Octobers ride through Canefields from Surf to Mountains

Octobers ride celebrated the onset of warmer weather with a shorter ride down threw the canefields of Jacobs Well...then onto the Spit at the Goldcoast before rolling out of the the traffic jams to Canungra.

About 20 bikers turned up for this great ride with a number of new riders 

Steve amazing Honda project bike + Paulettes resprayed Harley and another white Honde Fury

leaving Gateway...palm trees waving in the Breeze...summer is coming

Now lets go to Jacobs Well and enjoy the canefields, Twisties and coffee.

After picking up sme of our Goldcoast and Sunshine Coast chapters at Yatala we made our way to our first coffee stop of the day..The Flying Pie Man where they took a pic for their facebook and Paulette again tried on everyone elses bikes :)

Always some great community, food and fun when we stop

filling the carpark and talking about the thing we liked....our bikes

Now off to Spit on the Goldcoast....but I should have guessed that on a hot , clear Saturday, with setup for the V8's happening...the traffic was going to be a pain....eventually though we made it through to the beautiful Spit for a wander up to the small lighthouse for some pics and to suck in the lovely sun-soaked sea breeze.

Now as you can see not everyone wanted to walk all that way so numbers in the photo were significantly smaller :)

Whilst we thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful Goldcoast ....with the thought of being caught in more traffic we decided to abandon our plans to run down to Burleigh and head for the cooler hinterland Mountains and lunch at the Canungra.

...after all it is all about the T-Shirts :)

So we enjoy a run into the Mountains to Canugra and the Outpost Cafe where we enjoys a great lunch and reflection on a good ride...and saw a nice new BMW "R nine T"

We love the community of Band of Bikers with Harley Girls and Ron G holding court.

check out our video below 

Superb Springbrook September ride

After some 10 months it was time to ride the awesome roads to and from Springbrook (National Park) and they didn't disappoint ...amazing Vista's, Canyon lookouts and millions of Twisties.

After navigating lots of cars at Gateway to pick up children from a Youth sleepover we left Gateway in sunny weather with a few new riders joining in for our 220km twistie ride.

So off we went for 40km of slab to the Hope Island turn-off...then off to through Maudsland , Mount Nathan and Advance town to start climbing up to Springbrook....along the way getting a police escort till he pulled over :)

thanks for escort officer

After a losing half the group who thought a visit to Heinz Dam was in order (note...never follow a Harley:) we finally made our way up the ridge to Springbrook ....

and Scuttlebutt Cafe for a well deserved break.

then off to a few great lookout to enjoy spectacular views

those Band of bikers love the camera

Wow, the top picture looks like the Band Bikers from outer space have invaded:) We did meed a couple of lovely ladies from Tasmania who we grilled about the best of Tasmania given our 2017 roadtrip...they were a laugh...thought they may be cousins?:)
From there we wound our way down a thousand twisties towards Mudgeeraba ... a challenge for those Harleys with wide boards.

Make sure you check out the video of the run down the mountain

Then can you believe...we found more twisties as we headed cross country and up Henry Roberts drive to Nth Tamborine and some well deserved lunch at "The Spice of Life".

a roller coaster for the Harley...and great views

You never know what  you are going to come upon....a Spyder pulled over for Band of bikers :)

There is nothing like finishing a ride sharing some great food, good coffee ....up on the Mount with an awesome community... I love the Band of Bikers and we all get to come home safely with BIG smiles on our faces!

check out the video below

August's Beautiful Binna Burra ride

It had been nearly a year since we made this run through some picturesque country and great roads ...this wasn't a long run so we could savor the ride and the community, shared with some new riders and bikes on a beautiful day.

B.o.B gathering for pre-ride briefing and prayer

We always enjoy the frivolity and community of our pre-ride ....meeting new riders and checking out new bikes.

New rider - Matt, new bike- Triumph sport , reborn biker- Des...and what is an Indian?

And what was Paulette doing on that Honda...?

OK ....enough talking so lets get going, we have another 3 bikers to pick up at Yatala  ...that makes a great group of around 20 bikes.










We headed to Mt Tamborine first on our normal route through Stanmore road, and on and up on Mt Tamborine Road, rolling through Nth Tamborine...a stop for a break and some pics at the lookout then down the goat track then up through the sweeping corners towards Binna Burra.

