When my friend Jason asked me if I knew of any places which offered good views of the setting sun, I knew exactly where to go.
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Category: Aboriginal Australia
Moorgumpin
Moreton Island, known as “The Place of Sandhills” (“Moorgumpin”) in the Quandamooka language, is the gem of Moreton Bay – a special place that should be on every mountain bikers bucket list.
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K’Gari
When our family decided to spend a few days taking a break at beautiful Rainbow Beach, I couldn’t resist the temptation to take the short trip via the barge to Fraser Island and explore it for a couple of days on the fat bike.
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Cunningham’s Campsite
In 1828, the explorer Allan Cunningham travelled south-west from Moreton Bay in an attempt to find a route through the Great Dividing Range to the Darling Downs. Today we thought we’d visit one of his campsites, at the foot of the range, where he camped the day before he passed through what we now call “Cunningham’s Gap”.
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Gambubal
When my friend Richard told me about the fun he had exploring the mountainous terrain around Mount Colliery, near Killarney, I couldn’t resist checking it out for myself.
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Black Duck Creek Adventure
We’ve explored the spectacular Black Duck Creek valley several times. On this ANZAC Day holiday, we thought we’d invite a few more friends to explore it with us. So I was delighted when 46 eager Mountain Bikers turned up.
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Big Sky Country
Have you ever been under a sky so huge that you felt like you were going to fall into it?
The vaulted skies above Anduramnba often seem like that when we visit.
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Poverty Creek
For my first time back on the bike since knee surgery last month, I decided to ride somewhere flat and relatively easy. Yes it was flat, but it was anything but easy
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