Why this ride
On the way it passes Main Range National Park, Turtle Rock Environmental Park and back through Main Range National Park. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve and Turtle Rock Environmental Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 704 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 15 h 04
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve
Nothofagus is the botanical name of the southern beech, and the name of this reserve gives away its treasure: stands of Antarctic beech growing high on the McPherson Range along the Queensland–New South Wales border. These gnarled, moss-covered trees, some of them centuries old and sprouting from root systems far older still, are living relics of the forests that covered Gondwana before Australia drifted away from Antarctica.
Read the complete Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve is where the day begins. Next is Main Range National Park.
2. Main Range National Park
The Main Range is the wall behind the Scenic Rim, a long line of old volcanic cliffs and ridges that runs along the border between south-east Queensland and New South Wales. It is what remains of a huge volcano that erupted more than twenty million years ago, and the rocks have been eroded into steep escarpments, gorges and waterfalls, with the high points, such as Mount Superbus, reaching nearly fourteen hundred metres. The national park protects dry eucalypt forest on the lower slopes and cool, damp rainforest higher up, with ancient Antarctic beech trees and giant tree ferns that belong to the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, listed by UNESCO in 1986.
Read the complete Main Range National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Main Range National Park comes up about 156 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 352 km into the recorded legs you reach Turtle Rock Environmental Park. Next is back through Main Range National Park.
4. back through Main Range National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Main Range National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Main Range National Park, late in the day. Next is Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve.
5. Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mount Nothofagus 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 Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve to Main Range National Park
Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve → Main Range National Park is 156 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Main Range National Park to Turtle Rock Environmental Park
Main Range National Park → Turtle Rock Environmental Park is 196 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Turtle Rock Environmental Park to back through Main Range National Park
Turtle Rock Environmental Park → back through Main Range National Park is 197 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Main Range National Park to Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve
back through Main Range National Park → Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve is 156 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.