Every year in a tiny outback town called Louth they have horse races the first week in August. My friend Renai and her family have been going every year, and this year I joined them. Almost 2 years ago this trip was planned, but last Monday the races were cancelled because there had been a lot of rain and the racetrack was underwater. After much humming and harring - we decided to go anyway. It was a bit of an epic trip. First, I had to bus the 60kms to Cairns, and then fly the 2,500kms to Sydney. From there I caught the train from the airport to the city, then walked to Renai's work where her husband Ben (and baby Holly) picked us up and we drove to Ben's sister Megan's house to borrow her
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