And the Day at the Races...

On Saturday, Pandemic hosted a Ladies Day and took us to the races. The races is a very big deal in Australia and everyone gets very dressed up. Some women will wear hats or fascinators (a fancy feather/hair ornament) too. I was pretty excited to go and the atmosphere was great. We all had lots of fun and thanks to Darryl's company as they also paid alot of money on drinks/food for us too. And paid the taxi bill for everyone. It was also a wonderful way for me to meet more girls. There are a lot of immagrants so we're all trying to meet people!!

On the red carpet...me, Clo (from Quebec), Amy (from England), and Kate (a true Aussie but lived in Canada)

I took a couple of pictures of the track for Dad! I'm hoping that this will get him over to visit!! It was a beautiful track. The first one that I ever saw where the horses ran on grass and not dirt.

They had a really good band. And strippers!! Yeah, I didn't take pictures of that...just take my word for it.

The girls studing the program. Clo was really into betting and finally won on the last race!!

Another view pic.

I like this picture. Everyone hangin' over the fence...with their fancy clothes and drinks!! Seemed so very "back in the 1920's" or something. I really enjoyed it!!

Damn they were fast!

We were in the "Go Red" section. Sponsored by the heart foundation. So, everything looked very red under the tents here. And this is why alot of girls wore red dresses...it was a theme.

Then we were taken back to the city and dropped off at the Fringe Bar. Where Pandemic bought everyone more drinks/snacks. They were very generous!!

The 2 girls beside me are also Canadians...from Vancouver. Sonya's (in the hat) boyfriend works with Darryl and Erin works on Darryl's team.

The Pandemic girls that organized our day. Vanessa and Aurelia work in the HR dept.

And my last pic of the night. We'd been going about 12hours at this point so I think we did pretty good!! This is me with Trish...she is also in the HR dept. at Pandemic and helped organized the day for us.

We all had a super time and I'd love to go back to the races again soon!!