Roads?

[rtune]

I'm spending a week near bicheno on the coast in feb and seriously thinking about

driving down from sydney, getting the ferry and driving there. (and back). So i was

wondering if there are any deserted drivers roads - of the kind top gear like to find

in wales or scotland, or if it is going to be a 100kmh snoozefest in traffic the whole way.

[sav man]

the road to bicheno is one of the best driving roads you'll find. as long as you don't use the highway.

[DJRIFT]

Top gear AUS have used tassy roads quite a bit for filming. nearly any direction you go you will find a lot of corners.

my mum is over from SA and she commented about how much fun it is to have more than 1 corner within 100km.

[charlie22]

Top gear AUS have used tassy roads quite a bit for filming. nearly any direction you go you will find a lot of corners.

my mum is over from SA and she commented about how much fun it is to have more than 1 corner within 100km.

It's even worse here in WA, I'm keen to move back home and get my Skyline over there to some corners and i think i might have to get another road bike too hehe.

And while I'm here, What are the cops like for giving out yellow stickers or defects over there?

Because they just love giving them out over here, But all the time while i was growing up in Tassie i don't think i ever heard of anyone getting a defect unless the car was pretty well stuffed.

So do you guys get much trouble for Front mounts and the like?

Sorry for hijacking your thread dude

[rtune]

It's even worse here in WA, I'm keen to move back home and get my Skyline over there to some corners and i think i might have to get another road bike too hehe.

And while I'm here, What are the cops like for giving out yellow stickers or defects over there?

Because they just love giving them out over here, But all the time while i was growing up in Tassie i don't think i ever heard of anyone getting a defect unless the car was pretty well stuffed.

So do you guys get much trouble for Front mounts and the like?

Sorry for hijacking your thread dude

np, I'm interested in the answer to that as well..

[DJRIFT]

not realy.

plenty os skylines running around with exernal gates. pods. Bov's. ect ect. low. bald tyres.

basicly if you atract their attention by speed or noise than they will book you but rearly defect cars.

my mate has been driving a r33 around for 6 months with sponsor stickers all over it and has only recently been pulled over and given a warning for it.

you would be un lucky to get caught basicly.

[sav man]

is isn't that cause he had no front bar.

[rtune]

do they have choppers?

just kidding.

[DJRIFT]

is isn't that cause he had no front bar.

yep i was thinking that but i had a fail between my brain and fingers.

[ydawak]

have a look here it will give you some short clips of some of these east cost roads

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=LUcnHnF3MZY

--Ben

[rtune]

How does this route look? I tried to aim for the most interesting wiggles.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source....191772&z=9

[Medium Dave]

If it were me I would go this way Map

It takes in the sideling and a few other targa roads, and you get to drive down the coast a bit, which is good too Mind you, you cant go too wrong if youre after windy roads

[rtune]

If it were me I would go this way Map

It takes in the sideling and a few other targa roads, and you get to drive down the coast a bit, which is good too Mind you, you cant go too wrong if youre after windy roads

i think you linked my original one again? .. but I'd be very interested to see yours.

[wombat_1988]

How does this route look? I tried to aim for the most interesting wiggles.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source....191772&z=9

Most of this route is pretty good, but alot of the road from bakers beach to york town is a gravel forrestry road with alot of log trucks using it. Stay on the frankford road to beaconsfield. On your way back for a truly awesome drive go from bicheno up the coast to St Helens than take the Tasman Highway to Scottsdale. I did coming back from a trip on boxing day the road is awesome.

[Medium Dave]

Oops try this one map or this image...

Edit: Ok I suck - just look at the picture!

Edited February 6, 2009 by Medium Dave

[rtune]

Oops try this one map or this image...

Edit: Ok I suck - just look at the picture!

that looks good! thanks, I'll try that on the way down..

if my choice turned into a dirt logging track i woulda cried.

(for google maps you gotta hit the share/link button and copy-paste the link displayed in the pop-up)

[ydawak]

I'm not good at this whole map thing but i think that it would be just as nice to go to strahn for a driving trip. from devonport to shefield then down toward cradle mountain then after rosebury turn right to a wicked driving road that goes to a massive water resivor and then down the coast to strahn. Stay the night in a cabin and then go back up a different way or go down to hobart from strahn. Those 398kms are some very nice roads with some nice twists. then if you feel upto it go up the east coast back to devonport basically the same way you showed on your map. It should take about 3 days of good driving to do that but would be much fun... feel free to pm me if you have any queries i have driven most roads along the east and west. I havent been down south of hobart much though but i am sure that through the huon there are also nice roads..

[wombat_1988]

that looks good! thanks, I'll try that on the way down..

if my choice turned into a dirt logging track i woulda cried.

(for google maps you gotta hit the share/link button and copy-paste the link displayed in the pop-up)

this how I'd do it

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source....515625&z=9

[Funz]

if ya head south, go south to dover and beyond nuff said hehe.