With an offer of getting the XR400M and the DR650 from South Australia to Devonport Tasmania on the back of a Motor home too good to refuse . . . we packed up and headed out for a great couple of weeks touring one of the greatest places for adventure riding we have in Australia.

We had a pretty simple plan of covering the west wilderness side with two main waypoints, Strahan for 3 nights and Hobart for 3 nights & a couple of "tent" nights in between if we got stuck for time or simply wanted to stay put for a day or so.

The first morning we copped some drizzle heading to Burnie and a bit South from there, but after that morning, as luck would have it, sunshine for the next couple of weeks :)

Pic shows mum looking for the lollies at the first stop :)

One interesting section we came across was this tunnel . . . ( I suspect the local golf course are trying to keep it a bit of a secret so we won't name it ) originally built by the miners for a short route out. It was very dark in their with our less than average bike lights glowing like Volkswagon's on high beam . . .  was a bit spooky indeed :)

For those into hot camshafts, have a look at the down ramp on this one we found out at Trial Harbour on the far west coast.

Gravel road out about 20km's from memory, this is one place ya wouldn't want to be on the wors't day of winter. A small community of about a dozen houses, well worth the ride for a look on a nice day.

< a lady looking for directions to Melbourne

( next place west out to sea is South America )

If there's a must do in Tasmania it's this World Heritage Boat Cruise based at Strahan, not only are the views spectacular, you also get a well informed history lesson throw in, can't speak highly enough of this day out on the Macquarie Harbour, Hell's Gates, Sarah Island and the Gordon River etc etc

book your seat . . . HERE or your local RAA like we did and save a few dollars :)

< they were so nice they even gave us park No 1

In Tassie there are lots of corners, places to eat, sleep and of course see

Right up in the middle of Tassie you'll find no shortage of water, the scenery up here makes it look like your on the coast again, vast lakes and rivers.

You might even see the odd Wombat

Lined up for the return home . . . these oldies in the Holden had been in Tassie for 3 months, lucky bugga's.

Trish's bike tied up onboard the Spirit of Tasmania, harness across the Bars, then a loop on the Front Brake is mostly the go. They run a great set up for Bikes, just leave it in gear and the fellas do the rest for ya

the above is a very brief description of our run, click on the map for the route taken   >

Some minor notes which may be helpful to others . . .

Tassie ain't that big but it can take up to " Double " and more of your estimated travelling time even on bitumen roads.

It's is wilderness in a lot of areas, depending on what your up to....consider your communications availability with the outside world.

If your on a bike like Mum's with 150Km odd fuel range ( to empty ) you will be in trouble on a few of the "excursions". Even a run out to Strathgordon could run you dry.

Money . . . not all places have access to the net, eftpos etc, "Real Dollars" was the only lingo in quite a few place we wandered into.

Anyone keen for round 2 ? ...