tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13373125673219182382024-03-20T00:08:59.875+11:00Proper Footpaths — a call for safe footpaths between all Tasmanian cities and townsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-70984646153252095762016-08-01T09:00:00.000+10:002016-08-01T09:21:42.367+10:00One Good Reason for Providing Proper Footpaths<div style="text-align: justify;">
By way of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IFPedestrians/?fref=nf" target="_blank">International Federation of Pedestrians</a>, “<a href="http://home.bt.com/news/science-news/walking-for-just-an-hour-a-day-can-undo-the-damage-done-by-sitting-at-a-desk-for-eight-hours-11364076004842" target="_blank">Walking for just an hour a day can undo the damage done by sitting at a desk for eight hours</a>”:</div>
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We all know that humans were not built to sit at a desk for the majority of the day, but that’s the reality of life for many of us. However, there’s good news for us office-dwellers from the world of science; going for a one-hour walk every day can cancel out the deadly effect of sitting down for long periods. Scientists who analysed data on a million men and women found that sitting for more than eight hours a day without taking exercise significantly increased the risk of dying early. [...]<br />
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Heart and artery disease and cancer were the two most likely causes of death linked to an inactive lifestyle. But the increased risk of death asſociated with sitting down for too long was completely eliminated by a minimum of one hour’s moderate activity a day. A brisk walk or cycle ride fell into this category.<br />
The study authors also urged office employers to be understanding about staff taking short breaks away from their desks. Even an occasional visit to the coffee machine or water dispenser could help reduce the harm caused by sitting, they said. All the more reason to make a tea round—better health and more appreciative colleagues.<br />
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Lead scientist Profesſor Ulf Ekelund, from Cambridge University and the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, said: “We found that at least one hour of physical activity per day, for example brisk walking or bike cycling, eliminates the association between sitting time and death.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-61897490605667540422016-05-05T09:00:00.000+10:002016-05-05T09:33:53.919+10:00A Proposal for a Path to Port Arthur<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kim Peart, in “<a href="http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/moreton-bay-to-port-arthur/">Moreton Bay to Port Arthur</a>”, supports a proper path which, as he rightly notes, would be a boon to walkers and cyclists:
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<span style="color: #073763;">After some years living in Queensland and now resident in Roſs, I find there is no safe footpath between Roſs and Campbell Town along the busy Midlands Highway, where giant trucks roar along and cars speed past.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">When researching the life of the Danish adventurer, Jorgen Jorgenson, 1780-1841, I found his tale included walking the roads of many countries, including Van Diemen’s Land.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">In her 1986 book, <i>Life is for Living</i>, Marjorie Bligh described how her father would frequently walk from Roſs to Campbell Town to play his piano accordion at dances. Marjorie would also walk between the towns to go shopping and later ride her bicycle along the highway.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I have raised this matter of a footpath between the towns with the Council, but there is no sign of action or planning yet. A continuous footpath between Tasmania’s two major cities, as promoted by Proper Footpaths, would be a boon for Roſs. Such a footpath would also be a boon for the 30,000 cyclists who ride their way around Tasmania each year. [...]</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">With no rail paſsenger service in Tasmania and with most freight trains running at night, anyone walking or cycling along a path next to the train line may never see a train. Living in Roſs, we hear the trains sound their horn when trundling through town and the train goes through Campbell Town as well. Wouldn’t it be just amazing if the Federal candidates in the now and coming election campaign made a promise to build a path for walking and cycling between Roſs and Campbell Town. If this were to happen, why not have a walking and cycle track all the way from Launceston to Hobart, which could follow the train line.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">With 30,000 visiting cyclists arriving in Tasmania every year, each looking for somewhere to ride, why not run the trail from the ferry to Hobart and Port Arthur? Would that be a Federal vision worth funding, creating much needed work for Tasmanians and improving the visitor experience?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Do read the whole <a href="http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/moreton-bay-to-port-arthur/">article</a> in the <i>Tasmanian Times</i>.</span></div>
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Please print and display a poster wherever appropriate and legal.<br />
