Social photos: 2024 Melbourne Cup Tour in Murray Bridge
The Melbourne cup has trotted through Murray Bridge for the Melbourne Cup Tour.
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At the University of the Third Age are Bob England; Deb Griffiths, Joy Rowe, Corey Brown, Betty Coulthard, Pam Doecke and Gen Miell; Joy Rowe, Pam Doecke, Rosie Scott and Deb Griffiths; Margaret Davisdon and Jan McNeil; Margy Cook, Pam Morgan and Suzanne Nagel; Pam Luke and Chris Harvey; Corey Brown and Rosie Scott; Margie Goodman, Shirley Hack and Mary Blackmore; and Wendy Osbourne and Margaret England. Photos: Liana Webster
At the Gold Cup launch are Nicky Irwin and Penny Scott; Cheryl Balshaw and Jim Lihou; Mari Meaney, Gay Ingersom, Cindy Groth, Heather Pengelly, Diana Dgurasevich and Marg Groth; Sandra and Gary Elliot Bennetts; Shane Eldridge, Dean Hansen and Emhemt Karatas; Anna Tanner, Vanessa Boully and Prim Cromwell; Ash Temby, Paul Bryan and Harry Dogin; Corey Brown, Adrian Pederick and John Leahy; and Leyda Suttor and Pete Ferguson. Photos: Liana Webster
The Melbourne Cup has trotted through Murray Bridge this week on a tour of Australia.
Now in its 22nd year, the tour has travelled over one million kilometres, visiting more than 640 destinations.
In the Murraylands this year this included a boat cruise and stops at the University of the Third Age, Lerwin Aged Care, Unity College and, of course, the Murray Bridge Racing Club for its Gold Cup launch.
The cup, which has been valued at $750,000, is rebuilt each year with the same three-handled design.
Two hundred and fifty hours of handcrafting were put into the building process, with the trophy's base being fashioned from Western Australian jarrah timber.
The trophy is awarded to the owner of the horse that takes out the Melbourne Cup, and they are able to do with it as they wish.
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