Another easy day, leaving West Wyalong at 10:00Am.

The roads again were not fairing well with all the water recently with more pot holes and road surface breaking up. There were a lot of lakes on the sides of the roads where paddocks once stood and the creeks were full. You did not dare pull off the black top for the fear of sinking in the mud.

A lot of roads were closed due to flooding but not the track we were taking to Bathurst.

We stopped for lunch in Blayney at Goose Park which apparently was under water a week ago.

The clouds were building as we got closer to Bathurst but there was no rain to fall today. Jenny was a little excited as we drove up Panorama Avenue to the Mount Panorama Race Track. It was a seamless pickup of credentials, shirts, passes, caps and other bits and pieces from the Officials Credential Office.

Off to the Officials Campground. There is 2 ways to access this campground. The first is to wait for the racing to finish for today then take the circuit to the infield.

The second is to use the tunnel under the circuit. There is a height limit of 3.1m for the tunnel and I was pretty sure that we could fit through.

The guard at the tunnel had a pipe jig to check heights and it looked like I had a few cms to spare. Down and into the tunnel and we didn’t hear any scraping so foot down, close eyes and we were through and into the campground.

Managed OK to get the Taj onto our site (228), with room for the caravan with awning out and car across the front.

The Fire Chief stopped by and took me on a tour of the Pits, Support Paddock before picking up a fire truck for a couple of laps of the track to get my bearings and where all the fire trucks will be located. Jenny even tagged along for the ride.

My role for this weekend is in Race Control looking after the Fire and Supply crew.

280 kms today with fuel at an all time low for the moment at West Wyalong of $1.459 a litre