Why this ride
The stops in between: Telemon Environmental Park, Turtle Rock Environmental Park, Nightcap National Park and back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cronan Creek State Forest and Nightcap National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 464 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 50
- 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 Telemon Environmental Park.
2. Telemon Environmental Park
The country south of Beaudesert, in Queensland's Scenic Rim, is a soft landscape of cattle paddocks, gum-lined creeks and wooded hills that rise steadily towards the volcanic ranges along the New South Wales border. Telemon Environmental Park is one of the small protected patches in these hills, near the resort village of Kooralbyn, a reminder of the open eucalypt forest that once covered the whole area.
Read the complete Telemon Environmental Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Telemon Environmental Park comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is Turtle Rock Environmental Park.
3. Turtle Rock Environmental Park
The Gold Coast hinterland is the green wall behind the beaches and high-rises of southern Queensland, and it is a steep, wet, forested country of ridges, gorges and waterfalls that climbs toward the New South Wales border. The nearby ranges belong to the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO site said to protect the largest area of subtropical rainforest in the world.
Read the complete Turtle Rock Environmental Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 143 km into the recorded legs you reach Turtle Rock Environmental Park. Next is Nightcap National Park.
4. Nightcap National Park
Nightcap National Park covers a high, wet plateau and escarpment north of Lismore in New South Wales, the remains of the rim of an ancient volcano centred on Wollumbin, Mount Warning, whose eroded caldera forms one of the largest in the world. The plateau receives some of the highest rainfall in the state, and it is covered in subtropical rainforest, tall eucalypt forest and dramatic waterfalls, including Minyon Falls, which drops about a hundred metres over a cliff of volcanic rock. Nightcap is one of the Gondwana Rainforests reserves, and in 2000 it made headlines when scientists found a previously unknown tree, the Nightcap oak, surviving in only a few small populations here.
Read the complete Nightcap National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Nightcap National Park, about halfway. Next is back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park.
5. back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Turtle Rock Environmental Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park sits at 173 km, about halfway. Next is back through Telemon Environmental Park.
6. back through Telemon Environmental Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Telemon Environmental Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Telemon Environmental Park comes up about 427 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cronan Creek State Forest.
7. 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
Cronan Creek State Forest closes the day.
Leg by leg
Cronan Creek State Forest to Telemon Environmental Park
Cronan Creek State Forest → Telemon Environmental Park is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Telemon Environmental Park to Turtle Rock Environmental Park
Telemon Environmental Park → Turtle Rock Environmental Park is 107 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Turtle Rock Environmental Park to Nightcap National Park
Turtle Rock Environmental Park → Nightcap National Park is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Nightcap National Park to back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park
Nightcap National Park → back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park to back through Telemon Environmental Park
back through Turtle Rock Environmental Park → back through Telemon Environmental Park is 106 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Telemon Environmental Park to Cronan Creek State Forest
back through Telemon Environmental Park → Cronan Creek State Forest is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.