He earned his reputation as one of Tasmania's best bike riders coupled with a beautiful persona. He was a fantastic easy going, laid back talented champion, always on for a friendly chat.

I had the pleasure of knowing him personally.

His feats and achievements on the bike may never be surpassed, as over and over he produced some of the most thrilling wins possible, but was still humble.

His representative role was only a fraction of his talent and continued on the world stage for many years pairing up with some of the world's best riders, a true champion and a great guy.

He joins the ranks of much revered and remembered Tasmanian bike riding champions, the Grenada's and the Gilmores.

Well done Danny, you definitely deserve being remembered as a bike riding Tasmanian icon.

RESPONSE to Grace Rock (The Examiner, July 11).

Punishment is listening to the garbage on the Northern prison and not the truth.

The people of Westbury have spoken and we said we do not want the prison here, we are not saying not to have a prison built in the North but it shouldn't be near any town.

How about the government listen for a change?

When we have the next election watch out.

WHAT is wrong with people?

So Scott Morrison went to a rugby game on the weekend.

So what?

He deserves a bit of R&R like everyone else. Four hours out of a probable 18-hour working day, every day, is not much to ask for. I am sure he had a phone with him and minders to keep him posted on any issues.

This PM has been stretched to the max since coming to office, with drought, bushfires and now COVID-19, not to mention the everyday thing of being the PM and running the country.

Give him a break.

OF all the "extensive consultation" Elise Archer speaks of, how much of it centered around the secretive, non-transparent, and poor processes used to come up with the preferred Northern Regional prison site?

Going back to the drawing board and selecting a site for a new prison using the guiding principles on site selection in an open and honest way would be more preferable than simply putting on a blindfold and stabbing pins at a map of the Meander Valley and hoping that wherever it lands no one notices.

The old chestnut, "Stupidity, is doing the same thing and expecting a different result", is clearly on display here as the government has failed to learn from the debacle it created in September last year.

Rather than being open, transparent, and honest they are inviting failure by being secretive and manipulative in locating a Northern Regional Prison.