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Scone

...the horse capital of Australia

Following a quick transition from Cairns to Sydney to Newcastle, Tristan, Chris, Brent, and I drove to Scone for the 61st annual Scone Cup. Fair dinkum, the Scone Cup is a true blue Australian horse racing experience… I first attended the Scone Cup four years ago during my study abroad in Newcastle, and ever since I’ve always envisioned returning. Four years later, I was back, and another literally perfect day ensued.

A crystal clear sky, no wind, and perfect temperatures set the stage for the Scone Cup.

Chris and Brent.

Chris and Tristan.

Go Liberty Rose!!!

Sunset over the race club.

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 21st, 2008 at 8:35 pm and is filed under Australia, South Pacific. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Scone”

  1. Tristo Says:
    June 21st, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    Scone cup i lubs

  2. apriha.com » Blog Archive » Newcastle Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    [...] wrap-up the story of my South Pacific trip with a few posts on Australia. The story left off with Scone, after which Tristan, Chris, Brent, and I headed back to Newcastle. Here I spent a week reminiscing [...]

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