Distance travelled – 27.2 km
Avg speed – 15.8 kph
Max speed – 47.2 kph
Port Sorell to Latrobe
With less than an hour’s ride to the Spirit of Tasmania and two days left to complete it, we were in two minds on whether to stay another night in Port Sorell or continue on to Devonport. As we prepared to leave we got chatting to another guest who had just returned from an early morning ride to Latrobe. His description of his ride along the back country roads sounded very pleasant so we made a spur of the moment decision to visit Latrobe.
This brief encounter turned out to be a fortunate stroke of serendipity, adding to the growing list of small serendipities that have provided us with some of the highlights of our journey. The quiet country roads that we took to Latrobe passed through a mix of country ranging from dairy, grazing, poppies and market gardening giving us great views but with a minimum of climbing. The alternative would have been the busy main road to Devonport.
Latrobe itself turned out to be a very interesting town and to add to the reward of changing our route at the last moment we found a nice old cottage in the main street in which to stay.
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Hawley Beach near Port Sorell
Watering the new crop
Country lane between Port Sorell and Latrobe
Warning sign next to poppy field
Platypus at Latrobe Visitor Centre
Main street of Latrobe
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