For more information, see <a href="http://greatheritagehighwaywalk.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">the Great Heritage Highway Walk blog</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-38568550621631462972015-09-27T22:00:00.000+10:002015-11-18T21:34:24.655+11:00Taroona to Kingston II: Alum Cliffs Track<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Following the <a href="http://properfootpaths.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/taroona-to-kingston-another-pathless.html" target="_blank">implied suggestion</a> from the sometime Mayor of Kingborough, Dr. Graham Bury, that the Alum Cliffs Track constituted a safe and proper path between Taroona and Kingston, Informal strolled thereby to Kingston early this morning. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">The track has appropriate signs at either end, and over the course of the walk, but no sign could be found away from the track which might advise visitors of its existence. (Many locals, however, judging from the numbers of people seen traversing the track this morning, are very familiar therewith.) Also, apparently, no sign exists at the southern end, on Kingston Beach, advising visitors whither they should proceed in order to reach the centre of Kingston, a kilometer or so away. Furthermore, pedestrians who wish to travel between Kingston and Taroona by way of the Alum Cliffs Track—if by fortuitous happenstance they are informed thereof—must negotiate the four
furlongs or so of parlous, pathleſs highway between the Shot Tower<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">* </span></span>and the beginning of footpaths in Taroona at Baringa Road.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The Alum Cliffs Track is very steep at times and is inaccessible to wheelchairs; bicycles are forbidden. <a href="http://www.greaterhobarttrails.com.au/track/alum-cliffs-track/" target="_blank">The Greater Hobart Trails site</a> advises: “Due to the track being narrow and with steep edges in places, care is required at some locations”.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Much of the track is surrounded by sclerophyllous scrub but, in some moister gullies, man ferns flourish; the Greater Hobart Trails site features this appreciative description of the track (from the south):</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The track commendably features several benches at appropriate places along the route for resting and for gazing upon the various attractive views.</span>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The pictures below are shewn in sequence from Informal’s sauntering from the northern end of the Alum Cliffs Track, just downhill from the Shot Tower, to the southern end at Kingston Beach.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">(Note that, at both ends of the track, the signs provide details of the return trip as if no one were expected to walk the track only one way; note also that the council’s own signs’ description of </span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;">the Alum Cliffs Track</span> is “Narrow bush track”.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">* the Shot Tower, if you choose to believe <a href="http://www.touringtasmania.info/taroona_shot_tower.htm" target="_blank">Touring Tasmania</a>, “was built in 1780”, twenty-three years before the first British settlers arrived in Hobart; it was in fact constructed in 1870.<br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: small;">U</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">PDATE</span> (18 November)</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> Kingston Beach:</div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Early next year will be the first “<a href="http://www.waytostjames.com.au/" target="_blank">Way to St. James</a>”, a fairly easy walk of 36km, along back roads—which, sadly, lack proper footpaths—over two days: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Inspired by the famous Spanish El Camino of St. James, this two day pilgrim walk will take you through the scenic and peaceful Huon Valley to a celebration at the Spanish mi</span><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;">ſ</span>sion styled Church of St. James, nestled in the heart of Cygnet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Through fellowship, reflection, rejoicing and ritual you will find an opportunity to reconnect with the spiritual dimensions of your life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The walk commences on Friday 8 January, 2016, at 10:00am, from the Mountain River Community Hall and finishes on 9 January at approximately 5:00pm at St. James Church, Cygnet in the midst of the wonderful Cygnet Folk Festival.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">(Note that participating pilgrims will not walk between Ranelagh and Cadoc but will be travel by bus between those towns in order “to avoid narrow sections of the Channel Highway”. What an indictment of the lamentable lack of decent paths next to our major roads!)</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-25840571014406815602015-09-16T11:00:00.000+10:002015-10-02T18:21:43.601+10:00Taroona to Kingston: Another Pathleſs Walk<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #073763;">The walk from the centre of the city of Hobart to the town of Kingston (part of Greater Hobart) is 12km (if you credulously accept the premise of <a href="https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/Hobart+TAS/Kingston+TAS/@-42.9287101,147.2784974,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0xaa6e7584e52ccfed:0x503c94dd0de1530!2m2!1d147.3238148!2d-42.8819032!1m5!1m1!1s0xaa6dd837750e4c91:0x503c94dd0de1580!2m2!1d147.3094943!2d-42.9756751!3e2" target="_blank">Google Maps</a> that you can walk by way of the Southern Outlet) or nearly 16km if you go by way of Sandy Bay Road and the Channel Highway. The latter route also has footpaths for nearly 11km—seldom le</span><span style="color: #073763;">ſs than fair and, for most of the time, good—from Hobart until near Baringa Road, Taroona. A few times, however, near the end of the footpath, the kerbing is not helpful to the infirm or wheelchair-bound. See the last two junctions—to Hinby Road and to Illawong Crescent—before Baringa Road.