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Spring is one of those great seasons. The cold winter is just ending, and summer is just around the corner. What better way to kick off the season with Spring Carnival.

For those that have not been to a race during the Spring Carnival, you are really missing out. Two races which really catch my eye are the Melbourne Cup and Oaks Day.

The race that stops the nation is on par with Grand Final day down in Victoria. Crowds gather for a barbie, a few vic bitters and to watch the horses run their race. The lucky few thousand people who turn up to Flemington on the day enjoy a great amount of drinking, often having to be carried home at the end of the day.

Oaks day is much similar to the Cup, though as womens day, there is a fine amount of women attending. Some people have said that this day has turned into a bit of a mans day (for all those guys in hope of meeting a woman), but experiencing this first hand the last couple of years, it is not so.

Gorgeous girls are everywhere, sipping on their glasses of champagne, trodding around the grass in their high heels. Then you get the few at the end of the day who are quite intoxicated, and really do need to be carried home.

So races run for 50 days from September 30th throughout country Victoria and Melbourne. Melbourne Cup Day is the 3rd of November while Oaks Day is on the 5th of November. I will be there drinking, betting, and hopefully not being carried home.