Day 8 - Cradle Mountain campground to Zeehan caravan park -106 km / 460 m in hillsDay 8 starts very quickly with a long uphill section, and the day is long and fairly difficult. Having just come through Tullah, we had a 100 metre climb coming up (range in background) although it felt much more. I think my altitude calculations were badly wrong.  The Zeehan caravan park has huge open spaces to spread out in, and the local museum was well worth a visit. Day 9 - Zeehan caravan park to Lake Burbury campground - 115 km / 690 m in hillsThis was the longest day so far and very hard. The lunch time stop in Strahan was nice, but we had to keep going. The drop down into Queenstown was long and fast, but the climb up the other side was equally long and steep. Lake Burbury campground is more-or-less a big oval on the edge of Lake Burbury Day 10 - Lake Burbury campground to Cynthia Bay campground -68 km / 730 m in hills Day 11 - rest dayWallaby and joey and Cynthia Bay campground. We also saw platypus in the evening. 
Day 12 - Cynthia Bay campground to Wayatinah campground - 61 km / 280 m in hills
 Day 13 - Wayatinah campground to Mount Field National Park campground - 64 km / 470 m in hills
This was a nice campground although supplies are hard to get. The small store is only open for a very short time each day. Day 14 - Mount Field National Park campground to home (Longley) - 116 km / 1,250 m in hillsThis was a very hard day. The road surface from Mount Field to New Norfolk is pretty shocking in places, and watch out for the train tracks. They are spoke busters. The surface from New Norfolk to Granton is pretty good (considering it was only a couple of years old at that stage). The surface from Granton into Hobart is wonderfully smooth and makes for fast times. However the climb to the top of Mount Wellington after having already ridden 75 km is an absolute killer. (end)
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