Mount Panorama (Bathurst) circuit map print

The lap, and the ground it runs over

Work on the road began in 1936 and the first meeting, for motorcycles, was held in 1938. Outside race events anyone can drive it, in either direction, and some houses can only be reached from the circuit itself. The Wiradjuri people called the mountain Wahluu, meaning to watch over, and it was a place of initiation for young men long before any engine was heard on it.

The touring car race that made the name has been held here since 1963. On the artwork the shape tells the story: a long climb up one side, a twisting run across the top and down the steep face, then the fastest straight on the circuit, the run back towards town. A chicane was added on that straight in 1987.

The map shades the hill in relief, so the dark high ground sits right against the twisting part of the lap, where the road clings to the slope. At the other end the line runs close to the streets and tracks on the town side of the hill, and a fine web of lanes and property boundaries spreads out across the farmland around it.

The designer opens with the lap already drawn and the frame fitted to it. Write your title and the line beneath it, choose from 19 styles, and preview the finished artwork before you buy.