50th Anniversary Bathurst 1000 Race

We have just completed a great weekend at the Bathurst races. This year was the 50th anniversary of the event and it didn't let us down. There was heaps to see and do in the 3 days we spent on the track. They had over 200,000 people in the 4 days!!

We arrived in Bathurst on the Thursday afternoon and went out to have a quick look and get our bearings. Our accommodation whilst in Bathurst was at the Bathurst Sheep and Cattle Drome, a farm stay of sorts. The property we stayed on was great, even the other guests (V8 diehards) were pretty well behaved as well.

 
Friday we went out to the track to have a good look around before the crowds turned up. We were wrong, there were heaps of people there! The program the V8 guys put on was excellent. One of my favorite parts was they ran a great selection of cars from the past around the track. It bought back some great memories of watching the race as a kid and a real treat to see them running.

We had paddock passes so we went and had a look at the back of the pits and the massive trucks these teams turn up in. It was interesting just to watch how each of the teams run their business, glad we got the passes.

Saturday was spent up the top of Mount Panorama watching most of the programme, taking photos then headed down to watch the top 10 shootout from the stands. The tickets we ended up getting for the stands weren't the best, but live and learn hey?

Sunday we settled into the seat, watched the race and wandered to different vantage points around the bottom of the track. It was a great race to cap off the 50th year celebrations. We had an excellent time at Bathurst topped off by doing a few laps of the circuit this morning in the cruiser. We had a ball.

We leave tomorrow on our way to Phillip Island for the MotoGP in a couple of weeks. We have decided to travel down over the snowies to Eden on the coast and follow the coast to the island. Hoping to still see some snow in Kosciusko National Park.