The Melbourne Cup is heading to where the gold was mined

Helen Walker
Updated September 10 2018 - 4:58pm, first published 12:00pm
Staff at the Mt Rawdon Gold Mine near Mt Perry had a surprise visit from the 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup earlier this year. The Melbourne Cup will tour the again this week and there are plenty of celebrations planned as it holds a home town connection.
Staff at the Mt Rawdon Gold Mine near Mt Perry had a surprise visit from the 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup earlier this year. The Melbourne Cup will tour the again this week and there are plenty of celebrations planned as it holds a home town connection.

The 2018 Lexus Melbourne Cup will visit the tiny township of Mt Perry next Saturday and the local community is bursting with pride, as the Cup holds a home town connection.

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

Toowoomba-based Journalist

Helen is the Toowoomba-based journalist who loves nothing better than covering anything horse sport related, however she covers all commodities and personality yarns. Over the years she has lived in Brisbane, Rockhampton, Longreach and Roma filing stories for the 'bible of the bush'. Contact 0459 827414.

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