Up and attem in Strahan preparing for the big ride via Queenstown through to Hobart today. Through local info this is to take us the best part of the day due to the extent of the twist and bends in the road. Distance is just over 300 klms. Headed out of Strahan and it wasn't long before the road went into twistie heaven. They got tighter and tighter. It was about 44 ks to Queenstown and and I was barely using the centre of the tread. Not complaining though. ...

We,ve hit the road from the boat towards Burnie where we were going to have breakfast. No cars on the Highway at all. It felt like all of Tassie was still in bed. Still it was nice to have the island to myself. (And Ria) We ended up at Mcdonalds for breakfast as it was the only thing open in the whole place. That went well. Crap coffee. I was anxious to put some K's under the belt so we turned down towards Strahan. The road started off like any country st...

A short ride to Port Melbourne had us at Station Pier boarding the NEW Spirit of Tasmania. Its actually the old one but the paint on the outside is new. Still in all it was strange riding uyp the big ramp into the mouth of a such a big boat. We settled into our cabin and found it to be quite comfortable. We had a four bed cabin as there were no two bed left. We had a water view as well. The boat left at 7.30 pm and we found one of the bars and beered up. W...

Well after a couple of weeks back at work we finally are setting off for the last leg of the trip. John and Shirl are hard back at work and this will be a solo bike tour with just Ria and me. The Tassie component. We decided to utilise the sleeping facility on the ferry so as not to lose a couple of days in travelling. This was at a cost of a $1000 bucks return. Didn't realise I was buying shares in the boat. But anyway we have a four bed cabin as it was th...

Awoke with a heavy feeling in my head. Pretty sure it had something to do with the copius amounts of alcohol forced upon us last night. The Major Mitchell rang its bell outside my window at dawn just to ensure I would get up in time. A quick breakfast and a goodbye to our hosts. Now it was time to head back the same old stretch of the Western back to Ballarat. I had fueled up the night before and was keen to have a big run direct home. John and Shirl wer...