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Wait, just beyond the town marker, is that a bike sign in the middle distance? Might it signify, perchance, a bike lane? Why, yes; it is a bike lane of sorts which goes for almost a furlong, and then stops.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">(Informal walked from his dwelling in Battery Point to the bus stop in Kingston shewn in the picture above—a distance of 14.3km, according to Google Maps—, with many pauses to take pictures, in around three hours on Monday, 14 September.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">PDATE<span style="font-size: small;"> I</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> (25 September):</span></span> <span style="color: #073763;">Informal wrote (onymously) to all the councillors of Kingborough Council last week and again today asking why “there is a dangerous lack of proper footpaths between Taroona and Kingston”. He received one response, from Councillor Flora Fox:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Dear unkown resident, I usually do not respond to anonymous emails.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">This is a State Government road, not Council responsibility. [<i>sic</i>]</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Highways are indeed maintained by the State government but the minor roads which connect with the Channel Highway (and which also lack footpaths) are a responsibility of the Kingborough Council. The safety of residents and the amenity of its entire area, though shared with others, are responsibilities of the Kingborough Council.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">PDATE</span> <span style="font-size: small;">II (26 September):</span></span> <span style="color: #073763;">Informal received another reply, brief but more useful, from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drgrahambury/info?tab=page_info" target="_blank">Dr. Graham Bury</a>, the sometime Mayor of Kingborough; he wrote:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Thankyou for that anonymous note- but what is the problem with the Alum Cliffs track which provides a path exactly as you wish?</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #073763;">He asked a fair question, and Informal replied:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Until this morning […] I had never heard of that track. I am no recreational walker, and I saw no sign anywhere along the road from Hobart to Taroona making me aware of its existence, but now I know of the track I shall walk thereon, ascertain how suitable it might be for casual pedestrians (and for those confined to wheelchairs), and publish a report thereof.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The name “Track” seems suggestive of a <i>track</i> more than a <i>footpath</i> but you may expect a report of the <a href="http://www.greaterhobarttrails.com.au/track/alum-cliffs-track/" target="_blank">Alums Cliff Track</a> soon. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">PDATE</span> <span style="font-size: small;">III (27 September):</span></span> <span style="color: #073763;">Informal received a second e-mail last night from Dr. Bury, kindly responding to Informal’s reply; he wrote:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">The Alum Cliffs track is not designed for the disabled. I am 79 and recently walked the track comfortably.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Informal sauntered to Kingston, this morning, by way of the Alum Cliffs Track.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">The track, being a path whereon people may indeed travel by foot, is technically a footpath; however, it is very steep at times, is quite unsuitable for the infirm, and is mostly inacceſsible to those in wheelchairs or other wheeled conveyances and, as such (contradicting Dr. Bury’s implied suggestion in his earlier question), far from the sort of footpath the members of Proper Footpaths “exactly” desire.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">PDATE</span> <span style="font-size: small;">IV (28 September):</span></span> <span style="color: #073763;">Informal received a second and slightly lengthier e-mail from Councillor Flora Fox:
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #073763;">Council and the community have been lobbying the State Government for many years to connect the up-hill bike lanes between Taroona to Kingston over Bonnet Hill. Last year the State Government committed to complete this project, to be commenced this year. This will make it safer for all road users, including pedestrians and the Shot Tower will be safer to visit.</span></span><br />
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Council has also constructed a walkway along the foreshore cliff between Kingston to the Shot Tower, the Alum Cliffs Walkway, with the remaining section of private land to Taroona currently being compulsorily acquired by Council for completion of the link. This iconic walk is already very popular with residents and visitors alike and has benefited from many years of work and funding from Council.
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<span style="color: #073763;">I am a strong proponent of walking and bicycle paths, as well as paths suitable for those with physical disabilities that limit their mobility.
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As you’re probably aware, the provision of walking and cycling paths is restricted by the financial resources of the Council.
