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Today’s epic ride started at the small town of Jimna and followed some national park trails down the mountain before looping back again through some rugged country around Monsildale to the west. There’s some disagreement about how the town got its name. One theory is that when a Polish gold prospector named it “Zimme”, … Continue reading Monsildale 
Today’s ride was a point-to-point epic starting at Mount Sylvia south of Gatton, following the Bicentennial National Trail (BNT) towards Cunningham’s Gap. The BNT is an amazing recreational trekking route stretching 5,300 km along Australia’s Great Dividing Range from Cooktown in North Queensland to Healseville … Continue reading Bicentennial National Trail 
Have you ever made a mistake, only to discover later that it’s lucky you did because it actually saved you a lot of heart-ache? That happened on our ride to Boonah today. Our aim was to start at Peak Crossing, head south towards Boonah along some … Continue reading Boonah 
We didn’t intend to climb a mountain – it just “happened”. The plan today was for a scenic downhill ride from the Great Dividing Range near Toowoomba down to Esk in the Brisbane Valley. That all changed because of heavy overnight rain. At 5.00 am … Continue reading Flinders Peak 
The purpose of todays ride was to follow a route which connected up a previous ride Duck Creek with the small rural town Rathdowney via some picturesque country around Christmas Creek. Christmas Creek is in a rugged valley in the Macpherson Range south of … Continue reading Christmas Creek 
Lake Samsonvale is a large body of water west of Strathpine with a fascinating history. Today I explored the far side of the lake, near Kobble Creek with my friends Russel, Jason and Paul. Underwater History 
On Friday afternoon I was getting that familiar feeling of panic – I wanted to do a big ride, but didn’t know where to go. So I thought I’d be lazy and messaged my friend Darb “I don’t know where to ride tomorrow, have you got any ideas?” “Somewhere cool!”, he replied. “How about ….” … Continue reading Gold Creek 
Goomburra is part of the “Main Range National Park” on the Great Dividing Range in South East Queensland. The Goomburra section of the park is located north of Cunninghams Gap either side of Dalrymple Creek. It’s named after the Gooneburra aboriginal people. In the Keinjan language, … Continue reading Goomburra 
Mount Kilcoy is a small farming community in a secluded valley bounded on three sides by the Conondale Range. I was curious about what it would be like to ride from there into the hills to the north, so I convinced a couple of … Continue reading Mount Kilcoy |
 
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