View from Mount Panorma. Photo: Charles Boag
BREAKING NEWS: At the 11th hour, on March 5 federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley slapped an “emergency declaration” on the go-kart track, stopping work on it for 30 days. The reason cited was that it is a sacred site. She will make her final decision then. It follows a protest outside NSW parliament on March 4 and numerous submissions to the minister.
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The park is a magnificent 10.11 hectares perched high above Bathurst on land donated by a former mayor. There are box gums, a children’s playground, a toilet block for campers, a few derelict buildings and a lot of open space.