Lap of Tassie - Episode 1

[Music] [Music] ultimately uh the plan is to try and get all the way to the the very very bottom of Tasmania what is that giant thing you've got there John a BMW posty bike it's uh it's a 12 cylinders no sorry six cylinders uh 1600 CC's uh 976 kg I of course chosen the right bike which is the VFR perfect for large scale transatlantic travel we're going to hit the road now uh it's whatever it is 7 something so the traffic we're going to sit in city traffic for a while that'll be good fun it's always a great way to [Music] start what you doing m [Music] [Music] b or not stop by here [Music] we have arrived at our first border crossing at the Lions Road I haven't been over the Lions Road for a while road that was built by the Lions Club to get from wrath Downey to across to kyogle way it's a shortcut apparently the Lions Club built it in like the 60s ' 50s 60s the only people that are allowed to have rabbits in Queensland and are magicians would you believe and the reason I know that is because I had a magician once at my house for a child's birthday party and he did indeed pull a rabbit out of a hat when you can see him putting the rabbit in the Hat initially it's not quite so impressive [Music] now out there somewhere is the Border loop it's in behind those trees um once again our obsession with letting trees grow has ruined the view for the you know three people a day that come up here to have a look anyway more disappointment there only the first day no r m that's right check that out look the car is that a scorpion convertible that's a scorpion that's been chopped oh I've got to show you the Scorpion hang on a second look at that oh scorpion woo this that is a rarity that is a rare bird genuine vulgar lure interior o lucky that takes you back brown brown interior well there you go things you seeing c angle welcome to casino I've stopped in Casino for no other reason than that I'm a very juvenile man [Music] battery 99 cent leaving the crown hotel in Grafton new battery installed haven't been going long out of Grafton and already in the wet weather gear fairly interesting looking uh gray clouds there in the distance [Music] I have indeed built a new viewing platform Bel lower Falls is still in accessible but the Upper Falls isn't so we'll go have a look couldn't see it last time without risking falling off the edge I tell you what they've done a fantastic job of the uh new bu platform it's an absolute cracker it's a be all we got to do now is build one down the bottom and I'll be even happier [Music] wum mum Falls wam walam mombi walam mombi Falls wa I didn't get to this one last time when I was here a few years ago honestly didn't see the sign it's a cracker not a lot of water coming over it but it is a long way away so it t hard to tell [Music] [Music] [Music] AG [Music] all right good morning from urella um had a good night's sleep well I did not much you know that's his problem a beautiful tie for dinner I don't know why anyone cares about that cut that bit out they going to go have some breakfast in Tamworth so maybe we'll catch up [Music] there all right breakfast time in Tamworth and um much nicer than when I was here a few months ago when I was 34 3 5° in the country and western music festival on that was a that was a hell of a noise what was I going to say weather's perfect 20° 19° I don't know what that is in Freedom Units Centigrade multiplied by 12 to B by 4 minus the day of the week plus 6 or something welcome to Kola John's just coming back from wherever he was now I don't know if you're anything like me and occasionally you're sitting at home it's you know all the shops are shut it's you know 5:30 in the afternoon you're thinking bugger it I've forgotten to buy meat again well Cool's got you covered with with a meat vending machine yes I you not this is a machine that vends meat is attached to a Butchery I should point out but um what a what a thing I don't even think they have these in Japan and that is the home of the vending machine so big thumbs up to coola and the black stump Butchery for inventing the meat vending machine [Music] welcome to goong which is uh in New South Wales obviously it's um a very unusual Main Street it's very narrow it's smallish very quite narrow foot paths and um just a feels like a movie set there's a tire shop in the main street of gold has actual Frontage in the Main Street there you go there's someone getting tires some sort of pottery exhibition or Pottery showcase or something going on in goong today so it's full of um full of clay heads uh there's a few there in the background don't say anything [Music] here we are and I mean we actually for real this time actual we not the Royal Way in hilland historic hilland it's a national park but it's also people live here so the whole town is National Park is my understanding of it and uh but people still live in the historic buildings or some of them at least [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] John is on a epic 100 100 day straight of wle and he's about to crack it on his third attempt T boo so I've come back to the Ben shiffley motor room those of you that watched my around Australia series would remember that I stayed in Big Ben's Motel last time what a magnificent place it is bikes are over there over under the uh cover so let me show you what we've got going on here now you jump one of the great features of this hotel is he jump straight into it in the door into bed no mucking around if you're a tired traveler you got literally 1T door bed so we've gone with the um let me turn you around there John so we've gone with the two queen option and by two queens I mean the beds of course um none of that beautiful piece of contemporary artwork on the wall uh light fittings yes the light fittings might be a little bit crooked but um you know nothing that couldn't be fixed with a screwdriver in 30 seconds of your time uh quite a good collection of outlets there oh hello uh fridge coffee making facilities standard bathroom rather unusual layout on the uh on the nozzle jammed in the corner there but other than that a very standard motel room we've had to pay $140 for this so a little bit more than I would normally like to spend but um given that I've gone with the twin option we're harving that cost so uh Still Still within my Scottish tolerance um oh another nice little feature is