At the Races

It was Melbourne Cup Day last Tuesday, known as 'The Race that Stops the Nation'
As the name suggest the horse race is run in Melbourne, but much like Cheltenham, Ascot and The Grand National lots of places jump on the band wagon and align a sporting day with the event.
I seem to remember I played gold at 7am last year and had bucket fulls of beer and champers both on the course and when we, eventually, got off it.
This year however, we decided to give the girlie's a chance to dress up, so we went to Ascot Race Course here in Perth.

Carol, Naomi and Our Wend.

They actually had a race card of their own but had THE race beamed in for all to watch. Our Wend won $149 for a place, but Michael (he is a Geordie and owns the chippy across from our shop) picked the winner and with it a cool $750.

The lucky Geordie git!!! (and his wife)

That set a pretty good tone for the day, with me winning $78, and Michael winning another $750 in another race. Lucky Geordie git.
Ascot was wall to wall totty, all dressed to kill, tattoo's an all!!!!

They couldn't understand why i had to go to the other side of the table to take this shot!

Not quite sure what it was but everyone seemed to want to wear Our Wends fascinator

Brody (another Geordie!)

Ben, doesn't suit you mate!

I got chatted up by this big fat bird, who I just couldn't shake off. I was waiting outside the toilets for Our wend to appear and this bird thought I was loitering and on the look out, well I couldn't miss you love could I? When Our Wend came out of the loo, she didn't come and rescue me, her and Carol (Michaels' wife) went off in the other direction pissing themselves, ta very much ladies.
After the races we set off for the Burswood Casino, not been anywhere near the place before, although its the biggest resort in Perth and owned by Kerry Packers son, James.
WOW, what a place, just like Vegas, absolutely bloody massive. We stung Michael for the champers, that dented his winnings I can tell you,

Hanahans

 then found a pub, Paddy Hanrahans, that served Guinness, and extremely drinkable it was too. Made a few purchases in there.

A familiar pose

Whilst we were in there, its only about 6pm by now, they were cranking up the volume on the music, when Carol had what I can only describe as a Ricky Gervais moment.

Just before the Ricky moment

She stepped away from our lot and commenced dancing all the moves to the song that was on, and very provocatively kept coming over to Michael and gyrating around his groin area! By this time a circle had formed around her and us and everyone was going ballistic, including a few strangers coming into the circle and trying to dance with her just as provocatively, it was bloody hilarious. Anyway, the music stopped, she stopped and she was as if it had never happened, she just looked at US as though 'What are you staring at'.
Bugger me 10 minutes later she did it again. By the look on Michael's face its a regular occurrence.

Still going strong

Fast approaching 8pm by now and we all had to go and get the kids sorted, but we all had had a great day

Well, she had been doing a lot of dancin'!!!!


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