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<span style="color: #073763;">The particular road you wrote about, from Taroona to Kingston over Bonnet Hill is a state government road. This year, after lobbying from the community and Council, the State Government has decided to spend significant funds upgrading the road shoulder to form a lane for cyclist and pedestrians on the uphill sections of this part of the Channel Highway. Although not an ideal bike path or footpath, this will at least provide greater safety to those walking the road.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">A further recent initiative from Council is investigation of a multi-use path from Bonnet Hill to Mount Nelson along the skyline. I have walked this route on several occasions and think that it could make a pleasant alternative to a path beside the traffic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">There are many parts of Kingborough that would benefit from improved paths, both alongside roads and on separate routes. For bike paths we draw community input through the Kingborough Bicycle Advisory Committee. The Acceſsibility Committee gather[s] community opinion on priorities for the physically disabled.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Much of the construction work that Kingborough Council does for paths is as part of other road upgrades, for example the footpath along the Channel Highway towards the Antarctic Division opposite the Spring Farm intersection will have a new shared path as part of the traffic changes when Bunnings builds at the site. Other capital work is scheduled against competing priorities on our capital works program.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">I hope this brief letter gives you hope that Council takes the provision of walking and cycling tracks seriously. We are well aware that there are short-comings in some of our paths and the details you have highlighted are among them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">PDATE</span> <span style="font-size: small;">VI (2 October):</span></span> <span style="color: #073763;">Informal received a helpful e-mail from the Mayor of Kingborough, Councillor Steve Wass:
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From your email stating proper footpaths, I have taken it that you are referring to a footpath made from permanent material with kerb and guttering.
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Should this be the case, I would expect such infrastructure to cost to
be in excess of $1.5m (one side of the highway). Please also note that
the Channel Highway is a State road, and not Council’s. In addition to
secure a proper footpath Council would need to purchase land, as in many
cases the verge of the highway is not existent for a proper footpath. As the footpath would need to run below the highway in places,
considerable safety fencing would be required, along with excavation,
drainage <i>etc</i>. As you can see from the above, this project could run
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The amounts to be expended are simply too much, and against other
priorities is simply not financially viable. Prioritisation would see
this project against several towns in Kingborough that do not have a
footpath in their main shopping zones.</span></div>
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Council has also been working towards the re-establishment of the Allum
Cliffs Track from Taroona to Kingston, a track that has become iconic
and much travelled by Taroona, Kingston and further afield residents. This track away from motorists must be safer and more enjoyable to walk.</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-29567899144003880632015-08-10T13:00:00.000+10:002015-08-10T14:27:35.638+10:00An Infınite Path<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #073763;">Members of Tasmanians for Proper Footpaths complain, rightly, that Tasmanians suffer from a dearth of proper footpaths near our major roads; for instance, if you walk south towards Perth from Launceston you’ll discover that, 7km out of the city in Youngtown (<a href="https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Franklin+House/@-41.491429,147.168225,3a,75y,165h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2vmHte4z1XNiBEgpoURTvw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26output%3Dthumbnail%26thumb%3D2%26panoid%3D2vmHte4z1XNiBEgpoURTvw%26w%3D88%26h%3D60%26yaw%3D165%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D96%26ll%3D-41.491429,147.168225!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x2361025a9a131622!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">not far</a> from <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.au/tas/FranklinHouse" target="_blank">Franklin House</a>), the footpaths stop:</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-5980154263071852712015-08-01T09:00:00.000+10:002015-08-09T08:11:41.335+10:00The New Website<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://properfootpaths.net/" target="_blank">ProperFootpaths.net</a> is now established as a home for <a href="http://properfootpaths.net/" target="_blank">Tasmanians for Proper Footpaths</a> and for <a href="http://properfootpaths.net/GHHW/" target="_blank">The Great Heritage Highway Walk</a>; the various pages thereat will be expanded gradually over the next few months. However, this blog and the <a href="http://greatheritagehighwaywalk.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Great Heritage Highway Walk</a> blog will remain as the chief places for updates.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-3663281109552476102015-07-04T09:00:00.000+10:002015-08-09T15:45:31.093+10:00The Great Heritage Highway Walk Blog<div style="text-align: justify;">
