Same thing happens most years. A group books a marquee at Flemington in August, sorts the catering, argues about the dress code for a fortnight, and then about four days out someone finally asks how everyone's actually getting there. By then the good options have usually thinned out and what's left is a scramble, four separate rideshare bookings for a group of twelve, arriving at four different times, or a minibus that looked fine when they booked it and turns out to have all the charm of a scho
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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
