Melbourne Cup — Gruden Style

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As you may or may not know, every first Tuesday of November is Melbourne Cup Day. Billed as “the race that stops a nation”, who were we to disparage and dishonour this historical icon of Australiana?



Honour it we did. It would be un-Australian to see two flies crawling up a wall and not have a wager, so the sweepstake was on. Big spending was the order of the day and they were organised two categories: the $5 and the $10. The winners were Pauline for the $5 and Simon for the $10. As you may appreciate, they now have an awful lot of friends and relatives they have never heard from for years are now arriving in town…

And what would Melbourne Cup be without the hats? We also organised an awesome hat contest. People were really creative and the first prize was for Andrew who managed to attach a fake chicken to a Fez (go figure!). Congrats Andrew, you deserve it. It takes a lot of guts to wear a Fez!



All the afternoon was great fun (we think, not an awful lot of people actually remember what happened) and we thank everyone who participated in the organisation of the delicious food and drinks (lots of drinks) and a big thanks to Paul Bannon who made fabulous cocktails for us during the whole afternoon. Congratulations to Mark for winning the beer pong. Why are we not surprised.

Once again thanks to everyone for your enthusiasm, participation and s****y livers.

For (lots) more photos, check out the album on Facebook (and remember to Like our page while you’re there!)



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