Magazine articles ~ Northern Tasmania Chapter

The Northern Tasmania Chapter is based around Launceston/Devonport to include members in northern Tasmania – both west and east of the Tamar and south to Ross. Following are members’ reports on a selection of recent runs.

This Page Last Updated on 14-12-2022 by Bruce Gray

Barn to Pub run – with a U-turn!

August 16, 2020
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Words & organiser: Alana McDougall Photos: Jill Steer, Alana McDougall Frankford Hall was the starting point for the day with a cool breeze blowing down from the highlands … … no coffee at the start due to the organiser not checking if the Blue Berry Barn café was ope
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Ferry across the Mersey

July 12, 2020
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Words & organiser: Lawrie Pitt ■ Photos: Jill Steer, Lawrie Pitt, Alana McDougall Uh Oh! The old favourite “U”-turn … again! This time high in the Mersey River valley in Tasssie’s Central Highlands. Note: returning back along a great road though, gives another great road, b
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A Day at the Museum

February 16, 2020
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Words & organiser: Martin Bulk Photos: Jill Steer, Alana McDougall Quite a few of our Chapter members gathered at the National Automobile Museum in Launceston for our drive on some of the best roads in Tasmania to visit Chas and Robyn Kelly’s private car collection at Shearwater
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Wendy goes West!

January 12, 2020
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Words & organiser: Wendy Keswick Photos: Jill Steer, Alana McDougall Fourteen MX-5s, all lined up, tops down, in the sunshine at Deloraine Train Park; ready for the first fun run of 2020 … after coffee of course. Oh, and one Triumph Tiger 800 (motorbike). OK, so it wasn’t a
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Christmas lunch at Glenda’s

December 08, 2019
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Words: Alana McDougall Photos: Jill Steer, Glenda Leeson, Cherie Gardner Organisers: Alana McDougall, Glenda Leeson, Bruce Harvey & Cheryl Murray Tail-end Charlie: Danny Beer Starting at Frankford, we headed out for a short sharp run around the Tamar region and the back of Longfo
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Ice creams in the bush!

January 18, 2015
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Story: Bruce Harvey The cryptic title for this run came from a spur of the moment decision to have a drive into the Narawntapu National Park, where the “Bottle-Brush Snacks” caravan was discovered on the edge of the bush waiting for the hungry and thirsty tourist – so the decision to
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Magical Mystery Tour 2.5 …

October 19, 2014
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Story: Alana McDougall Once upon a sunny October day in northern Tasmania where all roads were built for the MX-5, a group of eager MX-5 drivers and navigators met for what has become our annual Mystery Run devised by Alana and Trevor. With all participants having been forewarned to e
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Northern Tassie’s sumptuous Christmas

November 18, 2012
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Story: Kelly Berggren We celebrated Christmas this year with a short run through some fine roads around Mole Creek, Mt Roland, Sheffield and Barrington, with a finish at Carl and Kelly’s place on the hill in Aberdeen.   Our cars watched the view from the sheep paddock next door and we
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Going to Gunns Plains

November 18, 2012
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Story: Sandra Tillack Keith and I, usually fairly well organised (Keith’s influence), had nominated a meeting time of 9.15am at our usual Devonport meeting venue. However, a late night had us scampering around at the allotted time with a flat iPhone and no car charger in sight. Reluct
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