https://blog.ryanmoore.au/tags/tasmania/This blog is dedicated to my adventures in the great outdoors, fishing trips, hiking routes, camping, etc. as well as a collection of thoughts and interests. It's not all outdoorsy: there's plenty of politics, work/coding, football and other random ~~rants~~ thoughts I have.en-auWed, 07 Jul 2021 12:38:39 +1000https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2021/planning-a-tour-of-the-apple-isle-tasmania-2022/Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:38:39 +1000https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2021/planning-a-tour-of-the-apple-isle-tasmania-2022/<p><img src="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/posts/2021/planning-a-tour-of-the-apple-isle-tasmania-2022/Tasmania-Cycling_hubff9f7a2162782efa5624d71b1bd79dc_351949_1200x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp" width="1200" height="464" alt="Planning a tour of the Apple Isle: Tasmania 2022"></p><p class="lead">With international borders closed (for Australians, anyway) until god-only-knows-when, and a nice local trip looking very attractive as an introduction to touring for my partner Danielle, we’ve been planning a Tasmanian East Coast cycling trip for a few months now.</p> <p>We’re hoping to take the trip next year. Danielle is a native Tasmanian, so we’ll finish the tour by staying with/near her parents in Sandy Bay, a suburb of Hobart. The <b class="brand">Spirit of Tasmania</b> ferry berths in Devonport, so with our start and finish points decided, it was simply a matter of working out the route. I found a good PDF guide on the <a href="http://discovertasmania.com.au/"><b class="brand">Discover Tasmania</b> website</a>, but the link has since disappeared into 404 heaven. Using the outline detailed in this guide, along with a <a href="https://shop.hemamaps.com/products/tasmania-handy-map-oe?_pos=2&amp;_sid=cb7389b76&amp;_ss=r"><b class="brand">Hema</b> map of Tassie</a>, we’ve outlined a nice 15-leg route that will take us 13–14 days in total riding, across perhaps three weeks (given rests and sightseeing).</p> <a class="jumper inline-block w-full text-center icon-after icon-chevron-down no-underline icon-space-xl text-grey-600 hover:text-green dark:text-grey-500 dark:hover:text-green-light text-sm mt-24" href="#cont_9959">Continue reading after the quote</a> <div class="breakout w-screen my-6 py-64 flex items-center justify-center bg-grey-300 text-white text-4xl text-shadow-far bg-cover bg-blend-multiply" style="background-image: url(/posts/2021/planning-a-tour-of-the-apple-isle-tasmania-2022/stephen-mabbs-GNrXvatNClc-unsplash_hueb5babbfebeda90e18abcb0b1f0b6dce_3198046_1920x0_resize_q75_h2_box.webp); background-color: #3b4044;"> <div class="quote w-3/4 text-center leading-relaxed first-line:small-caps"><p><q>Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?</q> <q>That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.</q> <q>I don’t much care where —</q> <q>Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.</q></p> <span class="author border-t-2 pt-8 border-current text-lg">Lewis Carroll, <cite>Alice In Wonderland</cite></span> </div> </div> <div id="cont_9959" class="mb-18 block w-full h-4"></div> <h2 id="update-were-going-were-finally-doing-it">Update: We&rsquo;re going! We&rsquo;re finally doing it!</h2> <p>We have booked the ferry, and some of the accommodation, and we’re gearing up to do our tour this December!</p> <p>I wavered between just updating this post or creating a new one, and decided upon the latter.</p> <p><a href="https://blog.ryanmoore.au/tours/tasmania/planning/">Tell me about the new adventure!</a></p>