Cascade Northern Tour

jazmo said:

Was just looking at the Cyling News website and found this tour in there
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/AUS/2004/mar04/mar21cascade
Cascade Nothern Tour!!!!!!! I'd imagine the name of that race would send
the blood of a few Northerners to boiling point!!!
I remember ordering a Cascade Premium Light from a "Pub in a
Paddock" somewhere in north-west Tassi. The guy behind the bar gave
me a stern look and said "Poeple have died for lesser offences than
that around here".
He then explained that Cascade is a Hobart (southern) beer while Boags
is a Launceston (northern) beer and there's a rivalry between
northerner's and southerner's.
With my enlightened understanding I then proceeded to order a
Boags Light.

Jazmo,

BTW the pub in the paddaock is in Pyengana, near St Helens in
north east Tas.

To make matters worse a southerner won the first two stages of the
northern tour and then missed the second day to go diving.

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Spider1977 said:

Jazmo,
BTW the pub in the paddaock is in Pyengana, near St Helens in
north east Tas.
To make matters worse a southerner won the first two stages of the
northern tour and then missed the second day to go diving.

Ah, of course, north - east.... that's what I mean't so say actually
It's on the way to those waterfalls - St Columbus falls I think it'
called - correct me if I'm wrong. I also remember stopping by a nic
cheese factory along the way

My gf and I had a driving holiday through Tassi for 9 days last year an
we fell in love with it. Cascade is now my beer of choice. My gf love
Boags. We now only drink Tassi beer 😄

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Ah, Tasmanian parochialism, much more enlightened these days

Remember drinking Boags in the 80's at the Dog House, the stuff wa
barely drinkable. Also remember when Cascade came in Red, Blue and Gree
with a pic of Russell Falls* as part of the logo

Now both Cascade and Boags have gone upmarket, Summer Blonde, Autum
Ale, Honey Porters etc. Long ago I also remember seeing a cartoon of
horse, drinking out of a bucket marked "cascade" and piddling into on
marked "boags"

When was that imaginary line dividing the state into North and South
was it located at Ross or Oatlands or elsewhere

(*stand to be corrected here):

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cfsmtb said:

When was that imaginary line dividing the state into North and South,
was it located at Ross or Oatlands or elsewhere?
(*stand to be corrected here)😄

Well, in the old days, it was Boags on tap at Ross pub and Cascade on
tap at Oatlands. I think you can get both on tap in either pub now.

But there is still plenty of unhealthy north vs south stuff going on -
there is currently a big spat going on about football, York Park vs
Bellerive.

At leat the cycling fraternity seems to get on pretty well, especially
in the vets.

The best thing is, despite the lack of cycle lanes and some dangerous
sections on some roads, Tassie is still a great place for a piece of
metal or carbon with a couple of wheels, a chain and a few cogs.

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