BATHURST MOUNT PANORAMA 'THE KING'
- Traveldriven
- Oct 18, 2016
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 29
Mount Panorama
On race weekends camp next to the racetrack at McPhillamy Park Campground on Mount Panorama.
The highest point of the mountain. Hundreds if not thousands of camping sites are available. The campground is relatively flat and has amenity blocks. It is only open when major events take place. Road access is good for all towed vehicles. Winters are often cold and rain often impacts racing events held any time of year.
Personal Experience
Well before the year 2000 myself and a mate hitchhiked from the outskirts of Melbourne and up the Hume highway 1,000 km to a motoring event at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales. The event held over the Easter long weekend.
We were picked up late Friday and arrived the following morning by about midday Saturday. Hitchhiked all night through periods of rain and fog. There were frequent periods of waiting for a lift beside the dark roadside. To my amazement our arrival at Mount Panorama was in good time. We were picked up by cars or ute's not trucks. The drivers were assorted farmers and families. At the event we spent time on the hill campground with thousands of revellers enjoying the party atmosphere.
One of the funniest things I seen was an overturned car bonnet removed from an old car and a tow rope had been affixed to a car with a man skiing and pulled along behind with the bonnet underneath. Weaving a path along grass tracks near campsites. Very unsafe I imagine.
I got an express bus to return home to be ready to work on the Wednesday. This was the first and only-time hitchhiking. Now not encouraged and illegal in Victoria. I haven't seen a hitchhiker for years now.
The King of the Mountain and Torana A9X
Perhaps Mount Panorama is the most challenging and best racetrack in the world! In rural New South Wales, Australia. Several hours drive from Sydney.
Peter Brock is the holder of the most race victories at Bathurst with nine race wins at the circuit and ten Australian Touring Car Championship wins. Driver of the legendary Holden Torana A9X. Brock set the lap record on the final lap of the 1979 race with a margin of six laps to second place. The purpose-built racing cars with a body similar to road going cars are now widely known in Australia as Supercar Racing. The winner of the annual Bathurst 1000 held in early October receives after the Bathurst 1000 race the prized Peter Brock Trophy.
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KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
PETER BROCK
PETER BROCK O5 A9X TORANA
ALLAN MOFFAT 1977 FORD FALCON GT
MOUNT PANORAMA GOOGLE MAPS
MOUNT PANORAMA, BATHURST
NEW SOUTH WALES
Wikipedia, Mount Panorama Circuit
THE KING OF THE MOUNTAIN RIP