My friend Andrew asked me to show him some good off-road ways between Brisbane’s north-side and the Sunshine Coast. What a great excuse for a ride!
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Category: Sunshine Coast
Wamuran
A railway branch line once connected Caboolture to Kilcoy. The railway has gone, but the trail remains. Today we explored some sections of that line.
Mapleton
With its wonderfully long descent, and gruelling uphill climb, today’s ride through Mapleton National Park was the perfect place to prove the old saying: “What goes down must come up”.
Sugar Bag Road
Good things come in small packages. Sugarbag Road is a small parcel of bushland in Caloundra which contains a wonderful variety of mountain biking tracks.
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Poverty Creek
The weather report forecast rain, but we still wanted to ride, so we took our fat bikes to Bribie Island.
Bush and Beach Epic (Part 1)
Imagine spending almost two weeks riding your bike. The first half through rugged bushland, the second half on sandy beaches. Here’s our account of this wonderful experience.
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Mudjimba
Once upon a time, long ago in the Aboriginal Dreamtime, two men had a titanic life-and-death struggle…
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Coolum Creek (Postcard)
Here’s a quick “postcard” account of our recent kayaking trip up the Maroochy River to Coolum Creek and back.
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