Tasmania can be a place of meteorological extremes, but there’s plenty of times when the weather in the Apple Isle is nearly as good as the adventure-riding terrain. Andrew Brodribb found a window of weather opportunity.
Picture the depths of a Tasmanian winter in August. Imagine two weeks worth of high-latitude wind, snow and rain.
Now forget all your preconceived ideas. Storms like those were over a fortnight prior to the ride dates, and the August weekend of the ride saw a group of Tasmanian stalwarts gather for the North East Safari, and the final leg of the inaugural event was blessed with glorious riding weather… blue skies, reasonably firm tracks and no wind.