Poor Old Catalina Raceway

[Duncan]

sure am interested

[Trust33]

i never even new much about the raceway.Hold the flames!!

[Gunnar_11]

Sorry to bump an old thread but how do you get to Catalina?

I know it's just off the Great Western Highway but is it near anything and going off the maps I can't see how you get down to the track. Curious to check it out - it looks awesome

[Cassbo]

Going off google maps it looks like you can walk onto the track. I don't think you would get a car on there... I think they would have fixed that for obvious reasons

[Gunnar_11]

Going off google maps it looks like you can walk onto the track. I don't think you would get a car on there... I think they would have fixed that for obvious reasons

Yeah but I meant as in the best place to access it from; there's a few streets surrounding it

No plan to take the car there obviously but go for a walk through it or perhaps take the mountain bike there

[CatsEyes]

Sorry to bump an old thread but how do you get to Catalina?

I know it's just off the Great Western Highway but is it near anything and going off the maps I can't see how you get down to the track. Curious to check it out - it looks awesome

It's very simple. It's just behind the swim complex in Katoomba. Just park in the carpark, and keep walking.

And yes, you can walk the whole length of the track. You could probably drive in if you could force the old gate, but that's probably not a wise idea.

It's a bit of a time-tunnel. Old start and finish lines, signage, old ads, etc etc.

Blue Mountains City Council would never re-open it. Cheap nasty little bastards don't even want to keep the civic pools open, and won't mow or maintain the sports ovals properly. So we can forget Catalina.

For what it's worth, it got its name from the old Catalina seaplane that used to live in the swimming-pool next door, in the years after WWII.

[pbk1776]

shame looks like a good track