46 days until I see my house again.
Mount Panorama, Motor Racing Circuit Bathurst is a motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home of the Bathurst 12 Hour motor race, held each February, and the Bathurst 1000 motor race, held each October. Preparations are in place for getting the track ready for the big race in 2 weeks time. Caravans have already started arriving.
You can drive this track and guess where the four of us were this morning………….yes the men were playing racing car drivers on this famous race track, doing about 50 kms/hour.
Actually there were speed signs everywhere as these roads are used as normal roads outside race times.
Off we go from the start line………………..thats John & Denise in front of us.
Up the hill we go……………………..
I bet the race driver’s don’t even know this view is near the top of the mountain……….
Now its down the mountain towards the finish………….
This was such a fun thing to do and even the girls enjoyed it.
Lance & I went into the main part of Bathurst to look around. We came across the Bathurst War Memorial Carrillon in the small park called Kings Parade.
This memorial was completed in 1933 using funds mainly raised by the local community. Within the memorial an eternal flame burns in remembrance of the fallen. At the top is a bell chamber which houses 35 bells. We heard the bells rings for the half hour.
It was nice to see Spring in the air as we looked around.
As we have been driving around the countryside we noticed the lack of wildflowers that we are used to seeing in spring, along the roadside in West Australia. There have been lots of wattle trees but not a lot of other flowers.
While in the park I came across 4 Assistance Dogs out in the park, learning how to be polite while out in the public eye. I asked about the dogs, who had their Assistance Uniform on with an L plate on it. They ranged from 3 months into training to just a few days. In this photo its obvious the most experienced dog was the one on the left, a female smooth haired German Shepherd.
At this stage we are going to Cowra tomorrow, a 104 kms south of us.
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