Monday, September 24, 2018

Canfields to coffee plantation ride - August 2018

A great local ride starting with some local twisties before rolling on to the Cane fields of Jacobs well and a deserved coffee at the Bakery. We then find a back way up to Mount Tamborine to Greenlane coffee plantation before riding down the "Goat track" to the Outpost cafe and on home.
A total of 181km and a leisurely local ride ...check out the route on following link https://goo.gl/maps/k1FcmUqiNsP2

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Springbrook - Natural Arch June ride

had a great run planned for 16th June taking in some great roads and points of interest around the Gold Coast hinterland on this 270km run.
We start with coffee/late brekky at the View Cafe Heinz Dam then off up to Springbrook for a couple of great lookouts and with a short walk. Then its back down and on to Natural Arch ( the road to Mudgeeraba is closed, unfortunately) for some awesome natural wonders and lunch before retracing our steps and running up and over Beechmont before the last drink at Canungra,...awesome!

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Band of Bikers Lions Road Ride - part 2 - May 2018

This vid sees us run along the Summerland Way out of Kyogle and up over the Main Rainge onto Mt Lindsay Highway with Mount Barney looming in the background. A great finish to an awesome April ride

Monday, June 11, 2018

Lions Road Ride - part 1 - May 2018

We had an awesome blue, sunny late Autumn day to ride Lions Road that had been out of action for nearly 18 months due to bridge replacements. Part 1 sees us run out through Beaudesertonto Lions Rd , stopping at the Border Loop lookout for some droning before heading down to Kyogle for lunch.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

April - lets ride to O'Reilly's and do a rainforest skywalk

Been awhile since we have ventured up the windy roads to O'Really's Mountain retreat....we will stop at the outpost for  cuppa before tackling the twisties. Once we are there we can do the fabulous forest and suspended walkway before enjoying lunch overlooking the Lamington national park.
We then run down the mountain and up the goat track to Nth Tamborine and Green lane coffee plantation for an afternoon cuppa.
The ride is only 218 km but will be a full day of great riding, good food and great company...RSVP now for planning purposes and check out the route link below
https://goo.gl/maps/t3F4MPqmVLK2




Friday, March 30, 2018

Band of Bikers March ride to North Noosa

Ray on his big Honda crosstourer at Rics Garage
We finally had a dry blue day for our 390km ride over the Noosa River to North Noosa and with over 20 riders behind we made our way up to BP Moorayfield to catchup with some of our Northern riders and our route leader...the little leprechaun Leigh. It was then off through the hinterland to Rics Garage at Maloolah for a break.


Rob & Paulette became first BoB wedding on good friday
Then battled a little traffic through the hinterland to Noosa river Barge on our way to North Noosa retreat for lunch

Managed to get a bit of drone time with a great view of the river, lake and 40 mile beach





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Sunday, February 4, 2018

The Harley Romantics Ride to Nimbin

An awesome first ride of the year over 400km through Northern NSW to Nimbin.. check out the following Vid..great roads, scenic views and awesome community.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Christmas ride and new year wishes

Our traditional Belgium waffle Christmas ride saw us cover some great twisties in the SEQ hinterland starting at Canungra, up to Beechmont then onto Binna Burra before heading back up to Eagle Heigts, Mt Tamborine ...for a Belgium waffle lunch...an awesome way to end a n awesome year of riding with the Band of Bikers.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Friday, December 1, 2017

Novembers ride to Beechmere..the long and wet way round

A wet weekend threatened meaning some 16 hardy souls braved the twisty roads on the sunshine coast. Heading to Beachmere for a B.o.B'ers house warming we managed to dodge the bad weather for 60% of the time before it finally caught us but not before we had a fabulous time on the twisties around Mount Mee, Maleny and Bald Knob road..wow...it will be awesome in the dry.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Northern Rivers Ride on a beautiful October spring day

Just one of the best rides you can do in SEQ , so good we had to break into two parts, this first part sees us ride our to Heinz dam for breakfast and drone flying then on through the beautiful Numinbah Valley before crossing the border into NSW and heading to a quaint old timber town of Tyalgum for a spot of ice cream eating. I was then back onto more fabulous twisties through Murwillumbah to end part one with lunch on the river at the Tumbulgum Tavern...fantastic!!



we continue our great ride in Northern NSW, coming back from Tumbulgum, through the cane fields and up the ridge to Currumbin Valley before crossing towards Tallebudgera then home..to end the a most amazing spring ride


Sunday, October 1, 2017

TT - Episode 13 and final of long way home..Goulburn to Brisbane

finally make it home to Brisbane after some 6,000 km on the Tassie Tour and back through the amazing Victorian Highlands, Alpine way and the Snowy Mts and inner west of NSW With a fabulous group of amazing Band of Bikers and great bike we had the most fantastic time of our lives...you gotta do it someday.

A Magical Queen Mary Falls ride in September

 This was one of the best rides to Queen Mary Falls we had done...weather perfect, the back way around lake Moogerah added some great twisties and the community was awesome. Despite lots of the streams being dry there was till water flowing over the falls...oh yes, had some fun flying the drone, adds a whole new perspective

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Band of Bikers August ride over the Darlington Range

This was another one of our favourite ride...starting with Breakfast at Murray's then ..300km roundtrip over the Darling Range via Kerry Rd onto Moogerah Dam via Rathdowney and Mt Alford....amazing scenery and roads...then lunch at Boonah.

Sunday, August 13, 2017

TT Day 12 - The Long Way Home Mitta-Mitta to Goulburn


checkout the vid of our roadtrip that keeps on giving...episode 12 was another amazing day of riding heading towards home trying to dodge the rain along the east coast.Starting in the mist around Mitta Mitta ,through the twisties and vista's of the Alpine Way to Cruisin country of the Monaro as we made our way through the Nations capital, Canberra, to Goulburn...with a small mishap along the way. 


Saturday, August 5, 2017

Rainbow Beach Bash overnighter - part 2



the second part of our overnight road-trip as we run from Tin Can bay to Rainbow Beach for a great night..then on for a fantastic run back to Brisbane by every back road we could find.


Sunday, July 30, 2017

Rainbow Beach Bash overnighter - part 1

This was an overnight roadtrip with 18 band of bikers to the lovely Rainbow Beach on the Cooloola-Fraser coast in Sth East Qld. We enjoyed the amazing roads of the hinterland, some great food and of course one amazing biking community...part one gets us to lunch on day 1

A little taste of our Rainbow Beach over nighter - July

Friday, July 14, 2017

TT day 11 - the long way home

We arrived well rested into Melbourne after a great trip over on the Spirit of Tasmania....then, with "Big Bike Adventures" in the lead headed for the twisties in the Victorian highlands stopping overnight at Mitta Mitta. Enjoy this shorter than normal episode as the technology gremlins impacted my recording.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

TT Day 10 - from Hobart to Ferry at Devonport


This was our last day in Tasmania as we road from Hobart to catch the "Spirit of Tasmania" in Devonport with a little rain to start, great vista's and roads as usual with a few surprise thrown in by our loveable Tasmanian leader...check out the vid below and enjoy