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Category: History

Aboriginal Australia, Cycling, History, South East Qld, xc

Yimbun

by NeilEnnis 17 February 2016 9 Comments Shortlink | |

Yimbun Tunnel
The Yimbun Tunnel, over a hundred years old, is a magnificent piece of old railway infrastructure on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) north of Toogoolawah. Today we decided to pay it a visit, and close some of the gaps in my ride map.
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Aboriginal Australia, Cycling, History, Recovery, xc

Ride For Life

by NeilEnnis 6 November 2015 No Comments Shortlink | |

Powerline Track
Between them Darb and Russel aimed to ride almost two thousand kilometres in October to raise money to support Cancer Research. On the last day of October, I took a long ride with them to be there when they finally reached their goal.
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Aboriginal Australia, Cycling, Hiking, History, Surveying, xc

Deer Reserve

by NeilEnnis 18 September 2015 No Comments Shortlink | |

Mount McConnel
(Photo: Tony Ryan)

Deer Reserve is a rugged National Park and State Forest on the western shores of Lake Somerset near Kilcoy. Today we thought it would be fun to explore it.
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Aboriginal Australia, Cycling, History, Moreton Bay, xc

Poverty Creek

by NeilEnnis 29 March 2015 No Comments Shortlink | |

Bluebottle
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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Cycling, History, Pine Rivers, xc

Waterproof

by NeilEnnis 28 December 2014 2 Comments Shortlink | |

Misty Hills
When the alarm went off at 5:00 AM, I peeked through the curtains and discovered it was raining heavily.

“Bike or bed?” I sleepily asked myself.

Surprisingly quickly, I decided to “just show up” and see what happened.
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Aboriginal Australia, Cycling, History, South East Qld

Rocky Hole

by NeilEnnis 13 December 2014 2 Comments Shortlink | |

Paul at Rocky Hole
Today’s adventure took us to “Rocky Hole” – a delightful rock pool in D’Aguilar National Park.
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Cycling, History, South East Qld, xc

Mount Byron

by NeilEnnis 7 December 2014 3 Comments Shortlink | |

Darb at Mt Byron
The weather bureau predicted thunderstorms with 100% chance of rain. As rumbling dark clouds gathered in the early morning sky, there was only one thing to do: Just turn up!
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Aboriginal Australia, Cycling, History, South East Qld, xc

Colinton

by NeilEnnis 9 November 2014 7 Comments Shortlink | |

Westaway Road, Colinton
“Can we do something a bit easier this weekend?”, Becca asked.

“Easy is fine”, I replied, “So long as it’s interesting :)”
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