Did get another endorsement from the Logger truck driver's in Tasmania.... they have guarantee me that they will give me a 25km head start before running me off the road.. Just another happy groupie.
Found out that it was the len's to my camera that was bad. I will accept donations in kind but of any other currency but US dollars.....
Another OZ expression: The Year of the Dot....!
Each caravan sight has what we call the comedy hour. It generally starts around 1500hrs... A gentleman is backing his caravan back into a slot.... this continues for the 25 try and the wife and kids have disappeared by try 10.. Or Mom is directing dad backing the van up and within minutes we find the both of them getting into a pissing match or flipping the bird to each other.
If anyone riding a bike in Tas doesn't grind at least 200 centimeters off his foot pegs.... he is just not having fun
Stanley to Rosebery
Stanley-Kanunnan-Corinna-Savage River-Waratah-Rosebery Out of Stanley with over cast skies and a light drizzle and being that it is Sunday all of the non-believers are either in the pub or church. Very little traffic but as I was heading south and out of the famous Stanley flies, everything was looking up. Finally made the turn on the Western Explorer gravel road (commonly known as the road to no where). It was gravel for the first half of little sharp rocks and loaded as I was thinking that a puncture tire was minutes away....... Got through the gravel but then we hit white clay with a silicon base....... Christ talk about bull dust's big brother. This stuff was slippy and many a turn the only thing that kept me up was either foot down to stabilize the bike. Finally arrived Corinna and back to sealed roads. Getting through Savage River mine site roads it was grinding foot pegs all the way. As the weather had not gotten any better it was into Rosebery(another mining town) where it was backpackers for 2 days. The next day was a quick trip to Cradle Mtn, not to be missed, Reese Dam and Zeehan back to Rosebery. It rains 260 days in Rosebery and specifically on my
bike.
Rosebery - Strahan
Leaving Rosebery, it was cold, very cold, rain and I had every bit of gear on I could wear but it was still cutting through the gear. Not a long ride but once down to sea level and Strahan, the temps did warm up. Next day was Wilderness boat trip down the MacQuarie Harbor, Hells Gate and the Gordon River. Worth every bit of the trip, great photo ops and the food was excellent. And the bottle shop had a 2 litre box of red wine!
Strahan - Bothwell
Left Strahan under overcast skies and a bit of a chill in the air. Through Queenstown, another beautiful mining town with coconut trees in the town center....and was it a bit tight on the turns. Got on the road to Lake St Clair and was it cold........ Lake St Clair that morning recorded a minus 4 Celsius. I was so cold that I ended up buying a polar top just to get the body back to working temperature. Leaving St Clair and headed for Bothwell via Ouse. A gravel road that just invites a great ride. Found the usual dead wombat but what really surprised me was just how dry this particular area was. They talk about just how dry the mainland is welllllllllll Tasmania is suffering just as bad. Got into Bothwell and the caravan sight was a gravel lot behind the church. But the loo did have hot water. The following morning in Bothwell I was scraping ice off my bike and tent.... Just another summer day.
Bothwell - New Norfolk
Gordon Dam was in the cards early. Got there and the dam has lost over 30 meters of water in the last 3 years. It was grind your foot pegs off the bike all the way out and it was cold...... New Norfolk offered a change in temp's and Internet service at the library. The caravan sight was good considering some of the places' I've been at. The showers were on a timer of 5 minutes and when the count got down to the last 90 seconds it was hip hop music to the best.
The Grey Nomad
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