Feb 2014 TAS north-east ride DAY 2

[Batfink]

Waking up with hopefully a non-fuzzy head from the night before...

>Leave Swansea at 9:30
>45min ride to Bicheno arrive 10:15 (45klm)
>>lots of picture stops on the way
>>fuel stop if needed (must have 1 before leaving St Helens)
>> brunch for those hungry
>>leave about 10:30am
>1 hr ride to St Helens arrive 11:30pm (75klm)
>> fuel stop required if not done earlier today
>>pictures of area
>>leave 12pm
>45 min return ride to Bay of Fires and back arrive 1pm
>>lunch stop
>>leave 2pm
> 1 hr ride to Derby arrive 3pm (65klm)
>>stretch legs
>>possible picture op at The Blue Lake (see location E on map)
>>leave 3:15pm
>1 hr ride to Bridport arrive 4:15pm (60klm)
>>stretch legs
>>fuel stop
>>leave 4:30pm
>45min ride to Batman Bridge arrive 5:15pm (60klm)
>>pictures
>>leave 5:30pm
>30min ride to Kings Meadows arrive 6pm (30klm)


Thats DAY 2
Total 375klm

   

[Ward P]

Drove that area last January in the car, was wishing I was on a bike the whole time. Looks excellent. After that we'll peel off and do the west coast before making our way down towards Hobart over the next couple of days. Will be after heaps of local knowledge of best roads when we are over there.

[David]

No Pub ?

[Batfink]

Route has changed due to rod irks and getting as many good curves as possible...
Lunch at Bridport pub?? Or pub in the paddock?? Cold beer at St. Helens fuel stop and of course at st marys

[wayneb60]

hey tony looks like we are going do day 2 with you all as well so would need another 4 bed 4 the second nite thanks mate
wayne

[Batfink]

thats great Wayne... I will post up a teaser of vid clips of some one the roads... Also there are road works and gravel roads for a few K's but no real hassle getting over it.

a new route will be up soon to take advantage of more corners and a bit of sight seeing too

[David]

GRAVEL ROADS ......................?

[GOOFTROOP]

GRAVEL ROADS ......................?

Tasmanian version of repairs..wait till school holidays,rip up a few ks of bitumen,insert gravel then leave for couple of months before adding thin layer of bitumen that turns to pot holed mess in a fortnight.

[busarat]

GRAVEL ROADS ......................?

Tasmanian version of repairs..wait till school holidays,rip up a few ks of bitumen,insert gravel then leave for couple of months before adding thin layer of bitumen that turns to pot holed mess in a fortnight.

It Isn,t just Tasmania that suffers from those style road works nsw is just as bad if not worse

[Batfink]

Yeah gravel.... You know that loose stuff on the ground that normally makes your tyres wobbly, your sphincter tighten and the glad wrap fall of your front guards lol

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if u hate music to clips just turn down sound LOL

[wayneb60]

it look good tony
it,s not drit dave
wayne

[mozzie26]

With the temperature yesterday the bitumen was melting which made it a bit greasy on corners but made for some good wheel spin and power slides coming out of corners.
One bit of road near Cethana (C136) had fine gravel layed down for about 5kms on the side of the road I was traveling on (may have been for trucks to get traction on the hot bitumen). This fine gravel was sticking to my hot tires and going everywhere. I spent most the time riding on the wrong side of the road when possible trying to avoid it.

[Batfink]

The course sand is to help when roads are covered in ice (about 9 months of the year) and we will all be riding that area on day 1... in fact a small catch-up stop is scheduled for Cethana dam

[mozzie26]

The course sand is to help when roads are covered in ice (about 9 months of the year) and we will all be riding that area on day 1... in fact a small catch-up stop is scheduled for Cethana dam

It wasn't sand, it was like 5mm blue metal. Like riding on marbles!

[Batfink]

then maybe left over from past splatter covering... very popular in Tassie

or the hillbilly version of sand LOL