Now its always fun managing such a large and diverse group of bikers...particularly those VFR sports tourers :) They do though respect command 3 ( we ride as a group)...but that doesn't stop some one wheel shenanigans....

A little far back with wide angle go pro but definitely see only one wheel

So after enjoy the sights of North Tamborine it was off down a favourite bit of road..."the Goat track" towards Canungra

need to be tunnel vision on this narrow and twistie road

So now that we got down ...it was time now to head up through some great sweeping bend up to the Beechmont plateau then onto Binna Burra along the ridge line....it certainly got colder, windier and even some mist as we neared the Binna Burra Tea House.

So the band of bikers filled up the Tea house and enjoyed a great brunch and great community...who said bikers don't talk :)

steve enjoyed a nice bit of tukka, and the boys decided to txt each other

With our bellies full and big smiles on our faces we headed of back along the ridge line, battling the cross winds then down the mountain through Beechmont.

walkers out an about at Binna Burra as we pass through...don't like those narrow roads though

We enjoyed the benefit of our own photographer again today...thanks Andrew so he caught us coming down Beechmonth in all our glory

luv these pics ,doing what we love...eating twisties for breakfast

So we made it to the bottom to consolidate but someone was missing ....Paulette (the sweeper) kindly stopped and retrieved a yellow vest that flew from my unlocked saddlebags ...unfortunately she took a tumble in the gravel so with help of a passing motorist and a broken blinker cover ....she finally made down to us.

that yellow safety vest caused lots of problems

With a few more twists and turns and great shortcut we finally made it to the Outpost Cafe at Canungra for our final food fill .

You never know what you are going to see at the outpost cafe...but this yellow Harley with a Turbo was an eye openner :)

From there we headed off on our normal route after saying our good byes.... home safely by mid afternoon with a huge smiles on our faces....just another awesome Band of Bikers ride in the great Sth East! 
Enjoy the following video for the taste of riding with B.o.B

Magical July ride - Three mountains and a Dam

Riding SEQ on an amazing Winters day......It doesn't get any better than this!!!!






















This ride had been postponed from previous two weeks when the weather was atrocious...but today perfect!

Band of Bikers starting to assemble for a great ride

  What I love as much as the riding is the Band of Biker community... the range of riders...personality & skills... the joy we have in a shared passion in bikes ...and life.

love me...love my bike

RG came across to let us check out his new Honda nx750x

There was some special guest on the day....Brenton's new Triumph Speed triple ...and Joseph, a man on a mission in Egypt....it all made the day even more special.

So with all the pleasantries and the Harley girls waiting over near the road next to the servo we headed off on 270km's of the best riding possible.

So with over 20 bikers ( picked up 3 more on Mt Glorious) we headed off to battle the city traffic as we headed along Waterworks rd to Mt Nebo then onto Mt Glorious for our first stop....with a few interest sights along the way.

hrough the city and past the cat cuddle cafe

The ride through Mt Nebo was great....beautiful vista's, twistie roads and lots of bike and Mamils..quite dangerous when they are in the middle of the road on a blind corner..where is Leigh McQ when you need him:) 

Then rolling onto Mount Glorious ...surprisingly quiet for a Saturday morning ..we enjoyed checking out bikes and chatting as we waited for our morning tea....awesome.

this is all that is needed in life...great coffee and a Bike with Jesus on the back

With our appetites satisfied it was off down the mountain and a consolidation at the bottom ...so off we went all at our own pace. 

So with big smiles on our faces we headed off for more great roads, this time alongside Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams..saying goodbye to our photography Andrew Ross.

The weather continued to be spectacular and now for the run through Woodford then turning for the climb up Mt Mee to our Lunch stop at "The Pitstop".

With the sun beaming down we all enjoyed the awesome views from the "Pitstop Cafe" on Mt Mee....no one seemed to be in a hurry to leave , Drew enjoying the biggest coffee mug I have seen in a while and Moi a chance to take a selfie.

So after a long lunch at the "Pitstop" the group split to different parts , a few of us headed to off to Harry's Cafe de wheels to catch up with our Tassie Leprechaun ,Leigh Mcq to encourage him after missing the ride due to work.
Savoring and awesome day with amazing roads and as usual an awesome community of riders.

Check out more action on the video blow....