SeaFury 🦜🍃I have never gone to Hobart on my scooter - about 200km on a 125cc motorcycle 👀 feels risky! Top speed 90km/h on Highway 1 🤣🤣🤣 not today 🛵 #scooter #weekend
Emma in Hobart@SeaFury That's just sensible. I wouldn't want to try it either. It's already slightly scary meeting big trucks in a small car, never mind a scooter.
@kodiacbear I might go if I map a back road route (east coast maybe) but that might double the kms!!!
chestasYou could go over the mountains. Go up to Great Lake and then down to the Derwent Valley
@chestas Is that road all paved? I went that way a decade ago and there was 30km of gravel 🤣@kodiacbear
ibk@SeaFury @chestas @kodiacbear sealed the whole way.
It is definitely the best way to travel between the north and south.
It is definitely the best way to travel between the north and south.
Yes, paved. Go Longford, Cressy, Great Lake, Bothwell and then down to Derwent Valley
They aren't too bad in my small car, but a bike is different so I won't try to advise. One thing is that the road is very quiet
You can head to Westbury and then straight up. There's still a few bends, but no hairpins that I remember
Yes, paved. The road to Bothwell is paved, whereas the road south west towards Bronte Park isn't paved.
Gary Houston@SeaFury @chestas @ibk @kodiacbear there's also the road to Scottsdale if you are looking for winding and possibly scary and dangerous but at least paved roads.
@ghouston That road has a stretch on it that has winds and constant up hill, I once went down to 30 kph on that stretch because 125cc, but it can be done, just slower!!! @chestas @ibk @kodiacbear
@SeaFury @chestas @ibk @kodiacbear yeah, I once rented a car and drove from Burnie to Bicheno via Scottsdale, and it took a lot longer than I expected. The road down the east coast had some fun spots too.
@ghouston @SeaFury @chestas @kodiacbear When I have visitors from interstate, it doesn't matter how many times I tell them "your Tassie road trip will take longer than you think" they still end up saying "that road trip took longer than we thought".
I like the sections of road that start with a "Winding Road for next X km" but the individual bends don't have any advisory speeds posted until you get a "25 km/h" one and you think "this must be **serious**".
I like the sections of road that start with a "Winding Road for next X km" but the individual bends don't have any advisory speeds posted until you get a "25 km/h" one and you think "this must be **serious**".
@ibk @SeaFury @chestas @kodiacbear it seems that the shortest route between Arthur River and Strathgordon is something like 9.5 hours. I suppose that's about as bad as it gets.
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bencourtice@SeaFury @chestas @kodiacbear I did it about 2001 on a motorbike. It was about 30km of slush back then!
Jude🇵🇸@SeaFury It's a pretty boring trip too, if you go on the main highway. Bro who lives in Hobart calls it going 'up the guts', lol.
Cara Bruar@sister_ratched @SeaFury I've never driven Hobart to Launceston, so I don't know if its boring.
I'm putting in a claim here for the Canberra to Adelaide trip being the most boring in Australia, although the train across the Nullarbor to Perth has to be a close second. But at least on the train you don't have to drive and pay attention.
I'm putting in a claim here for the Canberra to Adelaide trip being the most boring in Australia, although the train across the Nullarbor to Perth has to be a close second. But at least on the train you don't have to drive and pay attention.
@CaraBruar I can imagine how long and boring that stretch would be! @sister_ratched
@CaraBruar @SeaFury Oh I dunno, the Hay Plains are pretty spectacular. And there's plenty to do and see in the towns along the way. Once did the Hay strip at sunset and it was unforgettable.
@sister_ratched 🤯 the hay plains go on Forever! @CaraBruar
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@SeaFury @CaraBruar Yep. I love it.
@sister_ratched @SeaFury the towns are interesting but if you are trying to get to Adelaide in time for whatever reason there's no time. You just have to drive and drive. And then you cross the river into the mallee, and it goes on and on and on.
@CaraBruar @SeaFury Yes, pretty dull if you're in a hurry.
@sister_ratched @CaraBruar and on and on 🤣🤣
@sister_ratched @SeaFury also it was usually December or January so getting out of the car was like jumping into a furnace. For a couple of years after the 1970s oil shock we had a fuel efficient small car with no air conditioning. Nasty.
@CaraBruar @SeaFury Yes, I remember doing it on my own once, in summer, without aircon. Hideous.
@sister_ratched @CaraBruar Did that too. Obnoxious!!!
@sister_ratched @SeaFury you just melt into the car seat, become one with it.
@CaraBruar @SeaFury And the hot winds from hell across your face...🥵
@sister_ratched @SeaFury yes. And the sun shining directly into your eyes all day pretty much because you are travelling west. Coming home the opposite direction was always much easier.
@CaraBruar @SeaFury Yes!! Ha!
@sister_ratched @SeaFury the trip used to take us 14 hours of driving all up. Now we have moved to the Riverina it's only 12 hours but we are older now and get tired faster.
@erkpod | Eric Brook 🇦🇺@SeaFury I can not imagine how long it would take me to get from Newcastle to Sydney on my 300cc scooter. My house to Central station in Sydney is 167km & takes around 2 hrs 10 minutes in a car with much of it on a 110kph motorway. I don't like going above 80kph so I'd probably go down the longer & slower Pacific Highway.
When I moved from Sydney to Newcastle, I had my 108cc scooter. So I got it freighted here 😂😂