I'm sure you'll be able to keep up no problem at all, I don't go too fast, well, not all the time. I like to look about and to get off and walk in the villages. Then like I say, set up a base camp for a few days and do some more extensive walks in the mountains.

Yep, Tassie has some top roads, if it didn't I wouldn't have need for a bike I guess. Then too, the big island above me where you are has go some awesome roads up through the Victorian Alps.

Nicola, what are your plans regarding a bike over there, would you ship a bike from Oz, or do you have or would you get a bike over there for the trip?

What sort of wheels are you contemplating on having for this trip?

Hey there Paddy, well I'm still sorting that out. Actually it seems I'm always sorting this issues of electronics out. I like my electronic gadgets. Essentially, I enjoy photography, and for that I have a Nikon D90 with a few stock lenses. It's built pretty tough and has toured with me this year through the Alps for near bang on 10000 km, (not sure if you work with the old imperial or the metric system).
The other stuff, well I like to have lots of music, so carry a few mp3 players. I also do sound recording and squeeze in my sound recording gear. Then I carry a laptop with me, this year just one, last year I took two, but then I was driving a car so I had the room. Then all the cords and cables that go with all that gear. You should watch them when I go through security at airports, they can make no sense of me and really question what I do.

The thing I am wanting to try to do is to make a purpose built electronic power supply / charging system for all my gadgets, so I can charge from the bike, instead of trying to always find a safe place to charge my gear in camp ground toilet / shower blocks. It has worked well thus far.

Anyhow I hope to have it down to a fine art his coming trip.
Don't worry Nicola, it might help slow me down, having all this gear.

Anyhow, Paddy, I think you found me on another thread talking tents, another thing I am looking to renewing for the coming trip as well.

Paul

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