Why this ride
On the way it passes Goomburra State Forest, 'Palen Creek' State Forest, Lamington National Park and Amaroo Flora Reserve. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Teviot State Forest and Amaroo Flora Reserve
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 976 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 16 h 50
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Goomburra State Forest.
2. 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 comes up about 98 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 285 km into the recorded legs you reach 'Palen Creek' State Forest. Next is Lamington National Park.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is Amaroo Flora Reserve.
5. Amaroo Flora Reserve
Behind the coast of northern New South Wales, the Tweed valley sits inside the remains of an enormous shield volcano that erupted some twenty-odd million years ago. Erosion has carved away the centre, leaving a huge caldera, one of the largest in the world, with the steep, forested walls of the Border Ranges and the McPherson Range curving around it and the volcanic plug of Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, rising in the middle. The Amaroo Flora Reserve lies on the slopes of this landscape, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO site of scattered reserves along the Great Dividing Range.
Read the complete Amaroo Flora Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Amaroo Flora Reserve sits at 489 km, about halfway. Next is back through Lamington National Park.
6. 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 comes up about 585 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest.
7. back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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 696 km into the recorded legs you reach back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest. Next is back through Goomburra State Forest.
8. 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, late in the day. Next is Teviot State Forest.
9. Teviot State Forest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
The route ends here after 976 km.
Leg by leg
Teviot State Forest to Goomburra State Forest
Teviot State Forest → Goomburra State Forest is 98 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Goomburra State Forest to 'Palen Creek' State Forest
Goomburra State Forest → 'Palen Creek' State Forest is 187 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
'Palen Creek' State Forest to Lamington National Park
'Palen Creek' State Forest → Lamington National Park is 108 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lamington National Park to Amaroo Flora Reserve
Lamington National Park → Amaroo Flora Reserve is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Amaroo Flora Reserve to back through Lamington National Park
Amaroo Flora Reserve → back through Lamington National Park is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lamington National Park to back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest
back through Lamington National Park → back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest is 111 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest to back through Goomburra State Forest
back through 'Palen Creek' State Forest → back through Goomburra State Forest is 187 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Goomburra State Forest to Teviot State Forest
back through Goomburra State Forest → Teviot State Forest is 98 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.