Why this ride
A 625 km round trip from Murwillumbah - roughly 11 h 22 in the saddle. The stops in between: Cronan Creek State Forest, Goomburra State Forest and back through Cronan Creek State Forest. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Amaroo Flora Reserve and Goomburra State Forest
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 625 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 11 h 22
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Amaroo Flora Reserve
Behind the coast of northern New South Wales, the Tweed valley sits inside the remains of an enormous shield volcano that erupted some twenty-odd million years ago. Erosion has carved away the centre, leaving a huge caldera, one of the largest in the world, with the steep, forested walls of the Border Ranges and the McPherson Range curving around it and the volcanic plug of Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, rising in the middle. The Amaroo Flora Reserve lies on the slopes of this landscape, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO site of scattered reserves along the Great Dividing Range.
Read the complete Amaroo Flora Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Amaroo Flora Reserve is where the day begins. Next is Cronan Creek State Forest.
2. Cronan Creek State Forest
Cronan Creek runs off the slopes of Mount Barney, one of the great peaks of the Scenic Rim, the arc of mountains along the Queensland and New South Wales border southwest of Brisbane. Mount Barney rises to over thirteen hundred metres, a rugged mass of volcanic rock covered in eucalyptus forest, with rainforest in the gullies and heathland near the summit, and it is the most challenging climb in southeast Queensland. The creek valley below is quiet and lovely, with clear water running over rocks, tall gums and grassy flats where wallabies graze at dusk.
Read the complete Cronan Creek State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cronan Creek State Forest comes up about 149 km into the recorded legs. Next is Goomburra State Forest.
3. Goomburra State Forest
Goomburra is the northern gateway to Main Range National Park, a section of the Great Dividing Range west of Brisbane where the mountains rise steeply from the Darling Downs and the Fassifern valley. Like its neighbours on the range it belongs to the Gondwana Rainforests, and it is a place of mountain forest, rainforest gullies and dramatic lookouts. Dalrymple Creek flows through the valley, lined with tall eucalypts and rainforest, and the camping area beside it is a favourite of families and walkers.
Read the complete Goomburra State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 308 km into the recorded legs you reach Goomburra State Forest. Next is back through Cronan Creek State Forest.
4. back through Cronan Creek State Forest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cronan Creek State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cronan Creek State Forest, late in the day. Next is Amaroo Flora Reserve.
5. Amaroo Flora Reserve
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Amaroo Flora Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Amaroo Flora Reserve. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Amaroo Flora Reserve to Cronan Creek State Forest
Amaroo Flora Reserve → Cronan Creek State Forest is 149 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Cronan Creek State Forest to Goomburra State Forest
Cronan Creek State Forest → Goomburra State Forest is 159 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Goomburra State Forest to back through Cronan Creek State Forest
Goomburra State Forest → back through Cronan Creek State Forest is 158 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cronan Creek State Forest to Amaroo Flora Reserve
back through Cronan Creek State Forest → Amaroo Flora Reserve is 159 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.