This episode of Digging Deeper with @ The Coalface is coming to you from Blackrock Motorsport Park at Lake Macquarie!

Why? This site was once Rhondda Colliery, with an output of 1500 tonnes of coal per day, the mine opened in 1900 and mining ceased in 1971. Rehabilitation was finished in 2008, which included site remediation and revegetation.

Yancoal had control of the former colliery site until it relinquished its mining lease, and a man by the name of Tony Palmer took control renaming it Blackrock Motorsport Park. It will soon become Australia’s first dedicated recreation resort park for motoring enthusiasts.

The track has already attracted some big names in motorsport including Dakar and Finke Champion Toby Price.

Jess caught up with Toby and Tony for this episode of Digging Deeper with @ The Coalface brought to you by NSW Mining, responsibly mining coal for today and tomorrow with experts restoring land after mining at every single mine.