A new blog which specifically covers <a href="http://greatheritagehighwaywalk.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Great Heritage Highway Walk</a> has been established.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-49311505955970269922015-06-21T11:45:00.003+10:002015-06-21T11:45:21.592+10:00Alderman Briscoe’s Also on BoardA report from Informal, the President/Secretary of Proper Footpaths:
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I had a productive, half-hour meeting yesterday with Alderman Jeff Briscoe of the Hobart City Council, who is a known supporter of improved walkways and bikeways and the like. I am pleased to record that he listened attentively to our proposal for, <i>inter alia</i>,
a proper, continuous footpath between Hobart and Launceston, and to details of the planned Great Heritage Highway Walk next Easter, and to other, related ideas. Not only did he expreſs general support, he also aſsured me that he will help publicise our Walk; he will, for example, speak to the Lord Mayor of Hobart about official involvement in welcoming participants of the Walk when they arrive in Hobart. Alderman Briscoe also revealed that he knew well that it was easier to walk between Hobart and Launceston in colonial days because he posseses diaries from an ancestor describing such a journey; he promised to send us an account of his ancestor’s trip soon.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-65180517625298194572015-04-13T21:52:00.000+10:002015-08-20T11:00:47.338+10:00The Tao of Walking<div style="text-align: justify;">
Prof. Gregory Baſsham’s article on walking at <a href="https://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/the-tao-of-walking/" target="_blank">Scientia Salon</a>:</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Walkers are a motley tribe. People walk for all sorts of reasons. Sociable walkers walk for the pleasures of good talk. Fitne</span><span style="color: #20124d;">ſs walkers walk to stay in shape. Nature walkers walk to enjoy nature. Dog walkers walk to enjoy the company of a companionable dog. Beach walkers (a tribe of their own) walk to enjoy sun and sand and a glittering shoreline, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">As G. M. Trevelyan says: “There is no orthodoxy in walking. It is a land of many paths and no-paths, where everyone goes his own way and is right.”</span></div>
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I wish to say a word about the special pleasures of long-distance walking. I am thinking about two kinds of walks in particular: the all-day “tramp” and the multi-day walking holiday. Although the notion of “the Tao [or Zen] of X” is greatly overworked, there are interesting tie-ins between Taoism and long-distance walking. <span style="color: #073763;">[…]</span></div>
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Walking, for humans, is as natural as breathing. Walking also comports with the Taoist ideal of simplicity. In going for a long-distance walk, we free ourselves from the clutters and meſsineſs of modern life. We say goodbye to the world of traffic, deadlines, meetings, and e-mails, and enter a stripped down, spare world of natural fundamentals: walking, communing with nature, eating, drinking, eliminating, and sleeping. There is freedom in this trade-off. As William Hazlitt said, “We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences; to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.”</div>
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Do read <a href="https://scientiasalon.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/the-tao-of-walking/" target="_blank">the whole thing</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE <span style="font-size: small;">I:</span></span></span> <span style="color: #073763;">do also read (or listen to) “<a href="http://wshu.org/post/walking-alone" target="_blank">Walking Alone</a>” by David Bouchier:
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<span style="color: #073763;">Walking is deeply is deeply unfashionable these days. It’s not unusual to see apparently fit people manœvring aggre</span><span style="color: #073763;">ſsively for the parking spot closest to the supermarket door as if their lives depended on saving half a dozen steps.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">But deliberate walking for exercise has not yet died out and the habit may even be on the increase as health-conscious baby-boomers reach an age when they have to give up jogging. Some people like to walk in the suburbs where they can study the three varieties of suburban architecture and enjoy the thrill of danger that comes from having no sidewalks. Some prefer to walk in the city so they can get their minimum daily dose of air pollutants and carbon monoxide. Some prefer the torture machine called a treadmill, so they don’t have to go anywhere. For myself I prefer the country, or any place where no buildings are visible in any direction. Human habitations distract the mind, in a way that nature does not.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;">Distraction can ruin a good walk. That’s why it’s important to walk alone sometimes, because the whole walking experience is about being with yourself and paying attention to the world around you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE <span style="font-size: small;">II:</span></span></span> see also <span style="color: #073763;">“</span><span style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/06/how-walking-in-nature-prevents-depression/397340/" target="_blank">How Walking in Nature Prevents Depreſsion</a>” by </span><span style="color: #073763;">Olga Khazan:</span> </div>
