Mount Panorama 1

Day 145 Orange

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January 7th 2008
Headed further west today to Orange with enough time spent at Bathurst to do 2 laps of the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit. It is 6.213 Km long and 870 metres above sea level at its highest point and 670 metres at its lowest. Unfortunately there is a speed limit of 60 Kph and we had the caravan attached but it was still great to go around. The track is on the side of the hill and there are ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Orange

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more