TASSIE!!!!

[Hot Rodders]

Just got back from 5 days in Tassie. WOW! Keep off the main roads and boy are there some great winding roads. Unfortunately there were 3 of us, so the MX had to stay home.
Without opening a can of worms, the Daewoo handled the twists quite well, but Oh, to have had the MX
It would be great if some of our Tassie cousins could organise a week long run, it would be a gass!
We saw only 5 MXs'. Three were parked.
Has anyone else experienced the roads of Tassie?

[Wotsa]

11 cars from the Canberra Chapter did the Targa Trail in 2004 - two weeks of bliss on a stick.

[AJ]

i experienced tassie roads for 40 years rodders...........up there with the best twisty bits in the country i'd say..........i reckon a base camp @ Cradle Mtn for a week, i could map some pretty good runs from there

[Hot Rodders]

mmmm Cradle Mountain...... Also some good stuff up the East Coast between Swansea and Launceston!

[AJ]

oh yeah, the mighty elephant pass & St Mary's pass have brought many a targa tas car unstuck

[Garry]

Yeap, did the Targa trail in Easter 2004. Awsome place, nearly every road looked like it was designed for MX5's. And they have sensible speed limits to add to the fun.

[Hot Rodders]

Yeah, wasn't it great to see nearly every road posted at 110 kph!

[Garry]

I dont remember many 110km/h speed limits but I do remember at a sensible distance after the last house in a town generally the limit went up to 100km/h unlike in NSW where there is about a 2km continuation of the intown speed limit outside of town. On a lot of the 100kmh roads we went on you'd be hard pressed to actually do the speed limit let alone exceed it. Most would be limited to 60/70kmh in NSW. So much fun and all perfectly legal. Bliss! In NSW you would loose your licence having so much fun.

[Alf]

Karen & I did Tassie last year in Pumpkin, not long after Big Gay Al had his Big Gay Boat Trip. The weather was incredible: top up one day in 10. The roads around Queenstown, Strachan, and north of Swansea were the best from my POV. Saw only one other MX-5 there. The couple in it waved enthusiastically.

Cheers,
Alf

[AJ]

I wonder if we could hijack the Spirit of Tasmania? On second thought maybe we could get a group deal instead.... I couldn't think of a better holiday

actually Gilly, transport tasmania is VERY willing to do group deals on the spirits, a LOT of motoring enthusiast groups use this service to get large numbers of cars/bikes to tassie on a regular basis


the roads you mention ARE awesome Alf, but i could show you just as good in just about any part of tasmania, the best bit being you are never more than about an hour from a major centre to use as a base camp

[Okibi]

I wonder if the Vic club would host a Tassie natmeet?

[Hot Rodders]

mmmmm........ Invasion of the Apple Isle...... Worth looking into!

[Craig]

BYO Map???

[Abyss]

I did Tassie in the MX-5 Feb-March last year, had an absolute ball. Some of their "C" class roads are better than our main roads. I managed to do 21 targa stages as well in the time we were there.

Only down side was hitting a rock on Elephant Pass and a Wallaby in Spring Beach but apart from that it was great. Loved the east coast the most.

And they still hand out cautionary speeding tickets down there too

[Juffa]

I wonder if the Vic club would host a Tassie natmeet?

For the past 3 or 4 years the Vic Club has had the 'not the natmeet' Tour of Tassie, where a group of around 12 cars has headed over to Tassie in the years between Natmeets. I was lucky enough to attend one over Easter 2003. Fantastic Roads, great bunch of people and fantastic weather.

J