{"id":170,"date":"2003-01-30T15:52:08","date_gmt":"2003-01-30T05:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/?p=170"},"modified":"2015-09-17T23:42:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:42:53","slug":"tasmania-tour-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/blog\/tasmania-tour-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasmaniacs 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mt Field NP\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Although many short trip had been had by the time Tasmania was dreamed up in a bar late one night, it was my first big bike trip\u00a0undertaken. I think i got return airfares for $100! <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-057-e1314683679998.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47\" title=\"Mt Rufus, Tasmania\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-057-e1314683679998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>We pushed pretty hard every day covering about 100 hilly kilometers. Our days off were often spent hiking up mountains such as Mt Rufus (above). This mountain affords some of the best views in Tasmania and we were very fortunate to have a beautifully clear day. We were so impressed by the scenery we spent almost 3 hours on the summit boiling tea and enjoying nature!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-019.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a>High up in the\u00a0Mt Field NP. Such an awesome climb, 10+km of dirt and 1000m of vert<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-011.jpg\" alt=\"Beech forest, Mt Field NP, Tasmania\" width=\"592\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-011.jpg 592w, https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-011-450x304.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>High plains drifting on the way to Lake St Claire<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Tasmania-048.jpg\" alt=\"Derwent Bridge, Tasmania\" width=\"592\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Although many short trip had been had by the time Tasmania was dreamed up in a bar late one night, it was my first big bike trip\u00a0undertaken. I think i got return airfares for $100! We pushed pretty hard every day covering about 100 hilly kilometers. Our days off were often spent hiking up mountains &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/blog\/tasmania-tour-2003\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tasmaniacs 2003<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyclingwild.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}