Monday, November 12, 2007

Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup - it is a big competition in a Jockey Club.

Melbourne Cup takes place in Melbourne, Victoria on the 6th of November every year.

People dress nicely, they celebrate this day as a big holiday, have fun and competitions.

A sweep is the money you deposit for a horse and in case of victory, your amount of money will increase.

I’d be looking for a hat.

Melbourne Cup existed from 1861, so it has been around for 46 years.

Phar Lap is Australia’s the most famous racehorse, because a winner of 37 of his 51 starts, he started favorite in three successive Melbourne Cups, the only horse in the long history of Australia’s most famous race accorded that distinction.

In the National Museum of Australia we can see Phar Lap’s heart, weighing 6.2 kilograms.

Delta Blues trained ridden by Yasunari Iwata won the Melbourne Cup in 2006.

I think that it is a very special holiday and it is interesting to take part in it and to experience this national feeling of pride and competition.

Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup. It is very important to Australian people and they have a very good time and experience on that day. People make sweeps – deposit money for the victory for the specific horse. Women wear very beautiful dresses and pay special attention in choosing hats, it became a symbol for the racing and they have a competition for the best hat each year. Australians even have their favorite horse- Phar Lap. Its heart is now in the National Museum of Australia. The 2006 races were won by Japanese horse Delta Blues. This holiday is a very special event for all Australian nation and it will continue its traditions in many years.

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Bundeena

Bundeena is small town of the South Sydney in the Royal National Park opposite Cronulla by water. Bundeena is located in Port Hacking.

This village is very quiet. Some people have holiday homes there, some people live there. Many people who live there are interested in Art, because Bundeena has many places and very beautiful areas for painting a picture. There are a few beaches and great tracks thought the bush. Many people spend their weekend and holiday fishing, swimming and bushwalking.

There are wild and natural flora and fauna, but there are many deer’s. When you go in the bush you can have a look many wild birds, animals and lizards. If you are lucky you can see an echidna.

Bundeena’s history is very old and interesting. Dharawal aboriginal people who lived there a long time ago (probably 30000) carving on the rock animals like kangaroos, whales and sting rays.

Emile


Emile was born in city Nottingem. It’s famous because Robin Good from this city. Emile is ESOL-teacher in St.George Coolidge in Kogarah. He’s father moved to many different towns. After school Emile travelled different country, which Nepal, Thailand, India. He worked with team of Mather Teresa. It was very interesting. He likes India, but his mother is from Gahanna, Sth America. His father is English.
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About our springs holyday

About our springs holyday
It was really great time. We stayed in the our friends home in the Pearl Beach. There is after Palm Beach across water. I took some photos from this house.
We had a trip along coast from the Woy Woy to the Nelson Bay. We have seen many beautiful places and we had enjoyments from this trip. There was the old ship in the Newcastle. I took some photos.
In the Nelson Bay we took an excursion by ship to watch dolphins. The ship has a net where somebody, who is creasy, had swum, because the water was 18 degrees, and weather was 20 degrees. Next day was warmer and we had swum. Near ramp fish men cleaned a fish and some pelicans wait something for eat from fish men and open their beaks. It was amusing. You can see it.
We were in the Anna Bay where we had 4W-driving on the sends, my husband get away air from cars wheels. This beach is very popular with 4W-drivingers and fish men.
I think anybody had a great holyday.

My holiday in the Central Coast.

our excursion to the Jibbon Beach

My life

My look on flowers