Why this ride
A 132 km round trip from Kooralbyn - roughly 3 h 07 in the saddle. It goes by way of Mount Chinghee National Park, 'Palen Creek' State Forest and back through Mount Chinghee National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Telemon Environmental Park and 'Palen Creek' State Forest
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 132 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 07
- 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. 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 Mount Chinghee National Park.
2. Mount Chinghee National Park
Mount Chinghee is one of those small national parks that most people drive past without noticing, which is a shame, because it guards a beautiful pocket of the border ranges. It lies near the head of the Albert River valley south of Beaudesert, close to the Queensland and New South Wales border, and like its neighbours it forms part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area. The trees here are the same subtropical rainforest types that once covered much of the old southern supercontinent, hanging on in the wetter folds of the ranges.
Read the complete Mount Chinghee National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Mount Chinghee National Park comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is 'Palen Creek' State Forest.
3. '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
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach 'Palen Creek' State Forest. Next is back through Mount Chinghee National Park.
4. back through Mount Chinghee National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mount Chinghee 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 Mount Chinghee National Park, late in the day. Next is Telemon Environmental Park.
5. 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 at Telemon Environmental Park. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Telemon Environmental Park to Mount Chinghee National Park
Telemon Environmental Park → Mount Chinghee National Park is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mount Chinghee National Park to 'Palen Creek' State Forest
Mount Chinghee National Park → 'Palen Creek' State Forest is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
'Palen Creek' State Forest to back through Mount Chinghee National Park
'Palen Creek' State Forest → back through Mount Chinghee National Park is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mount Chinghee National Park to Telemon Environmental Park
back through Mount Chinghee National Park → Telemon Environmental Park is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.