Finally – the first batch of pix of my ’round Tasmania bike ride. These come from the first week and cover the route up Tassie’s east coast from Hobart. Rolling countryside, farm fields, and beaches, beaches, beaches – an enjoyable start to the trip.
my Hobart To St. Helens route
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an unexpected bit of Ojibwe culture in a store window in Bicheno
MONA – a view of the various floors
stretch of road S of Bicheno
Life is a beach – in Tasmania!
fields on the way to Buckland
my Triabunna tent spot
stretch of beach N of Bicheno
beach sand and cloud N of Bicheno
the road to St. Helens on Tasmania’s east coast
Central Business District Bicheno
a few of the Gilbert and George panels at MONA
Elizabeth Street Mall – CBD Hobart
Hobart Waterfront and Mount Wellington
in front of my Hobart backpackers’ hostel Day 1
near Orford – the first of many east coast beaches
my Hobart To St. Helens route
bumper sticker collection of a Ulysses member
the Gilbert and George Exhibit at Hobart’s MONA
the road from Swansea to Bicheno
road sign on the way to Bicheno
a Forester kangeroo getting very close to my lens!
shells on a Tassie beach
Bayside Inn in St. Helens
Scamander wall menu
Bicheno shore –
break time on Tas east coast
Triabunna cottage on Main Street
Black Charles Opening – my first hill top!
hay stacks in a field
Tas east coast beach N of Triabunna
Swansea’s main street
Collins Street in Hobart
Richmond’s bridge
my tent at Bicheno Caravan Park
on the road to Triabunna
beach boulders on a cloudy afternoon on east coast Tas
a Tasmanian Devil bites into lunch
Triabunna dock – Maria Island Ferry
is.this.just.an.australian.trip,or.are.you.on.your.way.to.nz.as.well?
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Biff, I only cycled Tas and did not even get to the rest of Australia. Maybe next time!
As for NZ, I did a South Island ramble three Februaries ago from Christchurch down Invercargill via the west Coast. See the Bicyle Touring folder for the lowdown!
Wow the pictures looks fantastic. Oz has alway been a fascination of mine, spent the summer of 2013 there and just can’t get enough.
For someone coming from Canada there is a familiarity about Oz and Tas ….same 19th Century British colonial history, many similar names of places, even the scenery in Tas reminded me of bits and pieces of the Canada I have seen, just arranged a bit differently!
I found that about mainland Oz as well. In fact there is a town called Toronto north of Sydney.