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Melbourne Cup celebrated with gusto around Australia, despite coronavirus
The Melbourne Cup has a new look this year thanks to coronavirus but that has not stopped people around Australia celebrating the best way they can.
For the first time in its 159-year history, spectators were barred from the annual horse race after the Victoria Racing Club said it would not be possible to safely host even small crowds at Flemington racecourse.
So how did people mark the moment around the country?
Ipswich, Queensland
Eased restrictions in Queensland meant more than 200 people were able to watch the Melbourne Cup on screens at the Ipswich Turf Club, west of Brisbane.
General manager Brett Kitching said they had a…
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