Tasmania Cycle Touring Photos
So here are a few belated photos from our trip to Tasmania, there are very late but are probably the highlights of the trip.
Frailty of Cyclist
Yesterday I had an absurd experience which reminded me just how frail a cyclist is, and that we are at the peril of drivers more often then we think. I wasn’t hurt, nor was my bike, but the situation was more then enough to shake me. Normally when I think about accidents involving bikes it will include merging traffic, cars screaming through intersections or just not staying on their own […]
Slow Travel
Holidays are about relaxing, experiencing and understanding a new destination. Holidays are about spending time by the beach or along side a river somewhere with family, friends or the annoying people in the campsite next door. With this in mind the trend towards fly in holidays is a curious one which I can’t help but feel looses some of the magic. So often I hear friends getting back from a […]
Planning More Rides
Recently I was sitting around trying to work out how to keep my self occupied and came across a website claiming to have a list of the World’s top 50 riding experiences. I read it and immediately thought that it wasn’t the best rides in the world, quite simply because any list that doesn’t involve cycling around Tasmania is severely floored. However, the more that I read it, the more […]
Cycling Tasmania – Amazing ride around the whole state!
In December 2011 my partner and I set out on an adventure, to cycle tour around Tasmania from Hobart to Hobart the long way. Before setting out I had never really ridden on overnight cycle tours and you’d think that this should have led to some trepidation, but no, this was to be our big adventure and that is exactly how we treated it. Plus Tasmania is an island with […]
Clare’s Kangaroo Island Cycling Adventure
Well Clare has just come back from a big cycling adventure around Kangaroo Island off South Australia’s southern coast line. Early reports are that it was amazing, but she might fill us in in future. Clare’s Kangaroo Island Adventure
The Graceful Cyclists 