TONIC Melbourne Cup Party

Design firm TONIC celebrated the Melbourne Cup with a party in the Hynes Street laneway in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley on Tuesday 1 November, complete with a green turf and picket fence. The party was put on by TONIC in conjunction with Trac Developments and Be Collective Engineers.

BY jesse

November 8th, 2011

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