TASSIE'S TOURING SECRETS - Roothy

https://roothy.com.au TASSIE'S TOURING SECRETS - Roothy The thing about Tasmania’s coast is that the weather can turn extreme any time and with minimal warning. Most of the time that’ll just make a few days of the trip more adventurous but it can get very miserable if you’re not prepared with wet weather gear, warm clothes, decent shelter and a big bottle of rum. The summer months from Christmas through to March are the best times to travel with February being the usual winner in the warmth/no rain stakes. Long days – the sun sets very slowly this far from the equator – really help you make a mile and find a good camp site too. The downside of summer travelling is that that’s when tourists flock to the island, clogging up the cafes and shops in the more popular, trendy places. Don’t worry though, they rarely venture off the beaten track, exactly where you’ll be spending most of your time! Forget winter unless you’re extremely adventurous and travelling with locals who know their stuff. The fact is that blizzards, dense fog and snow falls are pretty routine in a Tassie winter and apart from being uncomfortable, you’ll risk getting permanently stuck somewhere if the rivers suddenly come up. Huge tree trunks pushed forty or more feet up the banks of steep river gullies pretty much say it all! Driving Conditions - OK all you solo tough guys, the drill for successful trips through Tassie coast’s tougher tracks is simple – travel in company! This applies to most of the tracks we’ve mentioned here especially if there’s been some rain and on Tasmania’s coast the odds are it’ll rain once or twice a week even in summer. If you’re going to invest in good mud tyres, do it before you go happy in the knowledge that you won’t be doing huge miles on sealed roads when there’s so many tracks beckoning! Most of the serious local off-roaders own a winch at the very least while spades, hi-lift jacks, snatch straps and the usual complement of recovery gear will almost always get a work out. Trees falling across tracks in the forest country are common so it pays to keep an axe and a tow rope handy too. Be aware that carrying a chainsaw can be an offence in some of the Parks and Wildlife reserves. Note too that the same office bound bureaucrats and so called ‘environmentalists’ who wouldn’t know a tree stump from a pencil are wielding their pathetic paper swords over the future of off-roading in Tasmanian too. Local 4WD clubs have responded by putting countless hours into track maintenance and preservation and wherever possible try to do your part to make sure their efforts aren’t in vain. Facebook: https://ift.tt/1r10yUR Twitter: https://twitter.com/roothy4wd?lang=en Instagram: https://ift.tt/2uCSaSn Pinterest: https://ift.tt/2mhNDki Tumblr: https://ift.tt/2zF1aMp #roothy #roothy4wd #milo2 #terraintamer4wd #maxtrax #frontrunneroutfitters #lanotec #outbackaccessoriesaustralia #blackduckseatcovers #penriteoil #thebushcompany #smartautomotivesolutions #xrox #browndavis #uniden #borntoraom #frontrunneraustralia #toyota4x4 #landcruiser #fj40 #40series #builtnotbought #redarc_electronics #maxtraxhq
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