Well, it just so happens that there is a cycling velodrome a few kilometers from our new house. It is the Packer Park Velodrome and it has quite a history.
It was built in 1952 as a training facility for the 1956 Olympics and has been in constant use very since. I haven't seen it yet but Mel has been to the park with the kids.
This particular track is owned and operated by the local council. The council is the very lowest level of municipal government here. There doesn't seem to be much of a city of municipal presence. Things tend to be done at the council level, a council usually represents a few suburbs.
It is free to use and open to the public during daylight as long as it has not been booked by a club.
I have been looking at bikes online and in stores here and hope to get a road bike in the next week or so and hopefully hit the track shortly after that and give it a whirl. Ultimately I would love to get a track bike, join a club , and give track racing a try. I think it is one of the few form of bike racing that I have never tried.
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