1/33Triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, with her strapper Natalie Hinchcliffe, kicked off the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour. Picture: Mark Stewart
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As racing’s biggest prize wraps up a tour-month tour of Australia and overseas, see the pictures from stops in remote WA, glitzy Sydney and regional Victoria.
2/33The Melbourne Cup visits Mount Whaleback mine in Newman, WA. Picture: Colin Murty
3/33Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jimmy Cassidy shows the trophy to miners at Mount Whaleback, WA. Picture Colin Murty
4/33Jimmy Cassidy with the Cup at Mount Whaleback mine. Picture: Colin Murty
5/33The Cup at Fortescue Falls in WA’s Karijini National Park. Picture: Colin Murty
6/33South Newman Primary School and Jimmy Cassidy check out the prized trophy in WA. Picture: Colin Murty
7/33The Cup behind the scenes at the Newman Races in WA. Picture: Colin Murty
8/33The Melbourne Cup and a beautiful Pilbara sunrise in WA. Picture: Colin Murty
9/33The trophy visits Gai and Kate Waterhouse with Kate's children in Sydney. Picture: Esteban La Tessa
10/33Erin Holland, Candice Warner and Nikki Phillips with the Melbourne Cup in Double Bay, Sydney. Picture: Tim Hunter
11/33VRC ambassador Delta Goodrem holds the trophy in Double Bay, Sydney. Picture: Tim Hunter
12/33The Cup sparkles for a young Charters Towers resident in Queensland. Picture: Jay Town
13/33Melbourne Cup winners, trainer Sheila Laxon and jockey Glen Boss, on Towers Hill in Charters Towers. Picture: Jay Town
14/33Glen Boss and Shiela Laxon take the Cup to the racetrack at Charters Towers. Picture: Jay Town
15/33The Cup Tour visiting rural Queensland town Cloncurry and residents Seth, 6, and Arlo O’Brien, 4. Picture: Jay Town
16/33Paula Namie, 8, holds the Cup as it visits Cloncurry State School in Queensland. Picture: Jay Town
17/33The trophy deep underground at the Ernest Henry Mine in Cloncurry, Queensland. Picture: Jay Town
18/33The 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour in Cloncurry, Queensland. Emmie O’Brien with the Cup. Picture: Jay Town
19/33Melbourne Cup-winning jockey John Letts takes the Cup on the Murry River in Echuca on the Victoria-NSW border.
20/33John Letts admires the Cup in Echuca.
21/33John Letts and the Cup trot through Echuca.
22/33John Letts takes the Cup across the across the newly built Echuca-Moama bridge in a convertible.
23/33The trophy and John Letts visit former jockey Brian Dowker at Rushworth’s Criterion Hotel in Victoria.
24/33Trainer Danny O’Brien, race caller Greg Miles and VRC chairman Neil Wilson take the 18-carat gold trophy to Portarlington, Victoria, via ferry. Picture: Jay Town
25/33Students dress in silks to welcome the 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour to Portarlington, Victoria. Picture: Jay Town
26/33Lara Truong on Cielo and Julie Bramucci on Rosco with The Cup on Portarlington Beach. Picture: Jay Town
27/33Dennis was delighted the Cup visited Yea Racetrack in regional Victoria. Picture: Jay Town
28/33Former VRC chief steward Des Gleeson takes the trophy to a schools in Yea, Victoria. Picture: Jay Town
29/33Yea farmer Malcolm White shows the Cup to his Angus cows. Picture: Jay Town
30/33The 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour gets a warm welcome in Maffra, Victoria. Picture: Jay Town
31/33Seaspray, Victoria locals gather to view the Cup and meet Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michael Rodd outside the General Store. Picture Jay Town
32/33Seaspray surf lifesavers take the Cup for a run. Picture: Jay Town
33/33Nippers Ettie, 7, and Ted Curtis, 5, with The Cup on Seaspray beach in Victoria. Picture: Jay Town
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