The magnificent Australian Open trophies - the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup (men's trophy) and Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup (women's trophy) - have celebrated an extended tour of regional Victoria with a whirlwind tour of the Wimmera.
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Horsham and the Wimmera region was the tour's last top, the AO trophies stopping by Horsham Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday January 8.
The trophies stopped by Murtoa's Stick Shed, Dadswell Bridge and even made the climb up Mount Arapiles to overlook a field where Natimuk farmer Carl Sudholz had ploughed 'AO' into his crop to celebrate the event.
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The AO on the Road initiative, which hit the road in November 2021 as part of an ongoing initiative to provide uplift and sense of community spirit, has travelled across country Victoria visiting local locations and communities including the Murray, Yarra Valley, Goldfields, Great Ocean Road, Warrnambool and the Surf Coast.
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