melbourne cup day , originally uploaded by gypsy woman1.
Margaret River is a very friendly and social town and one of the groups Carroll belongs to is called “Women in touch”. They get together for purely social outings, and of course the Melbourne Cup is an ideal opportunity to dress up and get together. I was lucky to be in Margaret River staying with Carroll and Jack on THE day and was invited to go along.
Oh dear, I did not have appropriate clothes. No worries, Carroll does volunteer work at the Red Cross op shop. So off we went on a shopping spree…I was in luck and found a gypsy looking skirt that I thought would do the trick. So with a hat Carroll lent me, dressed up with roses from another friend and beads to finish the outfit off I was ready.
We all took a plate and it was held at the farm-house of one of the members. Approx 40 women turned up and the weather was perfect. After a couple of glasses of wine we were all primed to cheer the winner, who ever it was!!! What a great day, another memorable occasion.
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