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Cup Parade  
   

Cup Parade

Melbourne holds a parade for everything even the Cup. The day before the race they closed down Swanston St. one of the main roads in the city business district for the parade featuring former Melbourne Cup winners. This is Might and Power who won it a couple of years ago.
Long Live "The Diva"- The Melbourne Cup

November 3rd 2005
Hi everybody hope this finds you well. It has been a very exciting week here in Melbourne, because of the Spring Racing Carnival. As I have said before Australians are crazy about their sports, and the Melbourne Cup is one of the highlights of the year. The Cup was run on Tuesday, it would be our equivalent of the Kentucky Derby, but here it’s known as “the race that stops the nation.†... read more
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