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The Melbourne Cup: it’s a big deal. It might be the biggest deal on the Australian Sporting calendar. A huge number of viewers both in Australian and internationally tune in to watch the race every year.
Of course, if you’re going to watch the race, then there is one key piece of information you need to be aware of… when does it start?
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The simple answer is that the actual race the Melbourne Cup is run at 3pm AEDT every year on the first Tuesday of November, which in 2019 is 5 November.
That AEDT time zone will be the right time for you if you are looking to watch the Melbourne Cup from inside Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT, or Tasmania.
However, due to time zones and daylight savings, if you’re looking at watching from anywhere else in the country, the start time for you will be slightly different.
Queensland, due to not participating in daylight savings, is an hour behind and so if you are watching from Burleigh Heads, Cooktown, or anywhere in between, you’re in the AEST time zone where the race begins at 2pm.
South Australia and the Northern Territory are both in a different time zone to the east coast, which is made all the more complicated by the NT not participating in daylight savings.
As such if you are watching from Adelaide or the rest of South Australia you’ll be in the ACST time zone and need to tune in at 2:30pm. If you’re trying to see it the NT, you’re looking instead at 1:30pm.
Lastly, Western Australia has the greatest time zone difference of all, due to being two hours behind the east coast regularly and then an extra hour behind due to daylight savings.
So, if you’re looking to watch from Perth or anywhere else in WA, you’ll need to turn your TV on before 12pm noon to watch the Melbourne Cup.
Of course, the Melbourne Cup itself is not the only race of the day at Flemington. If you want to watch the rest of the action as well, be advised that the first race, the Darley Ottawa Stakes, gets underway at 10:55am AEDT, and the last, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes, begins at 5:15pm AEDT.
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