@@tubegenic Hi Mik, just got home last night, we rode from Thursday to Sunday and it was stinking hot but we had a great time. I will be making a video but probably not before you ride it. Cascade hut and Tin Mine huts are a great spot to camp. I wouldn’t camp at Ingeegoodbee as it’s not level. Also toilets at the other places. In between Tin Mine huts and ingeegoodbee hut there was actual some beautiful grassy areas with nice creeks that could also be an amazing option. When I go through my photos in a day or so I’ll add a link here so you can check it out. Halfway Flat on the snowy river was crap so we stayed at Jacobs River campground. It was nice. There are other options along the snowy river as more of a wild camp situation. You just have to ride and choose. It also depends which way you ride. Most people went down nine mile trail which is from Ingeegoodbee. Apparently it’s crazy steep but cuts out about 35km. Myself and 1 other took the longer route into Vic to see another hut. We then rode 30km along the snowy river back to camp. You could miss some of the nicer spots if you went the short route. This is the long way that I did. ridewithgps.com/routes/47487517

​@@advanturest Thanks Tim for all the detailed info! This will certainly make planning a little easier 👍🏻 Glad you guys had a blast out there. Looking forward to the video. Cheers!

Mattias Tell - High and Dry

Tassie is a beautiful place. While the touristy areas are beautiful, there is definitely a lot of farm land in between and a bit of driving to be done. With that in mind, everywhere seems so relaxed. The country roads are quiet and a nice drive. I recommend visiting the area one day. I was worried the video would drag on too long, to many nice scenes to share though 😂 Thanks for watching.

English never was my strong suit 😂

@@advanturest That's ok, apostrophes are multi-lingual! 😄

Cheers mate. This one was nearly set as private on youtube as its a bit of a family holiday type video that i thought nobody would be interested in. I ended up making it live just in case it helped anyone with their own planning. Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

This is awesome, I love hearing stories like this. During our hike around the face track Sarah decided she wants to do the overland track for her 40th birthday. Thats roughly 20 months away and I'm already excited 😆. This trip also got her really keen for more Tassie hikes and last month she went back and did the 3 capes hike with her friend Steph. (its taken me a while to finish this video). I hope your trip in January is awesome and I hope the weather turns it on like it did for us. Cheers.

Cheers Pete, Tassie is such a nice place. What's interesting is after this visit, which was my 3rd time there, I've heard its often windy in Tasmania. I'm yet to witness it though. It seems every time i go there the weather is beautiful. I didn't think i'd make this video but the weather just kept drawing me to my camera. Even in Derby, I took my chest mount to get the odd shot just to have, I ended up with hours of footage. It was crazy haha. Next year Sarah and I will be on the road so i should have a lot more time to keep going on adventures and hopefully making videos. Cheers for the support. Much appreciated. Tim 👍

Derby is really cool, There was a shuttle bus hanging around but i think i was the only rider so i ended up doing the XC loop. I loved the loop but i was buggered by the end. Even on an E-bike. So many trails i missed. I'll definately have to be back. Blue Teir was closed for winter as well. I have to head back just for that. Enjoy your travels mate! 👍

All you locals telling the country how cold and miserable it is in Tassie, I can see what you're doing. Your secrets out now mate 🤣 As for Derby, I feel like I didn't even scratch the surface. What an amazing job the trail builders have done. I loved it and will be back!

@@jaslr No it wasn’t, we got married at Kangaroo Valley Bush retreat. It completely burnt down in the 2020 fires but I think it’s rebuilt now. I spent a fair amount of time up around Yarrahapinni as a kid. Is there something similar around there for weddings?

@@advanturest Thanks for the reply - yeah there definitely is. A place called Yarra Adventure Park has a venue called the Rock Chapel that looks remarkably similar. Great video. All the best.

@@jaslr Yarrahpinni as in, near grassy head on the mid-north coast? Funnily enough I also spent a fair bit of time there as a kid and never knew either.

