Melbourne Cup 2022

Opening hours

• Club Hotel, 4pm - 9pm
• Doyles IGA, 9 - 3pm 
• Kaniva Puppet Shop, 10.30 - 2pm
• Kaniva Community Roadhouse, 6am - 9pm
• Raine's Cafe, 9 - 2pm

2 Special events at Little Guys Pizza & Cafe and the Commercial Hotel:

​Jazz High Tea
Jazz High Tea is an elegant, relaxing and fun excuse to indulge in some freshly brewed tea and a selection of delicious savoury and sweet treats while enjoying some of Australia's finest jazz performers on Melbourne Cup Day. So get your friends together and surround yourself with some good company, excellent music, tasty treats and Cup Day activities. Performance by Quiet Riot.
Venue - Little Guys Pizza & Cafe. Tickets: Adults $50, Under 16s $10. Booking link

Commercial Hotel, 12 -3pm
Watch the Melbourne Cup live on the big screen. Enjoy lunch in the ballroom from 12 - 3pm.
Join the contest for: Best Dressed for male and female, Best Hat or Hairpiece, Best Tie.
Booking to Bob on 0404 721 288

The Lexus Melbourne Cup
Read more about this historic event in July 2021 in this Weekly Advertiser news story. The event was organised by the Kaniva A&P Society and celebrated over 100 years of Kaniva's racing history, it featured displays, an afternoon tea and gala evening. Local artist Kelly Meyer painted a sheep to commemorate the event located between the Commercial Hotel and the Midway Motel. The sheep was named Darryl of Bindarra after local racing legend Darryl Dodson. The event won the West Wimmera Shire Council Australia Day Community Event of the Year for 2021

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