Christmas Creek Weekend- Bikes & 4WD Crazy

I had a great idea that instead of our normal 3 day November roadtrip ...we would take our Band of Bikers and 4wd'ers (rut conduct) to an awesome Christmas creek property for some family fun and adventure....and we certainly got all of that and more.
Unfortunately only a few of us rode bikes whilst other bikers bought their families and vehicles ..which was awesome to see.

we enjoyed a meetup at Beaudesert maccas for morning tea as we made our way out on Friday

So we arrived at this wonderful Christmas property with its quaint old Homestead and amazing shed. The advance party setup accommodation and cooking facilities...the bikers comfortably ensconced in the homestead with the 4WD in tents and caravan.

Now with storm clouds brewing we headed off to cut wood for our evening fires....there were a myriad of dead trees and an eager group of woodcutters armed with chainsaws...and supervisory skills.

After filling up the vehicles with firewood we thought we would head up the mountain on the property for a reconnoiter...but we were greeted by a storm, lightning and hail...we hightailed it down the slippery mountain holding our breath at time..not before God gave us an awesome surprise.

Hail was falling, lightning flashing in we faced a slippery drive back...time to air down...was it cold Mick?

wow...God showing his spectacular grandeur

When we arrived back it was time to set up for an evening meal and our obligatory fire pits....a great space for building community.

During the early evening we saw the storm return , not a problem for those sleeping in the homestead but made life for some in tents a little difficult.
As we woke to a better day we planned for a meetup at Oreilly's with bikes running through Canungra and the 4WD's running up duck creek rd.

As the bikes enjoyed a twisty run up to Oreilly's we had one eye on the skies not wanting to be caught on the mountain in the rain....whilst we enjoyed ascending through the gumtree line we were caught off guard by the impact of the storm which created deep and wet leaf litter all across the road making staying upright a challenge.

a great ride to O'Reillys.... variety of landscapes and in the end...a dirty bike

view from Oreilly's

t was an enjoyable time at O'Reillys as we shared some good food, some talking to the animals and even a walk along the rainforest "skywalk" ..a great time.

It was then down the mountain and the backroads back to Christmas creek  .... being stopped by a herd of dairy cattle to provide some comic relief. The run down Kerry rd to the Darlington range then onto Hill view .

So it was back to Christmas creek..enjoying the setting sun for some dinner and Movie night...and you guessed it ..."Wild Hogs" was on the menu. Despite plenty of preparation for board children they never bothered with DVD's or technology...too busy riding around the property, swimming in creeks, patting horses, climbing hills...you get the picture. Hmmm..a whole different way to live.

Calebe enjoyed some spectacular pork while we were away :)

We awoke to on Sunday to a spectacular day...after some discussion we agreed to hold a small service down at camp with concern about accessibility up and down the mountain. It was an awesome time as we shared what the weekend had meant to us, enjoyed communion and prayed together.

great community of food, the dishes and communion

With a few hours before lunch we decided to give it a go to try and get to the top of the mountain and its beautiful vista's..it would be a great way to finish our weekend together.

We celebrated an awesome weekend with great people from a small plateau on the mountain top...wishing that we could stay longer.

So once packed up the bikers made their way home via Rathdowney, MT Alford, Lake Moogerah and Boonah ...what a way to finish!
Check out a video of the weekend below....and sorry you 4WD'ers , of course it has lots of motorcycle riding :)

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