@@stillshunter haha, got a photo on that chair in 2014, hated what I was wearing that day and that photo has scared me. When I saw the chair I ran past it 😂

I've had no problems on multiple bikes. One of my bikes I've even got the rotor clamped on with a hose clamp and its been fine. All these bikes have been used mainly for bikepacking so the bikes are pretty heavy generally.

@advanturest amazing thanks

@@newbleppmore7855 haha, ain’t that the truth! Is it Friday yet 😂

@@blakeandpeytonandblaze2692 cheers mate. Such an awesome spot. Still can’t get over good this loop is, your comment has made me go back and rewatch it. Now I want to go riding 😂

@ me too!

@@JamieMakesFitnessFun cheers mate. The Hunt is coming up again this month. I was tempted to try again with hopefully more success. Unfortunately I’m a bit busy. Hope the riders aren’t disappointed when they don’t receive free beer 😂

Why? 😠

@@hawg_pound Hillbrick Bicycles. Just ordered online. Not sure where you’re based but this a store in the Sydney region Australia.

Also need to mention, we appreciate the effort you go to setup the camera, double back, ride a section or crossing, then go collect the camera again. 😂

Cheers Pete. Its definitely a lot of work, I really enjoy just slowing down and doing it, playing with the camera is kind of like therapy for me 😆. I get to zone out and just tap away at getting shots. It's peaceful. I think after doing it all day on the Saturday i'd pretty much got over it and was wondering why i go to so much effort. Its only when i'm back at work when I realise i want to be back outside playing with a camera. Thanks for watching another one. Cheers

It was an awesome trip. Thanks 👍

Hi Mate, Thanks for stopping by 😄 Sorry i'm a bit slow at replying on here. I love my Big Agnes Tent and I would recommend. There is one thing i'd change or look at if i was buying again. I'm not sure if what I'd like even exists. I'll try to explain. Next year i'm taking a year off work to travel Aus and am planning to make a video about the tent, thats a long way off though so hopefully this makes sense. When i purchased the tent, a big selling point was the design of the door. I loved how you could unzip either side, and using 2 poles or sticks you can set up an awning. I still think thats cool, but realistically i rarely do it. I'd prefer the zip to come up from the corner and over the top, that way when you open the door it just hangs to the side and make a nice big easy exit and entrance point. At the moment when you open the door in the morning, If its been raining or there is condensation, you have to try and throw the fly on top or try hold it away from you. If everything is dry its ok but most nights there is condensation. I'm not sure if there are any tents with this type of design that unzip that way I think would be useful. The MSR, The Sea to Summit, The Mont, etc, all these tents just unzip up the middle meaning you would have the same issue. Anyway i'm just nit picking. Its a great tent. The material is unbeleivable thin which was concerning but it seems super tough, Even the floor, I've been sleeping in pretty much a river and no water seeps in. One of the reasons i bought it is because of this video below. Levi gets caught in a blizzard and the tent cops a beating. It survived and I thought thats the tent for me. I also like the colour of it. I hope that helps and doesnt cause more confusion for you. Cheers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGLNZ5mKrbOqqcUsi=J2dCe7gXuCiPxP2P

The bars I have been using are the Zniino carbon corner bars. I've been really happy with them but if you watch my latest video i actually broke them. Feel free to fast forward to 28min. I didn't capture the fall but i talk about what happened. Then right at the end at about 39min I show the damage. Anyway, the bars flare out a long way, I had my bike fully loaded with heavy gear, a strong gust of wind blew it over and it landed on the flared out part of the bar, The pressure was just too much for the join. Maybe Surly know this and thats why they only make them in steel. The carbon version are heaps lighter though, probably wouldnt have broken with just the weight of the bike, but i had a heavy tripod on the forks. all my camping gear, water, beer etc. My bike was super heavy when it hit the ground. I know you didn't ask about this but thought you should know since you asked about the bars. Cheers

Cheers Mate 👍

Oh i'd love a fat bike to do some beach rides and beach camps. Not sure the wife would be happy with another bike squashed on my balcony. All the bikes i've been riding on my bikepacking trips have been old 90's bikes. they don't have the best tyre clearance. Hopefully sometime soon I can get a modern bikepacking bike that can fit some chunkier tyres. It may not be fat bike capable but it would help. My rear tyre on this trip was 48mm. she sunk right in haha.

