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Ambassador routes

Are you a visitor or casual cyclist who wants free adventures around some of Tasmania’s premier destinations?

Our Ambassador routes are specifically designed to showcase some of the most beautiful bike rides and exciting destinations Tasmania has to offer.

And we’ve collated links from councils, bloggers and other organisations about paths, routes and riding experiences.

North West Tasmania Wide Map Midlands & East North East South East

Ride guide – Map

Our volunteers have used Open Streets mapping to mark bike parking sites and bike stores across Tasmania.

Check-out the map below and use the layers to find what you are after. If you notice the map is missing a site or you’d like to get involved in updating the map, please let us know by sending an email.

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RideGuide

Bicycle Network Tasmania has made an online mapping software to enable up to date information of safe routes, bike parking, bike shops and other useful information.

Using Open Street Maps, the Bicycle Network Tasmania Ride Guide is the most comprehensive database of everything you need to know to cycle in Tasmania.

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Tasmania-wide information

Tasmania’s Bike Friendly Businesses.
Ride Tassie has a focus on MTB destinations
DirtyFreeHub has a collection of curated gravel riding routes, including some in Tassie, they’re great!
Richard Dorsett’s 2017 ride from Launceston to Hobart.
Giro Tasmania If you have at least three weeks to spend in Tassie then have a look at our detailed guide to the Giro Tasmania which is an independent cycling tour right around the state, taking in many of Tasmania’s highlights. This tour is nearly entirely on sealed roads and we list both the camping and cheapest non-camping accommodation options.
Quicker Giro Tasmania Here is a trip report of a two week alternative circumnavigation of Tasmania by Andrew Heard.
Tony’s Trips Tony Watton shares his stories of rides in Tassie.
The Tasmanian Trail offers a unique opportunity to experience some of Tasmania’s most beautiful landscapes that are beyond the popular tourist trails. The trail is made up of tracks, dirt roads, asphalt roads and paths and winds its way between Devonport in the State’s north and Dover in the south. MTB only and be prepared for rough conditions.
Tassie Trails A site dedicated to helping people find out more about Tasmania’s mountain and road biking opportunities.
Cycle Peter rode around Tassie in 2015.
Where to Ride: Tasmania (by Andrew Bain) – Guides you through 45 rides, with points of interest,accurate mapping, altitude profiles, point by point ride logs and a range of ride difficulties from one to five star ratings.
Discover Tasmania
Rail Trails in Tasmania.

North and NorthWestern Tasmania

TBUG’s excellent map of bike paths in and around Launceston.
The Great Western Tiers Cycle Trails. A number of documented and signposted bike touring routes have been created in the Mersey Valley area, including the Great World Heritage Ride, the Great Country Ride, the Great Caves Ride and the Great Gourmet Ride. Podcasts can be downloaded to serve as an audio tour guide while you are riding.
Rides on the Central Coast.
Cycling Routes within Circular Heads municipality.

Southern Tasmania

Hobart Bike Hire has produced a set of snappy little maps for rides around Hobart.
A keen local MTB rider has produced an excellent series of detailed MTB riding maps. These will also be useful for horse riders and walkers, and the onroad sections will be of interest to road riders.
A map of the official MTB trails in the Clarence Mountain Bike park.
Destination Hobart. Whether it’s Artbikes, mountain bikes or road bikes you’re into, Hobart has rides for you, finds Simon Vincett.
Greater Hobart Trails Walking, cycling, mountain biking and horse riding tracks and trails in Hobart, Kingborough, Derwent Valley, Clarence, Glenorchy and Brighton.
Kingborough Council’s Tracks and Trails page which has a summary and map for each online.
Cycling South’s Hobart Bike Map – also includes regional rides in southern Tas
A proposed Huon Trail described.

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