Why this ride
The stops in between: Limpinwood Nature Reserve, Mount Mistake National Park and back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cronan Creek State Forest and Mount Mistake National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 740 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 12 h 08
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Limpinwood Nature Reserve.
2. Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Twenty-odd million years ago, a huge shield volcano stood where the Tweed valley is now, on what became the border between New South Wales and Queensland. Erosion has since carved out its centre, leaving one of the largest erosion calderas in the world, a vast bowl of green farmland ringed by cliffs and ridges, with the volcano's old central plug, Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, standing in the middle. Limpinwood Nature Reserve, on the northern rim of the caldera, protects a stretch of subtropical rainforest that is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving forests whose lineage goes back to the ancient supercontinent.
Read the complete Limpinwood Nature Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Limpinwood Nature Reserve comes up about 153 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mount Mistake National Park.
3. Mount Mistake National Park
Mount Mistake has a name that sounds like an apology. It stands in the Great Dividing Range in south-east Queensland, in rugged country west of Brisbane, and the national park around it protects steep slopes of dry eucalypt forest and a handful of rocky ridgelines. The mountain is not a famous summit, and the park is not set up for casual visitors: this is the kind of bush where the main facilities are the road, the sky and your own sense of direction.
Read the complete Mount Mistake National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 370 km into the recorded legs you reach Mount Mistake National Park. Next is back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve.
4. back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Limpinwood Nature Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve, late in the day. Next is Cronan Creek State Forest.
5. 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 at Cronan Creek State Forest. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cronan Creek State Forest to Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Cronan Creek State Forest → Limpinwood Nature Reserve is 153 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Limpinwood Nature Reserve to Mount Mistake National Park
Limpinwood Nature Reserve → Mount Mistake National Park is 217 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Mount Mistake National Park to back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Mount Mistake National Park → back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve is 217 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve to Cronan Creek State Forest
back through Limpinwood Nature Reserve → Cronan Creek State Forest is 153 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.