Every year at the end of June the Laura Amateur Turf Club holds the Laura Races. People come from many kilometres to spend the weekend here and to attend the race meeting on Saturday afternoon. There is also a rodeo on Sunday but we're not going to that - we've been to a few and have decided that we're not really rodeo people.
There are several thousand people in attendance from all over Australia. Some have flown in on small planes and helicopters - we've heard them flying around. Many more are camped near the racetrack. There's also an opportunity to party on Friday and Saturday night - we went in to the "cabaret" on Friday and stayed for a couple of hours.
The afternoon at the races was a lot of fun. The "Fashion on the Field" was entertaining. Many racegoers (male and female) were dressed in their race going finery even though we're many kms from anywhere, it's an opportunity to get dressed up.
And the punters certainly take things seriously.
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