Now, on the Monday of the Melbourne cup, a large portion of central Melbourne City is closed to traffic as they hold the Melbourne Cup Parade.
Past winners are parading through the streets, as well as some lucky horses which I assume are this years winners (this assumption coming from the life expectancy of any racehorse who can’t race anymore being about as long as ice-cream in Mordor.)
Masses have turned out to watch it. It’s really quite the spectacle. I’m still trying to see if there’s a joke on the go in the country that this whole business is done simply to confuse tourists and backpackers.
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Travel
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