2012 is the 11th year I’ve been going to the Spring Racing Carnival here in Melbourne, and I think I enjoy myself more and more as the years go by. On Saturday Lois Lane and I went along to the Sofitel Girl’s Day Out courtesy of the VRC and Flemington. It rained sideways, the wind blew, it was sunny, but none of that mattered as we had a spot just above the finish line completely enclosed behind glass.
The most exiciting part of the day for me was getting to hold the Melbourne Cup as it did a tour of the corporate suites. I wasn’t allowed anywhere near it without wearing gloves-hence the Michael Jackson look below- but boy we were excited.
As you can see from the photos, we lived up to the name of a ‘girls day out’ by indulging in a glass or two of champagne and generally having a hilarious time. I love going to the races, I love dressing up but most of all I love spending time with my girlfriends so it was just fabulous all round. Thank you VRC!
Prue Webb, Flemington’s official blogger for 2012, myself and Lois Lane