Adventure Bay to Hobart We awoke to a cool but clear day at Adventure Bay. This photo from Sam taken at the Neck looks back at Fluted Cape on the left and the wonderful bay we are leaving behind … So beautiful, isn’t it? No wonder this became favoured as a watering and stopover spot […]
When I was in my early years of teaching I worked in a school in the Derwent Valley. Quite a few of the kids there used to have shacks down on Bruny Island and often when I asked what they’d be doing over the weekend, or during holiday breaks the answer would be simply “Goin’ […]
After having such a great run of weather two and a half weeks I guess it would be unreasonable to have been disappointed with less than ideal conditions over the last two days. Yesterday we experienced pretty significant winds travelling north out of the Tasman Peninsula, and today was just pretty cool and overcast for […]
During the last two days we have traversed from the Freycinet Peninsula to Port Arthur at the southern extremity of the Tasman Peninsula. Here’s what our route looks like in the context of Tasmania as a whole … We’ve almost completed a loop back to Hobart but have some fun flourishes left to finish the […]
While a long day in the saddle with some ups and downs is what I like more than anything else, sometimes a shorter ride with less elevation can be rejuvenating. Today was such a day. With only 82 kilometres to cover and about 600 metres of climbing it has the least elevation and is one […]
The last three days have seen us cover approximately 325 kilometres, with a bit of that entailing some ducking and weaving to take in a few special Tassie highlights. We could have come more directly from Rosevears to Ironhouse Point, but that would not have been quite as interesting. Here is a look at a […]
The title of this post wasn’t arrived at because all but one of us were in the “Seniors” category, but because of the landscape. More on that later. So, we are here at the top end of the Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, and in the Southwest Tasmanian World Heritage Area. It’s […]
Internet access has been patchy over the past couple of days so it has not been possible to blog. Consequently we have a massive post today with three days of catching up to do. Although we have travelled significantly less distance since we left Queenstown on Wednesday than we covered in the two days up […]
Day 1: Hobart to Tarraleah A day of 127 kms with 1850 metres of elevation with the longest, steepest hill coming at the end was always going to be tough. But then with the wind in our faces most of the day – a cool breeze on the lower Derwent and then a blistering nor’westerly […]
At long last after more than an year in planning, the inaugural Bike Odyssey “Tasmania – UnderDownunder Tour” began today with a group ride out to the Cadbury Chocolate Factory for a photo of Freddo the Frog and then on to MONA for a bite to eat and a chance to explore this world class museum. It’s […]