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![]() This is our SELF-GUIDED TOUR through the wilderness of the West coast and highlands It goes through very dramatic scenery, much of it in World Heritage listed areas and alpine regions. Due to the remoteness the daily distances are longer and the terrain is mostly hilly with some long ascents. There is a good chance of bad weather, especially rain. This amazing tour is only suitable for really fit cyclists.
Accommodation categories
Economy: Nothing fancy, but good value for money, usually with shower/toilet. Under all cuircumstances you should avoid our capital Hobart between Christmas and Jan 5th. What we include
> A comprehensive route description from door to door, customized to your tour and the hotels you are staying in Not included in tour price
Flight, food and drinks, admissions, National Park fees, excursions, luggage transport, personal spending Day 1, Arrival -Evandale OR day off The first day is an arrival day. The historic small town of Evandale is located just 4 km from Launceston airport, a nice place to recover from the flight. Day 2, Evandale – Mole Creek The route takes you westwards on very flat, narrow country roads with little traffic, via the lovely shopping town of Doleraine, to the village of Mole Creek. You will pass the interesting honey farm Day 3, Mole Creek - Gowrie Park (Sheffield) Today you are climbing up to "high country". You'll be rewarded by breathtaking scenery. Guests of our economy category are staying at the former damworker-settlement Gowrie Park in a cosy "Wilderness cabin", guests of the other categories have to continue 15 km to the interesting smallcountry town of Sheffield with its many murals. Minimum distance to cycle: 46 difficult km (28m) plus 15 km (9m) if you stay in Sheffield
Day 4, Gowrie Park (Sheffield) – Cradle Mountain NP The final ascent to the Cradle Mountain National Park features some quite steep sections. You will arrive around lunchtime and can exploring this impressive park on the afternoon. Most visitors do the loop walk around the romantic Dove Lake. Including the free shuttle bus to and from the beginning of the walking treks this takes around 3 hours. There are countless possibilities to extend your walk, you can even continue to the summit. Minimum distance to cycle: 25 difficult km (16m) plus maybe 15 km (9m) if you stayed in Sheffield
Day 5, Cradle Mountain National Park - Rosebery Today's route is quite long and hilly, but goes more downhill than up through a wonderful landscape. The last 10km, however are really exhausting. Minimum distance to cycle: 70km (43m) OPTION: Stay here for 2 nights to be able to do the 3 hours walk to the Montezuma Falls and its suspension bridge. Day 6, Rosebery - Strahan At around lunch time you will have reached the little town of Zeehan, where there is a great heritage museum. It's quite hilly, but the last 40km are almost completely flat with a constant downhill. Minimum distance to cycle: 75km (58m) Day 7 Strahan - day off We highly recommand you go onto the half-day Gordon-River-Cruise Day 8, Strahan - Queenstown This stretch is a highlight for every cyclist, a narrow road winding through dense forest with 273 bends, to the old mining town of Queenstown, unfortunately more uphill than downhill. The surroudings of the destination look like a lunar landscape. Alternatively you can use the historic ABT-Wilderness Railway (costs about $135). Minimum distance to cycle: 42km (26m) Day 9, Queenstown - Derwent Bridge A quite exhausting but extremely interesting section through World Heritage area with many opportunities for fantastic short walks. Your destination is the 3-houses settlement of Derwent Bridge. Minimum distance to cycle: 88km (55m) with a lot of climbing Day 10, Derwent Bridge - Ouse When you are fit you can undertake a walk in the nearby Lake St.Clair National Park before you'll follow the "Wildway" highway eastwards. Although it goes much more more downhill than uphill some of our guests find this day quite difficult. Minimum distance to cycle: 81km (50m) Day 11, Ouse - New Norfolk Today you arrive back to civilisation. We strongly suggest an excursion to the Mount Field National Park Day 12. New Norfolk - Hobart Its only 28km to your hotel in Hobart. For the last 12 km you can use a new bike trek, what was once a railway line. On the afternoon you got plenty of time to explore Tasmania´s capital. You could drive through the city on a double decker hop on / hop off bus. If the weather is fine and you are up to the challenge, you could on the afternoon cycle up to the top of Mt. Wellington (1,270m), from where there are absolutely spectacular views. Or you visit the “museum of old and new art” (MONA), which soon became a major tourist attraction. You can get there on a bike path or with a regular ferry from the harbour. Minimum distance to cycle: 28 km (17m)
Day 13, independent departure You leave the rental bikes at a hotel. The airport can be reached with one of the many shuttle busses or by taxi. Driving time is 30 to 40 minutes depending on traffic.
Minimum distance to cycle: 615 km (372m)
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