Ron and Diane's Blog: Morning - Preparation day with the Sister Missionaries

On Mon. Sept. 26th, 2011 (preparation day) we went to Bathurst to pick up the sister missionaries and take them on a picnic. Before we left town they wanted to show us the famous Mount Panarama Motor Racing Circuit. They directed us where to go and all of a sudden we realized we were ON the actual race track. The race track itself is actually a part of the city street system and there are homes along the track. The land in the middle of the track also has home located there. The residents use the track to get to their homes. The track is only closed on race days for 24 hrs at a time.

The sad part is that for residence it still has the city speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph) except on race day.

Dad had a hard time holding back.

It goes up the side of the mountain and has many sharp turns.

We drove the entire track and stopped and took many pictures.

The sisters warned us of cameras tracking the drivers speed limit.

After driving the full race track we stopped at the information center.

We took more pictures

Yay, we are all champions for driving Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit

Parked outside on the road by the visitors center was a bright yellow 1946 Ford. Dad wanted to get his picture taken by it. Just as we were heading for it a pick-up stopped and let a man out. He went straight to the Ford to get in. The sisters ran to him and asked if we could get a picture by his beautiful truck. He was very nice and we visited with him and got many more pictures.

Leave it up to dad to find out that it has an origional Ford front cab and fenders but an Australian Ford back section. Also, a Holden front suspension under it and a Windsor 402 V8 with an automatic transmission. The owner says he does not race it but drives it every day. He said there is no sense keeping it only for car shows. He built it to enjoy. Dad agreed with him whole heartily.