Why this ride
On the way it passes Mount Barney National Park, Border Ranges National Park, Limpinwood Nature Reserve and back through Border Ranges National Park. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Teviot State Forest and Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 500 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 38
- 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. 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 Mount Barney National Park.
2. 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
Mount Barney National Park comes up about 67 km into the recorded legs. Next is Border Ranges National Park.
3. Border Ranges National Park
Twenty three million years ago a huge shield volcano stood over what is now the border between New South Wales and Queensland, and the Border Ranges are the remains of its northern and western rim. The volcano has long since eroded, leaving a vast caldera with the steep central plug of Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, rising in the middle, and a ring of cliffs and ridges around it covered in dense subtropical rainforest. The Border Ranges National Park protects a large part of that rim, and it is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a World Heritage Site that preserves forests whose ancestry goes back to the time when Australia was part of the supercontinent Gondwana.
Read the complete Border Ranges National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 149 km into the recorded legs you reach Border Ranges National Park. Next is Limpinwood Nature Reserve.
4. Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Twenty-odd million years ago, a huge shield volcano stood where the Tweed valley is now, on what became the border between New South Wales and Queensland. Erosion has since carved out its centre, leaving one of the largest erosion calderas in the world, a vast bowl of green farmland ringed by cliffs and ridges, with the volcano's old central plug, Wollumbin, also known as Mount Warning, standing in the middle. Limpinwood Nature Reserve, on the northern rim of the caldera, protects a stretch of subtropical rainforest that is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving forests whose lineage goes back to the ancient supercontinent.
Read the complete Limpinwood Nature Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Limpinwood Nature Reserve, about halfway. Next is back through Border Ranges National Park.
5. back through Border Ranges National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Border Ranges 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 Border Ranges National Park sits at 333 km, about halfway. Next is back through Mount Barney National Park.
6. back through Mount Barney National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Mount Barney National Park comes up about 431 km into the recorded legs. Next is Teviot State Forest.
7. 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
Teviot State Forest closes the day.
Leg by leg
Teviot State Forest to Mount Barney National Park
Teviot State Forest → Mount Barney National Park is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mount Barney National Park to Border Ranges National Park
Mount Barney National Park → Border Ranges National Park is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Border Ranges National Park to Limpinwood Nature Reserve
Border Ranges National Park → Limpinwood Nature Reserve is 100 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Limpinwood Nature Reserve to back through Border Ranges National Park
Limpinwood Nature Reserve → back through Border Ranges National Park is 100 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Border Ranges National Park to back through Mount Barney National Park
back through Border Ranges National Park → back through Mount Barney National Park is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mount Barney National Park to Teviot State Forest
back through Mount Barney National Park → Teviot State Forest is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.