By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have joined 100,000 spectators at "the race that stops a nation", during the latest leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour in Melbourne.
The royal couple was in the stands at Flemington Racecourse to watch the famous Melbourne Cup and to meet some of the jockeys riding in the historic race.
Charles and Camilla shook hands and waved at the crowds as they made their way into the main grandstand ahead of the race.
The royal couple met some of the leading jockeys in the weighing room, including Ryan Moore from the UK.
He was riding Mount Athos and was quizzed by the Duchess about whether he was suffering any jetlag.
Camilla, who is a keen horse rider and equestrian fan, told jockey James McDonald, riding Fiorente, that "it's a treat for us" to be at the Melbourne Cup.
Fashion is as much a part of the event as the horse racing and the women racegoers were dressed in summer dresses and wore hats and fascinators.
Among the guests was Camilla's favourite milliner Philip Treacy.
Mr Treacy said: "It's a great honour to design hats for the future Queen of England and I'm very excited to be here on a day when the royal couple are in Melbourne."
For the Duchess, he had created a wide brimmed cream hat that matched her flowing coat and dress by Bruce Oldfield.
The prize money and trophies make the Melbourne Cup one of the richest handicap races in the world and it is always run on the first Tuesday in November.
Australia is Charles and Camilla's second leg of their Diamond Jubilee tour on behalf of the Queen.
It began in Papua New Guinea where the Prince of Wales made an address in the Pidgin language.
Upon arrival in Australia, he told Queenslanders he was so jet-lagged he felt "a few sausages short of a barbie".
The Duchess of Cornwall has never visited Australia or New Zealand, where the couple will travel next.
Earlier, the Prince of Wales visited Melbourne's Australian Tapestry Workshop, the only one of its kind in the country.
Prince Charles tried his hand at the ancient art of tapestry weaving.
The visit celebrated the collaboration of Australian arts institutions with the Prince's School of Traditional Arts.
And before going to the races, Charles visited Cricket Victoria's Harmony Programme at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The programme uses sport to integrate generations of migrant populations into the community.
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