The colliery climb Huntley Hill Climb
The Wollongong Sporting Car Club has been conducting hill climb events for cars of various classes at Huntley Hill since 1953, and the Wollongong Motorcycle Club began negotiations with the car club in the late 1950s to determine if it was feasible to run such an event for motorcycles.
Huntley Hill is situated at the western extremity of Avondale Road, at the southern perimeter of Dapto, which is around 20 kilometres south of Wollongong. The hill is part of the road formerly used by coal trucks to access the old Huntley mine, an area now destined to be a Greg Norman-designed golf course, plus town houses and other facilities. The part of the road used for hill climbs is approximately 4/10 mile in