@@bao_nz Cheers mate. This is still one of my favourite trips I’ve been on. The scenery was amazing, had fun trying to be creative, it had highs and lows. Glad you liked it, because I loved making it. Cheers

Finally getting back to a few comments. Thanks for watching another. I was only up in Chichester state forest on the October long weekend. Lots of hills around there. beautiful spot though. I was wondering what it would be like to bikepack through there. I'm keen to hear how you go. Assuming thats the Chichester you're talking about. I notice there is a Chichester in WA. Stay safe mate. Cheers

@@advanturest Chichester in WA, did not know that😳 Think I've done to much out west riding, really enjoying the hills (for the moment 😅) Peace✌️ and harmony Tim

@@P.Ttrying Neither did I, Im in WA for work at the moment and just googled Chichester to check we were talking about the same spot, turns out a Chichester in WA showed up. Enjoy those hills mate. But good luck finding twigs for your stove. Everything was so green and lush it was hard to find fire wood haha.

@@advanturest 😆😅😂

@@CrapKerouac 😂 I can’t stop thinking about the Yes Man film now. Absolute classic comment 👊

@@maartennico7910 i absolutely agree. I’m a bandit for recycling old bikes and riding them places they shouldn’t be ridden. I love to keep old stuff going as long as possible. These bars there is actually an interesting story. We’ll kind of. I was really keen to try drop bars on a bike, a friend was keen to try these corner bars so he ended up getting me a pair too. I was very skeptical at first and really didn’t trust them. Over time, and many km’s, I slowly learnt that they did the job and they felt tough enough. Until they broke. Saying this, the angle of the flare and the pressure my heavy bike put on the corner joint, I’m not surprised they broke. Maybe this is why Surly don’t make a carbon model. Or maybe it’s the whole carbon recycling thing. I’m always happy to pay a premium for better gear and support quality working conditions, unfortunately it’s hard to tell what you get and what you pay for sometimes. I’m taking about paying a premium for brands we trust only to find they’re also getting made it dodgy factories. I’ve only bought one thing from Ali express and it was a small Ulanzi tripod that I use on my trips. I rang countless local shops looking for a tiny tripod that could carry my heavy camera. The Ulanzi was the only option I could find and the only place I could buy was Ali Express. As for the working conditions, how do we tell? This is definitely a good topic that we should all think about when buying goods. Anyway, I don’t plan on buying these bars again. I did just get another old bike out of the graveyard to play with though 😂 1988 model I believe.

@@advanturest Well spoken! You're the best! keep on enjoying those rides!

@@madelinehourihan795 Hi Madeline. Thanks for that info. I’m going to start with the Christie O’Rouke’s Hut. I haven’t heard of this one and the first thing I do when I get home is some research on it and the potential alternative route. This day was always going to be the shortest so I would think we would have time to explore further. As for the original idea. I’ve heard it’s very steep. Part of me wants to experience it for myself. If I find an alternative route I may have both options available and get everyone to vote on the day. One of the gents that is keen to come is Gerard who made the video that I attached in the description. He has done it before and didn’t seem phased about doing it again. I might also let people know they can drop a car at the bottom if they wish. I’ve got a bit of a goal to complete the loop through. When I look at maps the steepest part is the first 25km and then I’m hoping it flattens out heading into Jindy. Maps always lie though 😂

Hey mate, I saw this comment a few weeks back while camping with limited reception, Just saw it again and remembered. I often don't feel safe on the road so footpaths it is. I know its technically illegal but i can't imagine ever getting a ticket for it. I am very courteous of pedestrians though. I generally just cruise along and slow up to go around them. Maybe if you were riding like an idiot and hit someone you may get a fine.

@@advanturest Agree totally