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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my Triabunna tent spot
beach sand and cloud N of Bicheno
Life is a beach – in Tasmania!
bumper sticker collection of a Ulysses member
an unexpected bit of Ojibwe culture in a store window in Bicheno
beach boulders on a cloudy afternoon on east coast Tas
Triabunna dock – Maria Island Ferry
Bayside Inn in St. Helens
my tent at Bicheno Caravan Park
the road from Swansea to Bicheno
a Forester kangeroo getting very close to my lens!
the Gilbert and George Exhibit at Hobart’s MONA
Black Charles Opening – my first hill top!
Bicheno shore –
stretch of road S of Bicheno
the road to St. Helens on Tasmania’s east coast
shells on a Tassie beach
fields on the way to Buckland
stretch of beach N of Bicheno
a few of the Gilbert and George panels at MONA
Swansea’s main street
Richmond’s bridge
in front of my Hobart backpackers’ hostel Day 1
road sign on the way to Bicheno
Triabunna cottage on Main Street
Elizabeth Street Mall – CBD Hobart
Scamander wall menu
Central Business District Bicheno
my Hobart To St. Helens route
MONA – a view of the various floors
Tas east coast beach N of Triabunna
break time on Tas east coast
on the road to Triabunna
hay stacks in a field
near Orford – the first of many east coast beaches
a Tasmanian Devil bites into lunch
Hobart Waterfront and Mount Wellington
Collins Street in Hobart
Ramblin' Boy 
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.