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The Race That Still Stops a Nation
ByGreta 8 November 20258 November 2025

The 2025 Melbourne Cup made history once again when Half Yours crossed the line first, ridden by jockey Jamie Melham. Her victory was a landmark moment — only the second time a woman has ever won the Cup. The first, of course, was Michelle Payne on Prince of Penzance in 2015, and Australia cheered just…

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First Tuesday in November…
ByGreta 7 November 202027 October 2025

This year keeps giving us strange, history-making spectacles. Last month we saw the grand final of the Australian Football League held somewhere OTHER than the Melbourne Cricket Ground in (you guessed it) Melbourne for the first time ever. Covid-19 had sent the city into a second lock down which made holding the footy at the…

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