Melbourne Cup

[planedriver]

The race that's stops the nation has just finished.

The horse I backed is due in about 7 o'clock tonight I think.

Just hoping for a strong tail wind.

Not sure whether the prevailing weather conditions match that of our met reports?

[facthunter]

Lovely day and a high odds longshot winner from just near me. A few  ran out of puff. Been a big deal for years. 7 women jockeys IF I recall correctly.. 90,000 spectators.  I didn't wager anything. I offer people tips. DON'T BET on Horses. Nev

[red750]

Do they still run helicopter shuttles to YYBK?  Is YYBK still operational?

[440032]

1 hour ago, red750 said:

Do they still run helicopter shuttles to YYBK?  Is YYBK still operational?

Oh heck yeah. Microflite busy busy.

[440032]

Melbourne Cup. Dad used to say:

"A bunch of horses showing their asses to a bunch of horses-asses showing their horses."

[red750]

2 minutes ago, 440032 said:

Oh heck yeah. Microflite busy busy.

Yeah, just heard a chopper on the news coverage.

[440032]

 

[440032]

A friend of mine landed a Squirrel on there some years ago, and he put the skids on the H. RIGHT ON THE H. Not a millimetre off!

[red750]

I used to go there quite frequently, but haven't been for years. These are all my photos.

 

 

I also went to the older heliport the other side of King Street Bridge, where I took a couple of flights on the Ansett ANA Bells.

 

 

[Marty_d]

3 hours ago, 440032 said:

Melbourne Cup. Dad used to say:

"A bunch of horses showing their asses to a bunch of horses-asses showing their horses."

Another good description I read was "a midget flogging half a ton of future dog food".

[440032]

Here's my friend's parking effort on the Yarra. (I didn't blur his face - that's how he flies!)

He didn't piss around "putting it there" - he just put it there.

[onetrack]

Old Chinese proverb says, "Man fly with blurry face have big black cloud hanging over his head".

[Marty_d]

I thought it was one hell of an Afro.