Nobody warns you about the tram queue on the way home.
That is the honest truth about Melbourne Cup Day for someone doing it the first time. You spend weeks thinking about the outfit, the ticket, the group plans, maybe a restaurant booking after. The transport side of things gets a quick google the night before and then somehow it is race morning and you are working it out on the fly.
Melbourne in early November is a genuinely good time to be in the city.
The weather is unpredictable in the way o
