Trail Trialler
Learn to love winter as a Trail Trialler
- Your Winternship host: Blue Derby Pods Ride
- Location: Derby, Tasmania
Your winternship
Blue Derby Pods Ride is looking for a Wintern without training wheels to spend two days racking up KMs around the mountain bike trails in Derby.
Ditch your doona and squeeze a helmet over your bed hair as you learn the layout of the mountain trails. You'll need to be a bike rider with quick reflexes – every turn and dip will challenge your winter grit, so keep your feet on those pedals. After you’ve earned your mud stripes right up your back, park the bike trailside and rest your legs next to a blazing campfire. Your fingers might turn a little blue but, as soon as the warmth of the fire hits your face, it'll all be worth it.
You’ll refuel with a hearty local menu before collapsing into a cloud-like bed inside an off-grid Pod in the forest. There’s no Wi-Fi but, if you manage to keep your eyes open for long enough to try a pre-bed doomscroll, you haven’t been Wintern-ing hard enough.
You might leave with legs more ‘wobble’ than ‘walk’ but you’ll learn that being off-road and off-grid during the Off Season is the ultimate way to grip winter by the handlebars.
Become a winter person with a Winternship.
Entries open 6:00pm AEST, Monday 26th May 2025 and close 11:59pm AEST, Tuesday 17 June 2025. By applying for this Winternship you agree to the T&Cs.
The finer details
- Hurtle along Tasmania’s top trails with local guides who know every twist, turn and puddle.
- Tackle mud, drops, switchbacks and the occasional splash zone with full-throttle enthusiasm.
- Keep the wheels spinning and spirits high – rain, shine, or sideways sleet.
- Help fuel the post-ride vibes by tucking into a fireside feast.
- Confident rider with legs of steel (or at least a willingness to earn them).
- Not afraid of mud, sweat…and drinking wine by the firepit (someone’s gotta do it).
- Happy to swap screens for stars and live life offline for a couple of days.
- Always down for a challenge – even when your thighs are screaming.
- Loves a good story, especially if it starts with, “so I was bombing down this mountain in Tasmania…”
- A two-day off-grid biking adventure in one of Tassie’s most epic trail towns with Blue Derby Pods Ride.
- Local food and wine served trailside (you earned it).
- Return flights to Tasmania.
- Car hire.
- Two nights’ accommodation.
- A selection of Tasmanian treats.
You will leave with bragging rights for surviving and thriving in Tassie’s Off Season.
Winter Itineraries
Bundle the best Off Season experiences into a DIY road trip with these Winternship-inspired itineraries.
Alone-inspired adventures
4 days in Tasmania's wild west
Whisky, wine and wellness
3 days in Hobart and Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula
Truffles, cultural tours and animals
4 day loop of Tasmania's north west
Caves, creatures and Cataract Gorge
4 days in Launceston and surrounds
Wine glasses, wombats and wild coastlines
3 days in Binalong Bay and Freycinet
Culture, cuisine and cold dips
3 days in Hobart and the Huon Valley
Wheels, wine and whisky
3 days in Derby and Launceston
Saunas, soups and starry skies
3 days in Buckland and Bicheno
Snow, wilderness and history
4 days in the west and Cradle Mountain
become a winter person
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