Mt Panorama

Top choice in New South Wales


Rev-heads will enjoy the 6.2km Mt Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, venue for the epic Bathurst 1000 Supercar race each October. It's a public road, so you can drive around the circuit – but only up to an unthrilling 60km/h. There's a lookout out over the Bathurst plains and a racing-themed children's playground at the top.


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