Why this ride
786 km from Kooralbyn to Kooralbyn, about 13 h 33 of riding. On the way it passes Cronan Creek State Forest, Gambubal State Forest, Main Range National Park and back through Gambubal State Forest. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Telemon Environmental Park and Main Range National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 786 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 13 h 33
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Cronan Creek State Forest.
2. 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 comes up about 112 km into the recorded legs. Next is Gambubal State Forest.
3. 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
about 245 km into the recorded legs you reach Gambubal State Forest. Next is Main Range National Park.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Gambubal State Forest.
5. 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 sits at 523 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cronan Creek State Forest.
6. back through 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 through Cronan Creek State Forest comes up about 674 km into the recorded legs. Next is Telemon Environmental Park.
7. 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
Telemon Environmental Park closes the day.
Leg by leg
Telemon Environmental Park to Cronan Creek State Forest
Telemon Environmental Park → Cronan Creek State Forest is 112 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cronan Creek State Forest to Gambubal State Forest
Cronan Creek State Forest → Gambubal State Forest is 133 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gambubal State Forest to Main Range National Park
Gambubal State Forest → Main Range National Park is 148 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Main Range National Park to back through Gambubal State Forest
Main Range National Park → back through Gambubal State Forest is 148 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gambubal State Forest to back through Cronan Creek State Forest
back through Gambubal State Forest → back through Cronan Creek State Forest is 133 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cronan Creek State Forest to Telemon Environmental Park
back through Cronan Creek State Forest → Telemon Environmental Park is 112 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.