From ladies fashion hats, fresh floral hats and crazy headpieces – Melbourne Cup, saw it all.
Cricket legend Shane Warne was seen enjoying with racegoers. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
Guests pose during the Melbourne Cup at Flemington racecourse on Monday. In the biggest single injection of punters to the Melbourne Cup, three cruise ships, P&O Cruises Pacific Pearl, Pacific Jewel and Carnival Spirit will carry a record 6000 passengers from Sydney to 'the race that stops the nation'. The passengers will account for an estimated 10 per cent of all people visiting Melbourne for Tuesday's Cup. Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for P&O Cruises
Twenty five-year-old Gabi Grecko poses with her engagement ring after Geoffrey Edelsten proposed at the Emirates Marquee on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
Australian model Megan Gale and footballer Shaun Hampson attend the Swisse Marquee on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
Television actress Bec Hewitt was seen sans tennis player husband Lleyton Hewitt at the Swisse Marquee on Melbourne Cup. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
