All aboard for Tasmanian tour

The Tour of Tasmania will start aboard a ship in 2009, with the 655 kilometre race commencing from inside the Spirit of Tasmania. The ship is designed to cross the Bass Straight, the body of ocean separating mainland Australia from the state of Tasmania.

The Tour of Tasmania will embrace a record number of 10 municipalities in 2009. Tour Director John Craven said today the course was the toughest in the tour’s history.