I went up there today and had a look at it and I dont think its that bad at all. It is a shame that it was put there at the expense of the chase outer viewing areas.
I will be looking to spend some time up there when its nice and empty on the thurs/fri of race weekend.
At the southern end of the mound right at the kink you can get so damn close to the track I'd almost call it dangerous (in the event of a car getting nudged into the wall at almost 300km/h) if it wasn't going to be such an adrenalin rush watching them fly past through there right on the limit.
Generally, visibility is good from most points. Having a side on view of some dices from the kink all the way down the the left hander will be somewhat spectacular. Only thing is you wont get to see much of them once they are out of the left hander (just about 20m before the cleland/plato incident) due to the elevations and the tyre wall at the end of the sand trap to stop the don watson style run offs.
I have got a few pics up for those who want to have a look. Was going to take a movie to show what its like except i was low on memory and i had pics on there that my g/f would kill me if i deleted!! Stay tuned for a movie to get a better perspective of the 180 degree views that are possible from this location
http://athene.riv.csu.edu.au/~skauter/mount/
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Taken from chase outer (flag point 21)
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Taken from the inside of the track at the start of the "kink"
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Taken from the outside of the track at the start of the "kink"
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Taken from the inside of the track at the start of the "kink"
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Taken from the southern tip of the new chase inner spectator mound
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Taken from the middle of the new spectator mound (note the XF falcon in all 3 shots to give a rough perspective of closeness to the track)
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Taken from the northern end of the new bank (note the obscured view of the continuation of conrod from the tyre wall and the site of the 04 CAT Racing tent)
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Perspectives of the mound and track from the concrete wall. Its much higher than it looks! but I'd still like to see it higher to hold more of the general public such as ourselves!!!
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New pit straight bridge stairs and timekeeping building.
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Drainage work on the inside of pit entry lane at murrays