Why this ride
A 599 km round trip from Nimbin - roughly 10 h 02 in the saddle. It goes by way of Lamington National Park, Mount Barney National Park and back through Lamington National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Nightcap National Park and Mount Barney National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 599 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Lamington National Park.
2. Lamington National Park
Ask anyone in Brisbane about Lamington and they will probably mention one of two roads, and both of them will make you work. The national park covers the high plateau of the McPherson Range on the Queensland side of the border, a huge expanse of rainforest, waterfalls and cliff-edged lookouts at the heart of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area. It was named after Lord Lamington, a governor of Queensland at the end of the nineteenth century, who is said to have been less than thrilled to have a park, and later a cake, named after him.
Read the complete Lamington National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lamington National Park comes up 63 km in. Next is Mount Barney National Park.
3. Mount Barney National Park
Mount Barney looks like it was put there to be argued about. The rugged double summit rises to around 1,350 metres, the second-highest peak in south-east Queensland, and its bare rhyolite crags stand out above the softer farmland of the Scenic Rim like a fortress somebody forgot to finish. Geologists will tell you it is the eroded core of an ancient volcanic system; locals will tell you it has humbled plenty of overconfident walkers. Either way, it is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area, which stretches along the border ranges between Queensland and New South Wales.
Read the complete Mount Barney National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
127 km in you reach Mount Barney National Park. Next is back through Lamington National Park.
4. back through Lamington National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lamington 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 Lamington National Park, late in the day. Next is Nightcap National Park.
5. Nightcap National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Nightcap National Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Nightcap National Park to Lamington National Park
Nightcap National Park → Lamington National Park is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lamington National Park to Mount Barney National Park
Lamington National Park → Mount Barney National Park is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mount Barney National Park to back through Lamington National Park
Mount Barney National Park → back through Lamington National Park is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lamington National Park to Nightcap National Park
back through Lamington National Park → Nightcap National Park is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.