Tasmania 23-30 Nov leather or synthetics?

Hi,

Just wondering what the advice is on suitable attire for a motorcycle tour
between 23 - 30 Nov 03 in Tasmania. I have no idea what the weather is
generally like.

Thanks

BVR

 

Tasmania can turn snow on at any time of year.
--
Al

"Go soothingly on the grease mud, as there lurks the skid demon. "

Remove *ME* before replying

 

Just back and it was cold but the good thing about it was that it kept the bugs
down. Take whatever you prefer as well as some thermal underwear and you will
survive quite ok

 

That's a complete lie Alan! I've never seen it snow in February. (The other
11 months, OK, yeah).

Cheers Manning

 

Take one of everything. It will be hot, it will be cold, it will snow, it will
be sunny, it will be anything else it can think of. And all of that's only
before lunch. In the afternoon when the weather changes it can do different
stuff all over again. And as summer approaches it does it with greater vigour.

We spent several holidays visiting friends in Tassie over the years and learnt
that August is the most stable, it is always on the cold/wet/foggy/snowy side.
But at that time of year the roads were clear of tourists and the camping
grounds were empty.

Kim

 

Its cold, wet, windy and miserable for nine months of the year












and then they have winter

Mick
GS1000S

 

Thirty degrees and windy this afternoon. Warm and calm this morning.

Breathable waterproof synthetics with thermals underneath should be ok in
November, unless you go somewhere cold, or snowy.

If you come off, you won't have to worry about the devils eating you. A
tumour, apparently contagious, has virtually wiped them out in most places.
Experts say it has nothing to do with the 1080 spread far and wide by the
logging industry in order to kill the animals which eat the seedlings
planted after the old-growth forests are clear-felled so we can send them to
Japan for $10/tonne as fucking woodchips and of course the devils wouldn't
eat the dead animals now would they?

May they rot in hell.

Weather will be good, Joe.

 

deep breaths now Geoff

 

After many Tassie trips:
Leather pants with thin Nylon overpants against wet/cold.
Synth. jacket WITH liners (possibly in the packs) up top.
Too wet too often for leather jackets, roadsides too rough for Draggins (in
case of an off).
Max flexibility with little extra space/weight added to the packs.
cheers
pete
http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/glitch1/Tours/LongTours/Tassie/

 

That's because you sent the Tassie weather up north for the day.

We had beautiful clear skies for the start of a day's ride, quickly turned to
super-windy for most of the norming's ride, and as lunch was ending the thunder
started so we geared up and took off home. It stormed on us from Parkes to
Bathurst, and as soon as we got home it cleared up with not a cloud in the sky
and hardly a breath of wind. Ahh, Tassie, I mused.

Kim