Catalina Park

Catalina Park was a 2.092 km racing circuit located inside Frank Walford Park in Katoomba, set in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The idea to build a racing circuit in the park was first floated in 1953 by members of the Blue Mountains Sporting Car Club. After years of fundraising, the circuit finally opened on February 12, 1961, featuring seven turns on a challenging roller-coaster layout that demanded courage and precision.

Race meetings were staged through to 1969, attracting big names such as Beechey, Jane, Matich, and the Geoghegans, along with their most famous cars of the 1960s. The circuit never hosted national championship events, losing prominence after the opening of Oran Park and Amaroo Park closer to Sydney. In the 1970s it was used for Rallycross, and the last competition use was a lapdash run by the Mini Car Club of NSW on December 9, 2000. The circuit remains undeveloped, designated as an Aboriginal Place in 2005 (the largest of its type in New South Wales), with the track remnants entirely walkable though showing signs of abandonment.