Why this ride
700 km from Kooralbyn to Kooralbyn, about 15 h 52 of riding. The stops in between: Cronan Creek State Forest, Gambubal State Forest, Goomburra State Forest and Teviot State Forest. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Telemon Environmental Park and Teviot State Forest
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 700 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 15 h 52
- 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 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 36 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 133 km into the recorded legs you reach Gambubal State Forest. Next is Goomburra State Forest.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is Teviot State Forest.
5. Teviot State Forest
The Scenic Rim is the name given to the arc of rugged mountains that curves around the south-east corner of Queensland, along the New South Wales border, and Teviot State Forest sits on its western side. It is dry eucalypt country of ironbark and spotted gum, quite different from the rainforest on the wetter slopes nearby, with open woodland, grassy slopes and rocky creek beds. The area is part of the wider Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a World Heritage area that preserves the largest subtropical rainforest in the world and the remnants of the ancient forests that once covered the supercontinent Gondwana.
Read the complete Teviot State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Teviot State Forest sits at 161 km, about halfway. Next is back through Goomburra State Forest.
6. back through 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
back through Goomburra State Forest comes up about 464 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Gambubal State Forest.
7. 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
about 566 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Gambubal State Forest. Next is back through Cronan Creek State Forest.
8. 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, late in the day. Next is Telemon Environmental Park.
9. 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
The route ends here after 700 km.
Leg by leg
Telemon Environmental Park to Cronan Creek State Forest
Telemon Environmental Park → Cronan Creek State Forest is 36 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 97 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gambubal State Forest to Goomburra State Forest
Gambubal State Forest → Goomburra State Forest is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Goomburra State Forest to Teviot State Forest
Goomburra State Forest → Teviot State Forest is 129 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Teviot State Forest to back through Goomburra State Forest
Teviot State Forest → back through Goomburra State Forest is 110 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Goomburra State Forest to back through Gambubal State Forest
back through Goomburra State Forest → back through Gambubal State Forest is 102 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 97 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 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.