Lord Rob's Grand Tour

Over 200km of cycling adventure

Distance:

200km

Time:

4 - 5 nights

Terrain:

Hard

Experience:

Moderate

Medium to hard, about 200km round trip, sealed, dirt and less maintained road surfaces are encountered, some steep climbs and descents, by taking your time this is achievable by moderately fit people taking at least four or five nights. Tour Barnes Bay, Dennes Point, The Neck, Alonnah, Lunawanna, Cape Bruny Lighthouse, Cloudy Bay and Adventure Bay. The ultimate Bruny tour.

Tour Highlights

History of the Area

Bruny Island was originally inhabited by the Aborigines until European arrival, although there is still a large community of people who identify as Aboriginal. Abel Tasman tried to land in the vicinity of Adventure Bay in November 1642. In 1773 Tobias Furneaux was the first recorded European to land on the island at Adventure Bay (named after his ship); four years later on 26 January 1777 James Cook's two ships, the Resolution and Discovery stayed in the bay area for two days. Cook carved his initials in a tree that was destroyed in a 1905 bushfire and is now commemorated by a plaque. In 1788 and again in 1792 (with Matthew Flinders) William Bligh stayed in the Adventure Bay area. The island itself however is named after the French explorer Bruni d'Entrecasteaux who explored the Channel region and discovered it to be an island in 1792.[4] It was known as Bruni Island until 1918, when the spelling was changed to Bruny.

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