Melbourne Cup Facts And Trivia From Phar Lap To Michelle Payne

Want to impress your friends with Melbourne Cup facts and trivia? Former amateur jockey, hobby trainer and bookie Paddy O’Reilly has collated all the colourful history of the race that stops the nation in one easy to read book, Facts, Stats & Trivia of the Melbourne Cup. All the winners’ amazing stories and records are there over…

ByRobyn Foyster04/11/20230Comments

Donny Galella’s Secret Tips For Race Day Fashion

Donny Galella has dressed some of Australia's brightest stars including Jennifer Hawkins, Dannii Minogue and Jessica Mauboy, plus huge international A-listers like Sophia Loren and Kelly Rowland. As a Fashion Stylist, Makeover Expert & Style Blogger, he appears weekly on Channel 7’s The Morning Show and performed the makeovers on the hit show Beauty and the Geek (2013 & 2014). We were lucky enough…

ByChrisanthi Kaliviotis02/11/20210Comments

Entertaining & Wine

Beautiful Gooree Park: Wine And Wagyu

Right in the heart of the Mudgee Region of New South Wales is spectacular Gooree Park - the home of 'Wine and Wagyu' BBQ's. In a nod to this popular event, our food guru Lyndey Milan has created a dish to represent both the vines which produce the property's award-winning wines and the magnificent Wagyu…

ByLyndey Milan14/08/20210Comments

Entertaining & Wine

Gooree Park – Sample The Wines And Meet The Thoroughbreds On A Guided Tour

Right in the heart of the Mudgee Region of New South Wales is spectacular Gooree Park, the biggest vineyard in the area and home of Australian thoroughbred champion racehorses. Clearly, Gooree is not your regular country estate, its Cellar Door boasts a range of award winning wines, three of them named for champions of…

ByLyndey Milan12/08/20210Comments

Entertaining & Wine

High Tea In The Stables At Beautiful Gooree Park in Mudgee

https://vimeo.com/111478674 Just ten minutes from Mudgee in the Heart of New South Wales, Gooree Park is one of the region's most historic and picturesque properties. This Stud and Vineyard combined produces both champions of the track and a wide range of award-winning wines. There's no doubting Gooree's thoroughbred credentials. Much-loved Aussie cook Lyndey Milan recently…

ByLyndey Milan10/08/20210Comments

Entertaining & Wine Videos

Raise Your Glass To The On-track Action At Gooree Park

'Bubbly Breakfast at the Track' is one of the regular highlight events held at beautiful Gooree Park Winery and Stud, just minutes from Mudgee in New South Wales. Anyone who has ever been trackside on race-day knows the excitement of witnessing champion racehorses thunder past as they head for the winning post. Now is…

ByLyndey Milan05/02/20210Comments

Fashion

Nicole Trunfio, Amanda Elliott And Gai Waterhouse Lead The Fashion Stakes

Racing legend Gai Waterhouse, VRC Chairman Amanda Elliott and international model Nicole Trunfio stole the show in the fashion stakes at the annual VRC Kennedy Oaks Club Lunch which was held at Crown Palladium. One of Melbourne’s social and racing calendar highlights, guests celebrated Ladies Day by indulging in an afternoon of entertainment, and fashion gazing. Racing…

ByThe Carousel07/11/20190Comments

Lifestyle & Homes Travel & Leisure

Bucket List Adventure: Sail Away In The Clipper Round The World Race

If sailing 40,000 nautical miles around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht sounds like your cup of tea, then keep reading. You’ve come to the right place. Oh, and by the way, you need have no prior sailing experience. The Clipper Round The World Race is a race like no other. The brainchild of…

ByAngela Galloway05/01/20180Comments

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body Make-Up

Race Day Beauty: Expert Tips On Keeping You In Tact Trackside

And they're off! With the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival just around the bend, it's all about the frocks, the fascinators and the flutes of French (and maybe the horses). Come race day, it's a wobbly juggling act of canapés, champagne, crowns and form guides, which, along with Melbourne's flighty weather, can wreak havoc on hair and makeup. To avoid trackside…

ByChrisanthi Kaliviotis31/10/20160Comments

Arts & Culture News What's On World

Assetto Corsa Launches On PlayStation 4 And XBOX One

I’ve never been much of a gamer. I remember playing Pac-Man and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? on PC when I was younger. Things like Sega, Nintendo and Gameboy didn’t rock my world, and though I have an old PlayStation and XBOX, I could probably count the hours I’ve spent playing them on…

ByTegan Lawson01/09/20160Comments