Spirit of Tasmania by Motorcycle #spiritoftasmania #adventurebike #adventuremotorcycleriding

we've just ridden all the way over from South Australia over two days and we've arrived in jalong and we're going to Tasmania so here we are bit of a lineup there's already a few bikes here we got a Usher telling us where to go be pushing all the motorbikes up excellent thanks mate few Adventure bikes is always good to see so great we got pretty close to the front we're probably about about 100 m from the front awesome all right guys we've got a couple hours of waiting here before we can actually go [Music] in say hi everybody hi everybody me this is Martin's got a YouTube channel you should like And subscribe so going to go line up up there I don't believe the vessel is actually in yet so they'll probably have to unload the vessel first and we'll get on but they'll get us all sequenced into our position to go onto the vessel okay this looks like this is a fairly painless check-in um she's giving our passes we do have room so hopefully there to room passes she may or may not want our licenses we don't know we're told to have our license ready so now looks like we're going straight through excellent she was awesome here we go I'm excited little mate over here is giving us directions assume we're going straight through here and I got a feeling we're going to park up here for an hour or so security don't know what the security checking might be doing a bit of Bio security okay he's asking about Firearms weapons fruit vegetables all that sort of stuff oh good apple banana garc anything today well that was fairly pineless so just quarantine check straight through check our passes and to the front of the line and Lane four hopefully that's a good omen that we're going to get on first so the waiting game begins so what have they given us it's given us this little brocher so say stay safe so if you're on a motorbike as you come through the check-in area up there you'll be given one of these and it has all the tips about you know riding around Tasmania safely map all the good stuff that is bloody awesome that's a great idea I can actually control the damn thing but yeah welcome to Tasmania riding tips well done guys that's awesome what do you think John very good very good looking forward to absolutely awesome guys you happy yeah loving it loving it so far so good excellent put them on the spot so this is the other side of the entrance so once you've actually parked your vehicle up on the other side for all the security and that you can come into this part of the reception area and we've got some great displays here we got a display a mock model of the spirit of Tasmania lots of detail that's awesome this is the spirit of Tasmania devonport a heart speed to the city streets we begin to feel the fire We rise like tall buildings as the chemicals they take us higher the night's young it is just beg and she puts her hand in M we want to chase the night want to dance to the light pull St from the sky just two hearts running wild never sleep never stop as we sh from the top we're going to we're going to be two hearts running wild yeah the morning there the afternoon we lay awake in day last so loud as the hours pass we're going to do bikes is just holding back a little bit so we don't have to stop on the ramp waiting for the cars up top top to clear the top deck then we'll start rolling here we go see if we can stand up a bit here and forward thankfully we got a guy up front from Tasmania and he does this regularly so we're just following him bit of a drop down here quite exciting so about it looks of it we're on the bottom deck so we got guys giving us directions as to where to go they've just split the bikes off the ones behind of going into another row coming up here going forward already got the lashings ready GE yep so leaving it in gear leave it as is take the gear off so it looks like they using standard sort of tie downs on the bike I've got an overnight bag in here just going to drag that out we are good to go so as we can see here the guys know what they're doing don't be too concerned about tying it down these fellas do it every day day in day out they literally tie down thousands of bikes every year so yeah true professionals good quality straps just go around the front and see if we can get a vision of that without getting in their way no okay so we're going off the crash bars for these bikes and the road bikes they say they going to go off the handle bars so this bike here hasn't got crush bars so we've got little socks that go over the the um hand grips so just standard tie down like you tie tie a bike down on the trailer motorbike trailer so you've just got tie downs on the front of the bike what it looks it yep so there we go guys that's the ti down of the bikes on the ship let's go upstairs and have a look so guys I'm going to give the official tour of our room we're in room 7205 which is on the same level as the bar in the cinema how good is that so coming in we've got a full bunk room so two of us guys got to sleep on the bottom bunks and we're just going to use the top ones for storage yeah there's no um window to the outside world there are power points power sockets uh there's one in behind here somewhere there we go and I'm trying to keep this steady this is a shower let's have a look in here W it's dark not sure how you turn lights on all that okay we have lights dny drinking glasses sink shower how good's that okay so I've changed now I'm going to the bar where to the bar where's the bar sniff it out this way and the bar is open the bar is open excellent what makes you think I'd want the bar honestly there's the bar guys how good that go right this is Martin get into his chair just note that they Martin do they move can you pull the chair out can I pulled the chair out no it's solid lock solid mate so if we have a riot tonight we won't be picking up the chairs tables and throwing them around so as the ship gets moving around did these spin around or anything like that like a ride at the show how cool would that be we we all had a go of moving the chairs that don't move yeah four for four beautiful see all look knacked yeah I'm bugged give my camera back so we got an onboard store so you got to all your Basics that's food fried food I suppose py drinks coffee cool drinks all that sort of stuff you won't go without this is really handy I have a filtered water station so you can just put your drink bottle there um fill it up you also got some cups there it's free filtered water cold on level seven you'll find two cinamas unfortunately for us due to the late departure we weren't able to see any movies at the start of the ship on level seven you'll find tourism here you'll find all your general information uh manuals Maps Etc of Tasmania and also jalong so if you're still not quite sure what to do in Tasmania come down to the back of the ship stern of the ship and grab some info so to access national parks you're going to need a national parks pass so if you're on a motorbike you'll be going for the 4475 per person pass so you pay your fee fill out a little form which I believe you carry it with you you have all your on it your National Park number expiry vehicle registration and your surname an absolutely beautiful day today the wind's blowing the Sea's pretty calm it's been a great night actually had a pretty good night's sleep in the cabin there it was fairly stable so we weren't rocking in too much it wasn't noisy uh warm you could adjust the temperature in there the bedding was quite good so yeah very very happy with that no complaints at all so all the bikes are unlashed we are permitted to unlash the bikes ourself I just had a word to one of the stors and we asked the question the bikes ever fall over and he said no not the ones that we tie down it's generally the ones that where the Riders don't want them to tie it down they don't trust them hey at the end of the day these guys tie motorbikes down all year round thousands of bikes they know what they're doing he said it's the bikes that the owners tie down that tend to fall over they get one two three of these a year and it tends to be the larger bikes here we go time to disembark pretty excited the fumes all right boys let's go show well that was easy easy as guys easy as I think there was a bit of trouble there as it were taken off I could hear the um people yelling back there so your bike might have fallen over or something like that all right so out with the spirit of Tasmania on a motorbike so hope you liked it please U subscribe like comment and all that sort of stuff and if you've been on Spirit of Tasmania yeah let's hear from you about it as you can see it's a pretty easy process the guys who um load down so lock it down the bikes and all tie downs or what have you they experts at it leave it up to them it was all fairly straightforward nothing to worry about okay guys thanks for watching have a great one bye [Music] aahah [Music] nah

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Published: Thu Apr 04 2024