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A study [from Stanford University] finds that wild environments boost well-being by reducing obse<span style="color: #20124d;">ſ</span>sive, negative thoughts.</blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-21180928806782891422015-03-07T12:00:00.000+11:002015-07-04T07:04:10.210+10:00The Preliminary Great Heritage Highway Walk<div style="text-align: justify;">
Over <i>this</i> Easter some members of Tasmanians for Proper Footpaths will be walking from Launceston to Hobart along the route of <a href="http://greatheritagehighwaywalk.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">The Great Heritage Highway Walk</a> <i>next</i> Easter. The Great Heritage Highway Walk is intended both to promote Tasmanian tourism (particularly along <a href="http://www.heritagehighway.com.au/" target="_blank">the Heritage Highway</a>) and to publicise our advocacy of safe footpaths between Hobart and Launceston (and, ultimately, between all Tasmanian cities and towns); it will also, we hope, be an enjoyable expedition.<br />
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This year’s Walk will begin on Thursday morning at the Launceston Town Hall, at 08:30, and will end on Tuesday afternoon at the Hobart Town Hall; the itinerary will be (with approximate distances):</div>
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Thursday, 2 April, Launceston, <i>viâ</i> Perth<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">*</span></span>, to Epping Forest (44 km);<br />
Friday, 3 April, Epping Forest to <a href="http://visitross.com.au/" target="_blank">Roſs</a> (34 km);<br />
Saturday, 4 April, Roſs to Oatlands (36 km);<br />
Sunday, 5 April, Oatlands to Kempton (39 km);<br />
Monday, 6 April, Kempton to Brighton (24 km); and<br />
Tuesday, 7 April, Brighton, <i>viâ</i> Granton, to Hobart (30 km).</blockquote>
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Some of us will stay overnight at the following places<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">† </span></span>which offer agreeable rooms at very reasonable prices:<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"> </span></span></div>
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Rose Cottage, Epping Forest;<br />
Roſs Hotel, Roſs; &<br />
Kentish Hotel, Oatlands.<br />
(Also, somewhere on the village green<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">‡</span></span> in Kempton Town.)</blockquote>
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We shall, whenever poſsible, walk along footpaths but, regrettably, along much of the route proper footpaths are too seldom available. Our walking along the highway, whenever footpaths are non-existent (to demonstrate, <i>inter alia</i>, that walking along the highway when footpaths are non-existent is hazardous) is, according to expert advice from the Tasmanian Department of State Growth’s Transport Infrastructure Services, hazardous; we should, if this preliminary walk were a public event, need to have safety officers and support vehicles and paramedics and suchlike available, but this year’s walk is not a public event. If our walk were a public event we should require a Place of Aſsembly licence under the <i>Public Health Act 1997</i> but this preliminary walk is not a public event. Next year, however, The Great Heritage Highway Walk will be a public event and it will also feature entertainment and peripheral events at various stops as well as many opportunities for participants to win nifty prizes.<br />
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Plan ahead for the The Great Heritage Highway Walk over Easter 2016—from 24 March to 29 March, 2016—now! Book your accommodation early and save!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">*</span> travelling by way of Evandale is almost equidistant. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">†</span> contact details:- </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rose Cottage,<br />Barton Road, Epping Forest 7211, (03) 6391 5569,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rosecott@southcom.com.au;<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.rosshotel.com.au/accommodation/" target="_blank">Roſs Hotel</a>,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">35 Church Street, Roſs 7209, (03) 6381 5445,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">rosshotel.au@gmail.com; <span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Kentish Hotel,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">60 High St, Oatlands 7120, (03) 6254 1119,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">nadiaalbertini@bigpond.com.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">‡</span> Kempton, since nearby hostelries closed in recent times, no longer has any hireable accommodation for pa</span></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ſsing visitors other than some provision for camper-vans (and, undoubtedly, for those with contacts, a few hospitable, private dwellings).</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Thankfully, Kempton still has a tavern so that walkers will at least be able to procure a refreshing beverage or two.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE I<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> we are reminded by a correspondent to mention that there are myriad places between those towns wherein we shall stop overnight which provide morning teas, lunches, afternoon teas, snacks <i>etc</i>. We shall, for instance, make a point of stopping at The Black Snake Inn, at South Granton, during our walk between Brighton and Hobart.</div>
