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THE LEXUS MELBOURNE CUP 30 OCTOBER - 4 NOVEMBER 2020 Go ‘behind the scenes’ at Flemington Racecourse; our special visit without the crowds, to see the famous rose gardens, parade grounds and marshalling yards, the day before the race, with the roses looking their best. Also visit Heide Museum of Modern Art and Cloudehill Garden. ITINERARY TOUR DETAILS DAY 1 FRI 30 OCT DAY 4 MON 2 NOV + OUR TOUR INCLUDES HOME TO MELBOURNE FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE ° Return economy flights (including taxes) Depart Sydney with your Ross Tour Leader, A special pre-race day visit has been arranged from Sydney / Melbourne / Sydney with Carolyn Dwyer for your flight to Melbourne. this morning at Flemington Racecourse Qantas Check into our hotel located in the heart of with a walking tour of the grounds with Melbourne. Join your fellow travellers for roses all the way; 16,000 of them all looking ° Deluxe accommodation for 5 nights in cocktails and Welcome Dinner. spectacular. Without the crowds we will be Marriott Hotel, Melbourne able to explore the gardens and visit the ° Breakfast daily, 1 lunch and 2 dinners DAY 2 SAT 31 OCT Flemington Heritage Centre. Time to relax Air-conditioned coach throughout the CLOUDEHILL GARDEN ° at our hotel before a special Gala dinner this tour We are heading up to the top of the evening at Crown Casino. We’ll be wined, Entrance fees to all gardens and Dandenong Ranges today to the charming ° dined and entertained, and we’ll meet racing sightseeing including private gardens: village of Olinda. Cloudehill is our personalities. It promises to be a great night Cloudehill, Heide Museum of Modern destination, the famous garden of Jeremy in preparation for tomorrow’s race. Francis. This ‘Arts and Crafts’ style garden is Art, Flemington Racecourse Gardens, set within woodlands of 80 year old beech, DAY 5 TUE 3NOV Australian Racing Museum LEXUS MELBOURNE CUP magnolias, maples and Himalayan tree ° Fully escorted by Carolyn Dwyer rhododendrons. The work of a supreme It’s race day at Flemington! Shoes polished, + OUR TOUR COSTS plantsman who gives every plant the care it tiaras gleaming and we’re there. We have great seats to enjoy the festivity, the fashions needs to shine. The result is breath-taking ° Twin Share per person, land only and the fun of the Lexus Melbourne Cup. We beauty. Lunch today is overlooking the $4,395 exquisite suite of garden rooms. have our own coach to get back to our hotel at the end of a very exciting day. ° Twin Share per person, including airfares DAY 3 SUN 1 NOV $4,795 DAY 6 WED 4 NOV HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Single Supplement MELBOURNE TO HOME ° Heide Museum of Modern Art is our $1,195 destination this morning that began life in A relaxed breakfast this morning before we 1934 as the home of Melbourne couple John check-out and transfer to Melbourne Airport + DISCOUNTS and Sunday Reed and has since evolved into for our homeward flight. ° Early Bird $200 (pay in full before 1/7/20) one of Australia’s most important cultural Previous Traveller $100 institutions. Amassing an outstanding ° collection of the contemporary art of ° Garden Clinic Member $50 their time, the Reeds commissioned the Melbourne Cup Carnival tickets are provided via construction of a ‘gallery to be lived in’. Ambassador Travel an Official Tourist Operator This modernist architectural icon eventually of the Victoria Racing Club opened as a public art museum in November 1981. They are remembered as champions of modern art and literature and remain two of Australia’s most important art benefactors. TOUR LEADER TO BOOK PLEASE CONTACT We will explore the gardens that Sunday Reed CAROLYN DWYER loved so much, her walled garden, the wild ROSLYN OR MELISSA garden and the famous kitchen garden in Carloyn is a which Sunday worked daily. horticulturist and tour 1300 233 200 leader. She gardens [email protected] in the Southern Highlands of NSW, and she loves Visit our website to get away to her favourite city, rosstours.com/melbournecup Melbourne. .