In 1815 the colonists of Australia blazed a road west through the Blue Mountains to settle in Bathurst. The beginning was difficult: cattle ranchers and farmers were cut off from the rest of the colony. That changed with the gold rush of the 1850s, when a boom of settlements appeared across the land. Today, the whole central part of Bathurst has been heritage-listed to preserve the history it possesses. And in the months of April and October, the vintage streets come alive with fans of the exciting Mount Panorama V-8 racing!