As the population continues to grow in the area, so does the crowd at the NYE meeting each year. Packed last night. David Martin said over 7,000 counted coming in. Not a lot of familiar faces there. Lots of first timers and tipping mostly locals from the people I spoke to. Heaps of families and kids.
Yes it's a once a year thing. But it's a great ad for the sport and if you want to know what it used to be like going to the trots highly recommend it.