CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Tallebudgera Valley it runs 572 km to Tallebudgera Valley; allow about 10 h 11 of riding. It goes by way of Cronan Creek State Forest, Goomburra State Forest and back through Cronan Creek State Forest. Much of it runs through woodland.
The Gold Coast hinterland is the green wall behind the beaches and high-rises of southern Queensland, and it is a steep, wet, forested country of ridges, gorges and waterfalls that climbs toward the New South Wales border. The nearby ranges belong to the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, a UNESCO site said to protect the largest area of subtropical rainforest in the world.
Read the complete Turtle Rock Environmental Park write-up.
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Turtle Rock Environmental Park is where the day begins. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cronan Creek State Forest comes up about 133 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 281 km into the recorded legs you reach Goomburra State Forest. Next is back through Cronan Creek State Forest.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cronan Creek State Forest write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cronan Creek State Forest, late in the day. Next is Turtle Rock Environmental Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Turtle Rock Environmental Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Turtle Rock Environmental Park. That is the ride.
Turtle Rock Environmental Park → Cronan Creek State Forest is 133 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Cronan Creek State Forest → Goomburra State Forest is 148 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Goomburra State Forest → back through Cronan Creek State Forest is 158 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cronan Creek State Forest → Turtle Rock Environmental Park is 133 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.