Kaniva, Victoria, Australia.
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Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup 2025

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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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Kaniva, first and last highway town in Victoria.
Gateway to the Wimmera Mallee Silo Art Trail. Home of Sheep Art.

Visitor Information Centre: 41 Commercial St, Kaniva, Vic. 3419
Open: Weekdays 9 - 2.30pm, Weekends 10 - 2pm.  
​Ph: (03) 5314 9083  WWSC Ph 13 99 72.

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​Australia Day 2020, West Wimmera Shire Council, Community Group of the Year.


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