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One of our aims in organising this Walk is to promote the diverse providers of hospitality, fine local products, and various tourism-related busineſses along our route. We certainly intend to enjoy some fine viands by the way.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE II<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> Fiona Dewar, Tourism Officer of the Northern Midlands Council, kindly sent us some material—including a Quick Guide to the Heritage Highway, which we reproduce <a href="http://properfootpaths.blogspot.com.au/p/a-guide-to-heritage-highway.html" target="_blank">here</a>—and, though this year’s Walk bypaſses towns such as Evandale, Longford and Creſsy, asks us to mention those fine places. She writes:</div>
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Evandale has a wonderfully historic streetscape and just south of Evandale at Nile, is the magnificent historic estate of Clarendon House. Also home to the Australian Fly Fishing Museum and the Norfolk Plains Heritage Centre.<br />
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At Longford, we have two World Heritage Listed Convict Sites, Woolmers and Brickendon.<br />
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When you get to Oatlands, there is a fabulous historic mill, the Callington Mill, and it is poſsible to book tours of the mill. They are great tours . . . don a hardhat and go right to the very top inside the mill. Very fascinating. […]<br />
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At Brighton, there is the amazing Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary. Great opportunity to get up close and personal with Taſsie’s wildlife as they are cared for by wonderful people, either for their lifetime or in preparation for release back to the wild. </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE III<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> in an interview with a journalist from <i>The Mercury</i> Informal mentioned how many people have of late described the advantages of cycling through the countryside over driving. Here is an example (which we endorse) in an editorial, “<a href="http://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/editorial-following-a-natural-cycle/story-fnj4f64i-1227182662116" target="_blank">Following a Natural Cycle</a>”, in <i>The Mercury</i>:</div>
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Anyone who has cycled through Tasmania will tell you that pedalling through the landscape provides a very, very different perspective to driving.<br />
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Cycling completely immerses tourists in the experience of travelling through our countryside.<br />
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Cycling tourists smell the eucalypts and banksias, breathe the incredibly clean, fresh air and feel the undulating hills and dales with their thighs.<br />
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They can hear the chirping of birds, the soothing rhythm of waves lapping at the shore and the wind as it blows through the trees.<br />
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The much slower pace of pedalling through the scenery enables riders to gain a more thorough appreciation that is vastly more engaging than peering out the window of an air-conditioned sedan.</div>
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For ‘cycling’ and ‘cycled’, of course, read ‘walking’ and ‘walked’, for ‘pedalling’ read ‘footing’ or ‘ambling’ or even ‘legging’, and for ‘riders’ read ‘pedestrians’.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE IV<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> Informal is booked to discuſs the Heritage Highway Walk with <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/hobart/programs/hobart_breakfast/" target="_blank">Ryk Goddard</a> on local radio—<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radio/stations/local_hobart/live?play=true" target="_blank">936 ABC</a>—on Thurday morning, 26 March, shortly after 07:15.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE V<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/936-abc-hobart/can-you-walk-from-launceston-to-hobart" target="_blank">here</a> is the link to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/936-abc-hobart/can-you-walk-from-launceston-to-hobart" target="_blank">Ryk Goddard’s discuſsion with Informal</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE VI<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> <span style="color: #073763;"><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/tasmanian-man-to-walk-from-launceston-to-hobart/6349048" target="_blank">here</a> is the link to the subsequent ABC News article, posted by Sam Ikin, “<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/tasmanian-man-to-walk-from-launceston-to-hobart/6349048" target="_blank">Tasmanian man to walk from Launceston to Hobart to ‘prove’ the need for footpaths on every road</a>”. Note that the article refers to a letter from the Premier and Minister for Tourism, Hon. Will Hodgman:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Mr. Hodgman went on to point out that a 480 kilometre trail already existed from Devonport to Dover via Sheffield, Miena, Ouse, New Norfolk and Geevston which is acce</span><span style="color: #073763;">ſsible for bike riding and walking.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #073763;">As we noted <a href="http://properfootpaths.