if you think derby is a bit out of the way wait until you are trying to get to maydena. once you leave hobart you don’t actually have to drive very far before the landscape looks more and more sparsely populated; that’s how you know you are going the right way. when you start wondering…
as legendary as the tassie mountain biking is, we also wanted to see what tje north east of tasmania is like. kris & nat had travelled through there earlier, but i had only ever been to the south, around hobart. rather unromantically perhaps, i had always thought of tasmania a cold & wet. it is…
not long ago derby was almost dead, at least as dead as a town can be. in 1874 tin was discovered in the hills around town and consequently mined until 1929, when after strong rainfalls a dam burst and flooded the mine. 14 people died and the mine never reopened. before the accident 3000 people…
there are so many things to like about mountain biking. to begin with it’s an outdoor sport, which is great if you, like us, live in a part of world that generally has pleasant weather and trails set in an unspoilt natural environment. it’s also nice to work those lungs and muscles and why would…
it was that time again: checking the bearings in the linkage of my beloved nomad. it was making strange noises and it is a well known fact that a quiet bike is a fast bike. we like fast. taking out the links is a quick and simple task. i then tested the bearings to see…
rain is a good thing, at least here in australia, and especially these days. large parts of the country have not seen decent rain in years and some places we passed on our trip are actually running out of water (*). but as essential and actually pleasant rain is it can get in the way…
we are very lucky here on the northern beaches: in the hills just behind the beach the trail fairies have been busy using the amazing local features to build some of the best trails you could wish for. we have fast straights, slippery flat turns, steep rollers, natural jumps. and all of that is set…
i never really liked that stem on nat’s dirt jumper. nothing against the thomson stem, it’s very light and extremely well made, but with modern bike geometries long stems are no longer required. we just happened to have this one around and it was lighter than the original giant unit and not much longer. it’s…
i liked my bike carrier. it was super light (made of aluminium of course), easy to attach, easy to load and unload, did not damage the frame and it did fit the karavan, too. in one word: perfect. until a nice lady hit her brakes a tad too late and bumped into the back of…
after a long day at school everyone needs a break, right? sitting still for hours on end isn’t really the appropriate way to spend one’s day. red hill dirt jumps is the perfect place to relax and wind down, in a great atmosphere among friends and most importantly fellow ferda girls. the jump line is…
natalie enjoyed her first few races before we left on our trip around australia. unfortunately we couldn’t bring the bikes on our long trip and nat was really looking forward to getting back. she likes those club races in ourimbah and has raced almost all the downhill and gravity enduro rounds. she loves sharing the…