Targa Tasmania 2011 – Drive Away with The Travel Tart!
Woo hoo! It’s Junket Time again! And I’m amazed at the power of Twitter. A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by Mazda Australia (you can follow them on Twitter @MazadaAus) to see if I was interested in a Driving Experience in a Mazda MX5 around Tasmania for a couple of days (you know, the small island state south of mainland Australia) , as part of the Targa Tasmania – a popular Car Rally.
I thought, hell yeah, sounds like a lot of fun!
Basically, the Targa Tasmania is a Car Rally that occurs on the public roads all around Tasmania for a whole week (Check out the official Targa Tasmania Site).
Don’t get too excited. I won’t be driving in the Car Rally itself – but some of the stages just before the road closes.
The go is that I get to show off the Mazda MX5 (hopefully, without looking like a show off…) around the awesome windy roads of Tasmania, and checking out the different stages of the Targa Tasmania and some of the regional attractions.
Here is a picture of the Mazda MX5 below.
Targa Tasmania and Hollywood Actors
Hopefully, I won’t wrap the car around a tree like Hollywood Actor Eric Bana (who’s appeared in movies like Hulk, Troy and Chopper) did in the Targa Tasmania a few years back, which was featured in the documentary called Love The Beast.
Here is a news clip of when that actually happened!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11rMTP-dGrQ[/youtube]
And here is a trailer about Love The Beast:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmkpsQmsRpI[/youtube]
I’ll be doing this short trip with my old school mate, John-Louis, who runs his own petrol-head site called GT Style.com.
So keep an eye out from early April for some silly posts about driving a Mazda MX5 around Tasmania.
It may be even one eigth as good as some of the Funniest Top Gear Series and Challenges that have happened.
Also if you’re around Tasmania at the time, let me know and it will be Beer O’Clock!
More Targa Tasmania Stuff
Check out more at Targa Tasmania : the legend and My Other Wife Is a Car: Confessions of a Car Tragic.
Cool! This looks like a lot of fun! Will keep an eye on what happens!
That is the coolest thing ever! I am so excited for you. With the Mongol Rally coming up for us, I can’t wait to follow your adventures on the Tasmania Car Rally. Very envious indeed, but so happy for you at the same time. Looking forward to living vicariously and have a great time!
Awesome Adventure. Looking forward to the updates, Keep us posted.