Yes we have some really good sires here but like the world over everything is turning into the early maturing 2 yr old with storm cat sires & redoutes choice (Danehill). We have race tracks all over australia in 3 classes in cities "metro" tracks like flemington,moonee valley , Rosehill, Doomben,eagle farm.
Provincial, Cranbourne ,gold coast etc
"Bush" pooncarie, birdsville, etc population for bush meetings can swell a town that has a pop of say 85 like pooncarie can swell to 5,000 just for the race ;-)

Melbourne cup is still our main race but trainers & punters still consider the "cox plate" the race that has the best of the best