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