Near perfect riding weather yesterday and today so I went for a small ride.
I didn’t feel like doing many miles, just wanted to get out so headed off to a couple of my old favorites. Starting from Mudgeeraba I rode up Springbrook mountain and took in some views.
I have not been there for some time as I always ride south over Currumbin which is mostly car free early on and was not used to the traffic however I soon remembered you have to make you own place to pass cars and do so swiftly or end up at snails pace though some wonderful curves.
Next I rode over Hinze raceway and up to Binna Burra. Both are excellent riding, I always come back from NSW day ride over Hinze raceway but again I had not been on Beechmont mountain or further to Binna Burra for quite some time. The section past Lower Beechmont shop used to be rough but is now a quality bit of road, very nice.
Binna Burra café was closed. I arrived and parked next to this guy on a Harley Davidson Road King and said hello but typical Harley rider too elite to reply.
I rode back and had lunch at the Laurel Cottage Garden Café, Lower Beechmont. I had noted previously this place often has a few motorcycles parked outside and today was the same. I love a good home style burger and todays was excellent, not the cheapest but very good. Coffee was a bit of a mild roast for me but good all the same and sitting in the shade of the trees on the nice Autumn day was very restful.
I usually would consider riding to Canungra and over Tamborine but the latter would be heavy with cars and between the two mountains I had enjoyed some excellent riding so decided to just ride back down Beechmont and home via Nerang. Was behind a convoy of motorcycles following slow cars for a bit mentally scratching my head what was stopping them from passing before I got bored and moved on.
This will be my last outing with this Micro four Thirds camera which I put on eBay, next stop will be a DSLR.
Wow, some nice scenery there 🙂
Some people just have the wrong attitude, I just ignore them, life is too short.
Your two wheeled travelogue is the highlight of my week IC! By coincidence I stopped at Laurel Cafe on Sunday on my way through Mt Lindsay, Kyogle, Murwillumbah, Banora Point, Beechmont, Canungra, Boonah. With the exception of the Kyogle-Murwillumbah section the roads are great.
Need to watch for wildlife on the Boonah-Rathdowney section as usual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtMaSA6Dx3s
Tony
Looks like you had a wonderful outing. Love the waterfall.
Great photos IC, that burger looks fantastic! Sounds like it was a great ride. I did tomewin road and burringbar range yesterday on my way home from the coast, was great fun!
Cheers.
Brilliant post mate, we did the same on Sunday, was just a perfect day for it. Check out some pics here; http://jellyflicks.com/blog/rat-breakfast-run-may-1st-2011/
Hey thanks and sorry your comments took so long to show up here. Blogger was holding them for review but didn't bother to tell me.
Also being a photography fan i thought i'd offer some advice: get the dslr for sure but keep the small camera for those occasions you want to be able to slip it into your pocket.
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Love the reflection in your sidecover! Harley riders are the same everywhere…