Most work places have Christmas Functions and my work decided that the Wingatui Races would be our Christmas celebration. About 2.30 on Tuesday, we loaded up our entire office into a bus and headed out to Wingatui. It is called Melbourne Cup Day and as the name suggests it coincides with the actual races in Melbourne. Similarly to the Kentucky Derby, the girls get dressed up and wear hats... but here and in Melbourne they wear little hats called fascinators (I couldn't bring myself to wear one, but you can see them in the pictures below).
Dunedin had one of the prettiest days we have seen out of the whole year. I would say it was 75 degrees and perfect. We couldn't have asked for a better day and I was excited I could wear a real dress with out a jacket.
As part of the christmas function, the Radio Network had a tent with all you can drink champagne and beer. As would be expected, we left the races not nearly as polished as when we arrived!
View from our Radio Network Tent
The Races
General Admission tickets...
Aaron and Me all prettied up.
Aaron, Nick and Danny outside of our Tent
Me and Alana
Jane, Michelle and me by the ZM truck (one of our radio stations)
More work friends.
Aaron studying the bets
All the girls in our dresses enjoying the sun
Jayne, Aaron and Me toward the end of the day!
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