into Melbourne, book into their hotel and use the day to explore the city visiting historical buildings such as the museum or art gallery. Day two involves the actual trip to the Cup,whilst also making use of this opportunity to view the onsite Flemington museum. Day three involves activities or sightseeing chosen by the group before flying back. This may include shopping, a river cruise, activity sights trip, whatever the group can afford and elect to do. For our group leisure is an activity which
After being named most liveable city for the third time in a row (Staff, 2014) Melbourne is definitely having a moment. However can the most liveable city also be the most sports mad? The Ultimate Sports City has been won by Melbourne “on three occasions – 2006, 2008 and 2010” (Heenan & Dustan, 2014) and once again Melbourne is on the shortlist of 5 for the bi-annual award given by Sport Business (SportBusiness Group, 2014). The purpose of this essay is to justify this award and Melbourne’s position
This year, the race is scheduled to be run in its traditional spot as the feature event on the second day of the Carnival. The race is set for November 1, 2016 at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The race is limited to 24 starters that will race 3200 meters (2 miles) on turf for a purse of AUS$6,000,000. At that value, the Melbourne Cup stands alone as the richest grass race in the world. All starters