Penny Farthings in Tasmania


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Penny Farthings in Tasmania

Annual Penny Farthing Race At Evandale, Tasmania

by Guy Davidson

Remember the Penny Farthing ?

Each year the Evandale Village Fair, in Evandale, in the North East of beautiful Tasmania, excited penny farthing riders and enthusiasts gather to exhibit and race their steeds through the lovely and peaceful streets of Evandale.

Enter the National Penny Farthing Championships.

On that great and famous day there are a number of unique events ....

~ The one mile feature race where the fastest eight riders compete in heats doing four laps of their penny farthing circuit.

The race attracts enthusiasts not only from all over Australia, but also from:

* Holland
* England
* Ireland
* Japan
* Germany
* USA
* Czech Republic
* Sweden
* New Zealand and
* Singapore

Other events for the day include...

~ Separate championship races for
    .. ladies,
    .. juniors (under 18),
    .. veterans 1 (50-54),
    .. veterans 2 (55-59),
    .. veterans 3 (over 60)
~ Novice Race (first time riders)
~ Slow race (last over the line wins)
~ Slalom (two at a time around witches hats)
~ Miss n Out (last rider on each lap eliminated)
~ Sprint (200 metre dash)
~ Relay (teams of four, one lap each)
~ Biathlon (run one lap, ride two, run one)
~ Family Relay (relay of two from the same family)
~ Obstacle (run, carry bike, wheel bike, sprint)
~ Handicap
~ Consolation (for those who haven't won a medal)

All good fun and worth every minute of it!

Penny farthing enthusiasts converge on Evandale from throughout Australia and overseas to vie for a series of races, held on a triangular circuit in the centre of the village.
As with many events held around Tasmania throughout the year there are market stalls and a variety of entertainments are situated in the streets and parks surrounding the race circuit, creating the ambience of a colonial country fair.

It all began in Tunbridge in the 1970's and from 1983 over the past 23 years from when the first races were held in Evandale, the event is now recognised internationally as the largest annual event in the world devoted to racing antique bicycles.

The penny farthing evolved from the Velocipede or Boneshaker in the 1870s, when it was realised that the larger the front wheel, the further the machine would travel with each turn of the pedal.

This was the first bicycle to be mass produced, especially in England and America. There was no large scale producer in Australia and bicycles were made here from imported components.

Penny farthings were the first bicycles to be raced to any great extent in Australia. In Tasmania regular race meetings were held at the Cricket Grounds in Launceston and Hobart, and the states first bike club, the Northern Tasmanian Cycling Club, was formed in 1884. Early Austral Wheel Races in Victoria and Latrobe Wheel Races in Tasmania were raced on penny farthings.

Production phased out in the 1890s, when the safety bicycles with chain drive made the large front wheel unnecessary.

In their day, the Penny Farthings were called bicycles. British enthusiasts now prefer the term 'Ordinary Bicycle', while the Americans .... 'High Wheelers'.
Either way, they are not your normal method of transport... anywhere in the world!

Evandale is a lovely town, not far from Launceston and you can be sure to enjoy yourself there at anytime of the year.
It is a sought after part of the country, and properties are quickly snaffled up by eager buyers wanting to make Evandale home. A visit to Evandale explains why real estate is popular in that neck of the woods!

You get to enjoy penny farthings each year!

You can find out more about the fair and the racing at: http://www.evandalevillagefair.com/

And if you are looking for property to buy in the area, you can't do better than to go to www.Tasmanian-Property.com .

Guy Davidson is the owner & operator of Tasmanian-Property.com, Tasmania's finest real estate listing service. Nothing short of expert service and information can be expected when you visit his site: Tasmanian-Property.com

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