Nine days in Tasmania

thedecepticon

Getting the hang of it
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Wow...what a shot! Just freaking awesome.:clap:
We are going in Nov 2018, hope to do a couple of weeks there. Was Jacob's Ladder as scary as it looks? :eek:
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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The GPS said left, the sign said right. Right involved more dirt roads, we went right

Left would've been the far more scenic way :chug:


When you are riding with motorcyclists rather than photographers they never even see things like this 200 metres off the road

That's me....make that 3m off the road :bs

I walked up to near the summit to see the view
...and sit in the snow to test the Klims


:chug:
MORE great shots!!
Love this thread!


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asphalt

Tassie...where tyres are flat and nights are long
Thanks for the brilliant Riding Report through the north of Tasmania.....
I like the landscape around Scottsdale:clap:
 
Day 6

A Tiger tail in Tasmania
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Next stop the Bicheno Motorcycle Museum.
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You know you are in Tasmania when milk for tea comes in a cow and is dispensed from its nose.
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Down the road a ways on the advice of some local road maintenance guys I when 10km right to Meetus Falls. If I had 2 hours to spare I would have gone to the bottom and taken some proper photos.
Can't help but say that that pool at the bottom reminded me of the swimming hole scene in Wild Hogs.
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Bruce, Bruce and Bruce went left to Lost Falls and sat around chatting
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when I got there I found out what was lost - the water!
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Eventually we hit the coast and got a view of Maria Island
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and I took an arty picture of Bruces Tiger with the every present scourge of photographers in Tasmania - power lines. (Political rant: I can't believe the stupidly of these people and their propensity to put power lines in every single view)
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Looking south down the coast towards the Port Arthur peninsula from Wielangta Road
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and once again on the way to dinner with no camera the sunset was spectacular
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The first think you see at the top of Mt Wellington is the warning
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The things you don't often see are the large telco tower
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or the view of Hobart and the south eastern parts of Tasmania
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but if you wait 5 minutes and don't freeze in the mean time you are generally rewarded with fantastic photo ops.
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after some navigational issues we made the Bruny Island ferry where Bruce did his best Charlie Boorman imitation or celebrated his and my 20kph over the speed limit written warnings I'm not sure which.
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and went straight to Adventure Bay for lunch
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then headed south to the lighthouse
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and got up close and personal with it
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and checked the views
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then headed on the ferry back to the mainland (well the larger island at least) where we stopped for a view of Eggs and Bacon Bay
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and Bruce took a selfie
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and back to Hobart with the most amazing evening light but but the time I found a power line free view it was waning
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One more riding day
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
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Was Jacob's Ladder as scary as it looks? :eek:

Agreed, GREAT shots! :clap:

Jocob's Ladder just sits in a highly impressive and engaging setting... the road itself could be done on a roadie with road-hoops, 2-up (better know what you're doing though, but it's not that difficult).
It's just impossible to uncouple the road from the surrounds....and we all know: you'll go where ya lookin'. There's the "tricky" part with Jacob's Ladder.
 
Day 7

A minor mutiny meant we went to an Italian restaurant rather than the usual diet of Tasmanian sea food. You could tell it was Italian because Deano was there
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Day 8

Stopped at or at least near the geographical centre of Tasmania
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Lunch at Bronte Park
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The joys of the Great Lakes road with heavy trucks loaded with road fill travelling in convoy at around 100kph
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The happiest person in Tasmania. She had ridden from Queensland for the Black Dog ride and was travelling around Tasmania by herself prior to heading north again.
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Coming down off the Western Tiers
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I got the feeling it had been some time since the last train had run through Mole Creek
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Real ADV rider food - Toasted brie and smoked salmon with red onion sandwich (he rides a GSA you wouldn't really expect anything else anyway).
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A last look at Mt Roland
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and any suggestion that my choice of the wine to accompany the Pizzas was influenced by either navigational issues or cultural heritage will be hotly denied.
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glitch

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Coming down off the Western Tiers

...and how good is that A5 from the top carpark to Quamby Corner/ Golden Valley :drool:


Ahhh Tas!! Not a bad lil' spot, aye?
Already got your ferry tickets for the next stint?
Thanks for some magic pix...and just enough words to string the yarn along.
:clap::clap:
 
...and how good is that A5 from the top carpark to Quamby Corner/ Golden Valley :drool:


Ahhh Tas!! Not a bad lil' spot, aye?
Already got your ferry tickets for the next stint?

Ta.

No tickets yet.
I have to go to a conference in Perth in two weeks and somehow that has morphed into a week in the Margaret River area with Janice beforehand. Not sure how that happens.
Bike riding will have to wait till the holiday season is over and it cools down again.
 
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