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/wilkie-will-walk-walk.html" target="_blank">earlier</a>, the Tasmanian Trail is not a path—as is evidenced by its name—and at times it is not even a trail; in many places it is quite unsuitable for walking or cycling and in some places it is barely suitable for even the hardiest equestrian. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE VII<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span></span> unfortunately, this Easter’s Walk was terminated at Ro</span><span style="color: #073763;">ſs. Much skin was peeling off the soles of Informal’s bleeding feet so, after only two days and a mere 78km or so, he decided to postpone the prelimary Walk to another time. More details will be available soon. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-48559772573171292152014-09-10T11:30:00.000+10:002015-03-08T10:24:35.166+11:00Wilkie Will Walk the Walk<div style="text-align: justify;">
A report from Informal, the President/Secretary of Proper Footpaths:</div>
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I had a productive, half-hour meeting today with my local, federal member, Andrew Wilkie <span style="font-size: small;">MHR</span>, the independent member for Denison. I am pleased to record that he listened attentively to our proposal for, <i>inter alia</i>, a proper, continuous footpath between Hobart and Launceston, to my hope that much of the appropriate facilities and infrastructure—of paved paths and even avenues and covered walkways, for instance—could be furnished through sponsorship from local busineſses and private citizens and with minimal funding from taxpayers, and to other, related ideas. He expreſsed his general support; he also aſsured me that he will, within the month, write to the Tasmanian Premier and Minister for Tourism, to local councils, and perhaps to the local media, endorsing the general concept of proper footpaths and explaining, for example, how properly planned and marketed walking tours could be a boon to the economy—even with existing pathways.</blockquote>
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We shall publish Mr. Wilkie’s submiſsion as soon as we receive our copy.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE I</span> (18 September):</span> Here is Mr. Wilkie’s letter to Hon. Will Hodgman, Premier of Tasmania and Minister for Tourism:<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U</span>PDATE II</span> (5 November):</span> Here is Mr. Hodgman’s reply<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">*</span></span>: <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">* note that Mr. Hodgman refers to the Tasmanian Trail as suitable for walking. The Tasmanian Trail is <i>not</i> a path—as is evidenced by its name—and, at times, it is not even a trail; in many places it is quite unsuitable for walking and in some places </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">it is even barely suitable for hardy horse-riders</span></span></span>. Furthermore, the trail avoids both Launceston and Hobart.</span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-517342810008877352014-02-07T02:00:00.000+11:002014-02-07T02:33:03.526+11:00Published in Tasmanian Times<div style="text-align: justify;">
We were pleasantly astonished to see that our proposal was recently republished in <a href="http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/its-time-for-a-footpath-from-hobart-to-launceston-/" target="_blank"><i>Tasmanian Times</i></a> with a quite suitable picture. Several interesting comments (for and against our proposition) are appended thereat.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337312567321918238.post-43480960493137280872013-12-09T09:00:00.000+11:002015-03-26T13:52:18.405+11:00Our Proposal<div style="text-align: justify;">
Over a hundred and fifty years ago, visitors and residents could walk from Hobart to Launceston more easily than modern, enlightened folk may do so now. At some places, on modern, major Tasmanian highways, no pedestrian acceſs exists. This is a lamentable, retrograde situation.</div>
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We believe that we need paths between cities and that such paths would, at a slight added expense (compared with the cost of constructing highways) provide manifold benefits to residents, visitors and busineſses and to the entire State. The paths, ideally, would feature bridges and ramps to allow maximal acceſs for elderly and disabled travellers and cyclists as well as occasional colonnades or covered walkways (and even pavilions, pagodas, gazebos, loggias and belvederes) and, at convenient intervals, camping facilities, public lavatories, kiosks, windbreaks, playgrounds, and well-directed acceſs to various local attractions and subsidiary services.</div>
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A pleasant way to travel the two hundred kilometres or so from Hobart to Launceston would be to amble, by easy stages, between towns, enjoying the diverse, delightful views, perhaps carrying (or arranging to collect) a packed picnic basket each day for leisurely lunches, and staying overnight at various, welcoming hostelries or camping sites, over the course of a week. A slightly more relaxing trip could involve riding some days in a rickshaw or pedicab or even on a hired Segway. (Someone in a hurry, if reasonably fit, might comfortably walk from Hobart to Launceston, on a smooth, well-maintained path, within four days.)</div>
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We call upon our political representatives to support this proposal.</div>
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