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Coming To Tassie With The Skyline

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Hey guys,

I'm planning on coming down via Spirit of Tasmania after uni exams which will be around the end of october. Hopefully will also bring the car down and let her experience Tassie roads too!

Wat places should i visit and wats there to do down there? Are there any places in particular?

I couldn't find much info on the spirit of tasmania sight regarding how long it takes to get there and where it docks. Have any of you done this trip and is there any extra advice i should take?

Also, more importantly

1. What are you police officers like? Hopefully they're not as tough as melbourne cops. The car is moderately modified but has a new exterior so it might stand out a bit.

2. What are your roads like? I wouldn't want to ruin the new paint.

I'm looking forward to the trip and its a first for me so any advice or ideas you guys have would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers and thanks in advance!

Nam

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Tassie roads arent the best maintained, but nothing that will affect your paint lol. all the targa roads would be a good start, theres not much to do down here except drive on twisty roads. if your gunna be in hobart around the 5th of nov theres a drift day at baskerville if that tickles your vagina. cops wont give 2 shizles about your car unless they see you being a tool in suburban areas. hope that helps.

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1. What are you police officers like? Hopefully they're not as tough as melbourne cops. The car is moderately modified but has a new exterior so it might stand out a bit.

Don't stress, theres more black R32 GTS-Ts than commodores down here.

2. What are your roads like? I wouldn't want to ruin the new paint.

Just don't tail cars and trucks, keep a good distance and you should be ok.

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I think there is heaps to do turisty wise, Port Artur, teh Huon, and the roads, ohh the roads. You will tend to pick up a few stone chips here and there fron log trucks, but the roads aren't that bad, i know most of them like the back of my hand, when i had my motorbike, rode all of them. There are some noce drives like down to South Port, VERY NICE.

Email us up when you are here and we might orgornise a tassie tour.

sav man Grand Master

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takes 45-60 mins from the boat the Launceston. The frankfort highway is a nice backroad to get from devenport to launceston, takes about the same time as the bass highway. Don't be a dick on the main highways or in towns, and the cops are fine.

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Phantom32 Experienced

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hey guys

thanks for all the replies - very helpful!

So...i gather there's not much to do except drive around and enjoy the scenery?

Will most likely be coming down after exams bout mid november just fora weekend so i'll prob miss the drift day.

What tracks do u ahve down there and wat's required for me to have a couple of laps?

Thanks again for the help fellas

Munkyb0y Grand Master

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last time i was in tassie (without my skyline) i drove from launceston to hobart, great road, great scenery, loved it. also drove from launceston to the west coast, via cradle mountain (great place to appreciate the enormity of nature).

i think the tassie roads beat the shitty sydney roads hands down.

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hey guys

thanks for all the replies - very helpful!

So...i gather there's not much to do except drive around and enjoy the scenery?

Will most likely be coming down after exams bout mid november just fora weekend so i'll prob miss the drift day.

What tracks do u ahve down there and wat's required for me to have a couple of laps?

Thanks again for the help fellas

The 2 tracks are Baskerville (Hobart), and Symmonds plaines (Launceston).

25 November there is a club day at symmonds (need Cams L2S, Helmate, and extingisher)

But i'm not sure about just rocking up and using the tracks.

We have heaps to do here, you can go driving, or you can go drinking (not at the same time), and, um. Yes well that's about all there is to do here.

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Hey, just moved down to Hobart myself, so I'd love to get out there and meet some of the other 'line drivers down here, have already seen a surprising amount out and about on the roads :O

The ride down on the Spirit is excellent, I really didn't expect it to be as nice as it was, like a mini cruise ship, spent most of the night on the drinks, and some on the pokies too, regretted it when I was trying to sleep with the rocking boat and my sloshing stomach :P

Drive from Devonport down to Hobart was pretty easy going, road's good, speed limits 110 like the whole way, and while its usually single lane, there's still plenty of over taking lanes.

Anyway, I'll keep an eye here, as I would like to meet a few more skyliners down here :rofl:

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