the piece of Aussie duct joining the two light fittings together so I was quite pleased with that uh and name brand Samsung TV but they haven't bothered to pull the plastic off which is uh slightly annoying but anyway I'll do that later [Music] [Music] this [Music] [Music] all right so here we are in the pits at Mount Panorama and uh yeah you can't really get all the way in I mean you can walk in there I suppose if you wanted to but um yeah quite interesting pretty quiet here today few Birds few um people walking around the track apparently you can walk around in about an hour hour and a quarter if you're so inclined or you can ride around it in about 6 minutes cuz you can only do 60 km an hour you think of all the racing drivers that have graced this pit straight over the years it's there's the dis Das de where Jim Richards famously said you're all a pack of and he was probably right [Music] [Music] by [Music] we [Music] what are you which side of the road are you going to go on come on this way please go on I haven't got all day Mr a kidna well I have actually God he's a spiky little bastard you know he's going to go back on the road as soon as we leave absolutely AB absolutely I'm tucking the head in now yeah he's tucked his head in no back in the bush right there he goes I was just telling John over the intercom that when my wife and I drove through here a little bit earlier on this year we had to stop right around here and push a a kider off the road cuz it was in danger of getting run over and I'd come around the corner and what do I see this bloody idiot look right in the middle of the road he's now off the road and he's leaving a track down through the leaves as he's going down the hill I don't know what he's doing but anyway I think he's trying to dig a hole and burrow away from me so I'm going to leave him alone but he'll probably go back on the road as soon as we go but [Music] [Music] [Music] you oh D guy left fine so you you'll hang on for few more years anyway I was stopped in crookwell for a bit of a bite to eat a bit of lunch we've gone to where' we go Paul's Cafe which was absolutely thronging with people and the woman behind the counter was apparently a uh stali Idol or one of those stupid shows contestant Mariah someone or other I don't watch it didn't look familiar to me but anyway there's a plk behind the like a bard of information behind the counter not very interesting what is interesting is what we parked beside which is one of these um inos grenadiers which I think you're a pretty cool looking car this one's in um some sort of weird Baye color which is interesting um quite the quite the car don't know if I'd buy one but um well I haven't got the money but looks like a could go anywhere made in hak I'll look up hak and I'll tell you where that is um anyway so now we're going to head down to CRA which is about an hour and a half away so only a short day today uh which is nice he [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we've come up to mount Ansley which is behind the suburb of Ansley and it um it has The View VI down towards the um good old Parliament House or houses in this case there's two of them down there oh one of the new one the city over there to the right or Civic as I think it's called lots of autumn foliage or foilage as some people like to say idiots say that mostly anyway we're going to spend the night here and um push off tomorrow towards uh the what Victorian Highlands school kids everywhere look at them out ofday on the school trip having fun little scamps [Music] par it is great [Music] the all right so we've had a very relaxing evening in camber catching up with my son John's been catching up with his old mate Murray now we're about to hit the road and head to Kuma corong Jing galang forgive my pronunciations they're probably all wrong kind of looking forward to getting out of the city and back into the B uh today basically Victorian Highlands which I've never been through and I'm very much looking forward to it [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I [Music] first big thing of the trip the big trout what an absolute cracker it is look at that unfortunately I can't get close enough to check whether it's genuine fiberglass but um you'd have to think that it is [Music] we are in hang on a second we're in cabara not cabara cabara uh it's basically a working Town hub for the new Snowy Mountain scheme that's apparently being built around here somewhere I do like those nordens they're very nice if you own a nordon good choice me it's a KTM and fancy dress but it's it's a bloody good looking motorbike so this is the view from the lookout couple of sheds um some dongers some uh little picnic shelter things with the Barbecues in them I can say it's cold now it's 10° it's it's gone beyond cool it's definitely cold what you say John yeah quite fresh cold fresh yeah fresh is a good work this is Australia's highest town even though it's not really town there you go Australia's highest Town John's always full of full of facts but I tell you it's very very very pretty up here so if you ever do get the chance to come up to the highlands of Australia tour in on New South Wales grab the opportunity with both hands to get up here so you where you got from uh one from Sunny Coast Steve from Brisbane [Music] okay we're at a dam I'm not sure which Dam it is actually um but it's it's a dam uh it's part of the snowy River Hydro scheme and it's quite large quite tall and it has a fairly low sort of rail as well what do you reckon [Music] go [Music] a oh oh so this is the Murray River the mighty Murray River there's actually a little bit of water in it Seth Wales over therea back that that way the actual border is here on this right on this Edge New South Wales owns all the river I don't quite know who brok at that deal probably a New South Wales person person but anyway it's good to be back in Victoria again I haven't been here for a little while so now we're heading to corong for lunch hungry [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] when you like stretching in cow parks in gymwear this is the place for you what a wonderfully sturdy o vessel she is if you are from Zan I do apologize [Music]

Channel: A bit of a Detour

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Length: 38min 30sec (2310 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 01 2024