26 Where should I ride in Tasmania?
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This article is from the Australia Motorcycles FAQ, by Cameron Simpson cs@zip.com.au with numerous contributions by others.
26 Where should I ride in Tasmania?
See also Kevin Gleeson <kevin@imagine-it.com.au>'s Tassie Touring Tips
http://www.imagine-it.com.au/ausmoto/tassie.htm
Where? Everywhere! Tasmania has some of the curviest roads in
Australia. For the most part they are bitumen, but narrow. Some of the
"traditional" frequently used sections are: Grass Tree Hill Road,
Channel Highway, East Coast Highway, Lyell/Murchison Highway (beware
at Hellyer Gorge, those 100m straights are not really enough to
overtake on) Main hazards in Tassy are: log trucks, occasional bad
camber, log trucks, lack of use of indicators by cage drivers, and log
trucks.
Hobart area: Grasstree hill road ( Risdon vale - Richmond ) 1 Hour Mud
walls road ( Campania - midland highway ) 1 Hour old Huon Road
(Ferntree- Huonville) over Mount Wellington. 2 Hours Cygnet - Verona
Sands road 1/2 day
East coast, 1 day ( maybe two ) Elephant Pass (check out the pancake
shop at the top) St. Mary's Pass the Sidling (Scottsdale - Launsecton)
Strathgordon road, 1day return Devonport-Forth-Cradle Mountain (some
dirt), 1 day return
Lake Leake Road from just North of Swansea to Campbelltown in the
midlands.
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