More than 100,000 attended Flemington Racecourse for the Melbourne Cup to watch Kerrin McEvoy ride Almandin to victory.
Lloyd Williams has become the most successful owner of Melbourne Cup winners with Almandin claiming Australia's greatest horse race.
Almandin overcame a potent international challenge to beat the Irish stayer Heartbreak City with Hartnell taking the minor placing.
One of Australia's most successful businessmen, Williams has now figured in the ownership of five Melbourne Cup winners while jockey Kerrin McEvoy has ridden his second winner of the race.
The race also welcomed some of Australia's biggest celebrities to the exclusive Birdcage enclosure.
Elsa Pataky, Chris Hemsworth's wife and a successful actress and model in her own right, was one of the biggest stars at the marquees.
American entertainment personality Maria Menounos will also make her final Cup carnival appearance.
Australia's 2016 Eurovision entry Dami Im will perform the national anthem ahead of the big race.
The Melbourne Cup is also one of the biggest for the fashion stakes.
