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As The Nursery car park site holder, please ensure you download the car pass/es from the email sent from VRC Membership. This car pass must be affixed to the windscreen or available to be scanned upon gate entry on the race day. Only one car pass can be used per car and will be scanned upon entry. Car Passes cannot be used more than once unless the pass has been scanned out of The Nursery before re-entering.  

Guests require a Pedestrian Pass or Members ticketing and must scan their pass upon entry and exit of the site area. 

Passengers of vehicles entering Car Park areas must have either their VRC Membership Card, a Pedestrian Pass, a VRC Member Daily Guest Ticket, or Annual Guest Card. Attendants will be checking tickets upon entry.

Limited parking will be available for Nursery site-holders in a dedicated car park in the far-east section of The Nursery (outside the fence line). This is on a first come, first served basis while space is available. Nursery patrons will be able to enter and exit this car park at any stage to retrieve items from their car. 

General Admission parking is also available to members who do not hold Members Reserved or Unreserved parking passes for the 2025/26 racing season. Please note VRC does not guarantee the availability of the spaces in the General Admission or Members Unreserved Car Park.  

Unless a site has been purchased within The Nursery to park your car, your car MUST be parked outside of the Nursery fence line.  

VRC Members (site holder) and guests who hold an Annual Guest Card, Daily Guest Ticket or Pedestrian Pass, can assist in setting up the site, along with VRC Accredited Caterers and Hirers.  

Please note, no vehicle larger than 5.5m (length) x 2.8m (width) will be permitted entry into Flemington Racecourse at any point, and trailers are not permitted at any time. VRC Accredited Caterers and Hirers will be permitted to bring vehicles into the site area.   

Unless a site has been purchased within The Nursery to park your car, your car MUST be parked outside of the Nursery fence line.  

Car Park sites in The Nursery are a blank canvas for you to create you own vision. However, there are restrictions in place for what you can bring to your site across Melbourne Cup Carnival in 2025:

• Gas-powered BBQ’s only
• Maximum of two structures per standard site (3m x 3m of coverage for entire site & roof height up to 2.5m)
• Structures must be anchored securely to the ground and no sides or flooring
• No heaters or hay bales can be placed in the site
• No branding or logos permitted on structures/umbrellas
• Signage, posters, banners, and any other promotional material is not permitted
• No beer barrels/kegs of any size
• Generators are strictly prohibited

Super Sites: Strictly no flooring or annexe structures can be placed within your site.

Members will be permitted to return to their car park site with their vehicle after 8pm*. Members may leave their vehicles and property at the racecourse overnight, at their own risk. All equipment and property must be collected prior to 10:00am the following day or risk being towed. 

The VRC accepts no responsibility for any equipment or property that you take into or leave at the racecourse, at your site or in the general Car Park area. 

*Subject to Victoria Police approval

If you are planning on exiting Flemington before 8pm, we recommend you park your vehicle in the designated Nursery car park which sits outside of the fence line. You will be able to access your vehicle throughout the day, but it will provide you with the flexibility to leave at a time that suits you without impacting the safety of patrons still enjoying their time in The Nursery.