Why this ride
On the way it passes Gambubal State Forest, Burnett Creek State Forest, 'Palen Creek' State Forest and back through Burnett Creek State Forest. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Goomburra State Forest and 'Palen Creek' State Forest
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 436 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 39
- 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. 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
Goomburra State Forest is where the day begins. Next is Gambubal State Forest.
2. Gambubal State Forest
Gambubal State Forest clings to the western side of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, close to the New South Wales border, in country that drops from rainforest-clad ridges down to the grazing land around Killarney and Warwick. The forest adjoins Main Range National Park and belongs to the wider belt of subtropical and temperate rainforest protected as part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. Hoop pine, ancient Antarctic beech on the highest ridges, tree ferns and strangler figs give it a feel of deep time, and it is one of the cooler corners of Queensland in summer.
Read the complete Gambubal State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Gambubal State Forest comes up about 92 km into the recorded legs. Next is Burnett Creek State Forest.
3. Burnett Creek State Forest
In the Scenic Rim, southwest of Brisbane, Burnett Creek runs down from the slopes of the Main Range toward the farmland around Boonah, and the state forest that bears its name covers a stretch of steep, wooded hills where eucalypt forest gives way, in the moister gullies, to subtropical rainforest. This is the edge of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO-listed collection of rainforest reserves along the Great Dividing Range in Queensland and New South Wales, including the Border Ranges and the Main Range national parks. The rainforests here are remnants of the forests that covered the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, and they shelter plants and animals with lineages going back tens of millions of years.
Read the complete Burnett Creek State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 168 km into the recorded legs you reach Burnett Creek State Forest. Next is 'Palen Creek' State Forest.
4. 'Palen Creek' State Forest
State forests in Queensland do not always sound romantic, but Palen Creek earns a second look. It sits in the hills south of Rathdowney in the Scenic Rim, between the Logan River country and the border ranges, a mix of eucalypt forest, old timber land and gullies of rainforest that run up toward the New South Wales border. The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, which are listed by UNESCO, begin a few ridges away, and the wildlife does not care much about the boundary.
Read the complete 'Palen Creek' State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
'Palen Creek' State Forest, about halfway. Next is back through Burnett Creek State Forest.
5. back through Burnett Creek State Forest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Burnett 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 Burnett Creek State Forest sits at 131 km, about halfway. Next is back through Gambubal State Forest.
6. back through Gambubal State Forest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gambubal 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 Gambubal State Forest comes up about 344 km into the recorded legs. Next is Goomburra State Forest.
7. Goomburra State Forest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Goomburra State Forest closes the day.
Leg by leg
Goomburra State Forest to Gambubal State Forest
Goomburra State Forest → Gambubal State Forest is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gambubal State Forest to Burnett Creek State Forest
Gambubal State Forest → Burnett Creek State Forest is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Burnett Creek State Forest to 'Palen Creek' State Forest
Burnett Creek State Forest → 'Palen Creek' State Forest is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
'Palen Creek' State Forest to back through Burnett Creek State Forest
'Palen Creek' State Forest → back through Burnett Creek State Forest is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Burnett Creek State Forest to back through Gambubal State Forest
back through Burnett Creek State Forest → back through Gambubal State Forest is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gambubal State Forest to Goomburra State Forest
back through Gambubal State Forest → Goomburra State Forest is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.