ACB goes to the races!

Ahhh.....one of the great things about late October/early November is the arrival of warm weather and the Spring Racing Carnival. Of course, one of the great tragedies of late October/early November is that exams and final papers are also due, cancelling out the likelihood of a bunch of geeks attending the races. Well, as post-grads and employees, we're no longer subject to end-of-semester exams, so ACB went off to celebrate! Unfortunately Cup Day is not a uni holiday so we all had to be here on Tuesday...but Ash, Fowler, Kathryn, Lydia, Cam, Marta, Krijn, Krijn's friend with an unpronouncable name, and myself shifted the plans to Oaks Day!

I can't believe I didn't take a photo of the whole group.

Marta, Lydia and myself

Fowler and Cam

Kathryn, Ash, friend + Krijn getting into the spirit

The weather was fantastic, the atmosphere electric, food was good (heaps of it), and the alcohol flowed freely. So here we are, celebrating the races!

Walking under the famed roses

Our view of the track from our picnic spot - go you little horse!

Celebrating Miss Finland's glorious victory!
Our food + bottles!

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It was a friendly crowd - Marta made friends with a bunch of people nearer to the fence and they gave us betting tips...that didn't work. Oh well. A great day was had by all, and like our two fellow revellers here,bring on the next batch of celebrations!