Why this ride
On the way it passes Gambubal State Forest, Gilbert State Forest and back through Gambubal State Forest.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve and Gilbert State Forest
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 290 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 59
- 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. Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve
The Border Ranges are where Queensland leans against New South Wales, and Wilsons Peak, a rocky summit on the line between the two states, is part of that tumbled wall. The flora reserve around it protects a patch of high, cool forest on the old volcanic ranges, and it is one of those places that the wider world mostly forgets. The land here was shaped by the huge Tweed volcano, which erupted for millions of years, leaving behind a circle of mountains and deep valleys.
Read the complete Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve is where the day begins. Next is Gambubal State Forest.
2. 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
Gambubal State Forest comes up about 290 km into the recorded legs. Next is Gilbert State Forest.
3. Gilbert State Forest
West of Brisbane, the Great Dividing Range rises as a dark wall above the plains, and Gilbert State Forest sits on its western slopes, where the rainforest of the escarpment gives way to drier eucalypt woodland and the farmland of the Darling Downs. To the east lies Main Range National Park, with its high peaks and steep cliffs; to the west, the land opens out towards Warwick and the wide grain fields beyond.
Read the complete Gilbert State Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 145 km into the recorded legs you reach Gilbert State Forest. Next is back through Gambubal State Forest.
4. 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
back through Gambubal State Forest, late in the day. Next is Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve.
5. Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve to Gambubal State Forest
Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve → Gambubal State Forest is 290 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gambubal State Forest to Gilbert State Forest
Gambubal State Forest → Gilbert State Forest is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gilbert State Forest to back through Gambubal State Forest
Gilbert State Forest → back through Gambubal State Forest is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gambubal State Forest to Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve
back through Gambubal State Forest → Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve is 290 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.