Off to the races
Tuesday was Melbourne Cup day. This is the biggest race in Australia and is even a cultural holiday in Victoria. No, we didn't go to watch it in person. Instead, we went to Tilba for the Darcy Cup race! Getting to Melbourne would take about 8 hours. Tilba is about 22 min. The Darcy Cup is run on main street by fox terriers. It also comes with fancy dress, fancy hats and lots to drink. It sounded like fun so I convinced Scott we should attend. My resources said 11am for the start. When we got there, new resources said 1pm. So we decided to go on a hike, have lunch and kill time for couple of hours. The Bellbrook Farm Loop Walk sounded like just the thing - according to the website it was "a scenic two-kilometre walk around the foothills of Gulaga (Mount Dromedary)." But when we got to the walk, the sign said it's aboriginal name was "Burrani-Yana (meaning "hill walk")". Okaaaay. But hills are not mountains, right? Hah. It was a LOT of steep trails....