Good motorcycle roads # 13 Mt Lindsey

Mt LindseyUpdate 2011. Since I first posted this road has become much more popular. There has been some much needed resurfacing of the QLD side and this year some resurfacing of the NSW section as well even though it was not in bad shape.  From Beaudesert go on to Rathdowney (or you may want to go across the Boonah and then back to Rathdowney) then on to Mt Lindsey highway to the border. This

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Good motorcycle roads # 12 Boonah

 Beaudesert - Boonah RdFrom Brisbane take the Beaudesert Rd all the way to Beaudesert, about 45 mins ride. Riding through town turn right at the lights where sign posted to Boonah and continue slightly out of town before turning right again.A mostly open road with a few mild changes of direction and a few gentle corners before a few high speed sweepers, this road has become very popular in recent

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Good motorcycle roads #11 Palmwoods

From Maleny if you ride to Mapelton there are some enjoyable roads down the valley below.From Mapelton decend down towards Nambour and turn off to the right into Dulong road half way down. Its on a left hand bend with a sign post to Dulong lookout, you might want to ride the few nice corners that lay just after this turnoff (pictured below) and then return back to it.This road is a really fun

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Good motorcycle roads # 10 Currumbin

Currumbin Range

This is always a good ride and I enjoy this road much more then Numinbah Valley now.

From Murwillumbah you can return to the M1 via this or Numbinbah Valley, simply follow signs on road north from town centre past showgrounds or from Brisbane side you travel past Robina on the M1 and follow the exit signs before Coolangatta to Currumbin valley.

Or if you might look at my

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Good motorcycle roads # 9 Uki

Murwillumbah to Kyogle via Uki

Update 2011: The road has been flooded a couple of times in recent years and this has damaged some parts next to river south of Uki, as of writing they are also straightening the road there and while it will loose some curves the new road is going to flow rather nice and should offer riders a good experience still.The rest of the road has also had some work, a new

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Good motorcycle roads # 8 Numibah

Numinbah Valley & Tyalgum



Update 2011. Been some time since I posted this. The northern approach to Tyalgum has seen some resurfacing and is now much improved. The road from Murwillumbah has been under water a couple of times in floods and has some patches however they are mending this gradually.




Now whenever I ride the border ranges or northern NSW I return via Numinbah Valley. The

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Good motorcycle roads # 7 Kenilworth

Follow the signs west out of Maleny and after a spell you will come to the edge of the range that you have been riding along and descend down. Nice hotmix and on most of road down the range with some good corners and esses to enjoy.Lower section of range from Conondale to Maleny.Beyond the village of Conondale the road has some mixed patches of one lane still as the road is slowly being widened.

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Good motorcycle roads # 6 Maleny

MalenyActually the road I want to talk about is called Booroobin Rd which then becomes Maleny-Stanley River Rd. Someone once told me some bikers referred to this as a hidden road. Apparently it was unsealed for long time so people didn't know about it as much as other routes.After Mt Mee turn to Woodford and go through town, stop for a coffee if you want, then just past Woodford you there turn

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Good motorcycle roads # 5 Mt Glorious

Mt Glorious (Mt Nebo)Brisbane most popular bike ride is a gem, however its not been without its problems in recent years.Update 2011. Wow time flys. Look at the age of the bikes in the photos.  Righto well most of what I wrote before still applies today. Still a great road to ride with hazards. The hazards are not just other bikes that can't stay in their lane, now the fast and furious scene has

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Good motorcycle roads # 4 Mt Mee

Update 2011: Long time since I wrote this, I rarely ride this road now days, the surface has seen some deterioration due to lots of rain and no major road work but that may have already been mended. Southern climb was a mess after the 2011 floods and the top seems more bumpy than it already was. The northern ascent however is excellent still. For me too many bikes and too much police attention

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Good motorcycle roads # 3 Beechmont.

Beechmont Mountain


Update 2011: Been a long time since I first wrote about this road so time for an update. The western side has seen extensive resurfacing and is now almost all good surface. The section between Lower Beechmont general store and the old Bavarian Hut has been resurfaced with some new survey work and the lower eastern side was resurfaced some time back and remains good. This is

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Japan motorcycle tour # 2

Well I got a shock this week when told my Japanese language school might be closing soon.Its the only Japanese school in Brisbane so this would be a set back to my plan to achieve a reasonable proficiency in the language before the tour.I want to try and continue my studies at home and hope that this will work resaonably well now that I have reached roughly the half way point to where I want to

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Good motorcycle rides #2 - Hinze Raceway

Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd, Advancetown , Qld.


Update 2011. Wrote this long ago, road has had some resurfacing in couple of spots and new road markers and remains excellent road surface. Known to attract the fast and the furious still and occasional unmarked patrol but mostly quiet these days.

(AKA - Hinze Raceway)

To follow on from my last road I will stay in the same area and add another

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Japan motorcycle tour

I have been planning a tour of Japan by motorcycle for around a year now.This is to be my first overseas bike ride.I picked Japan first up for a few reasons. There are no organised tours there so it will possibly be the hardest of the places overseas I want to ride and I think therefore it's something I simply would not do later on in life as the difficulty of it would beat me, where as Europe or

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Good motorcycle rides #1 - Springbrook

1. Springbrook Mountain, Queensland.


Update 2011. It has been some years now since I first wrote this so a quick update is in order.
The eastern side has seen some resurfacing and the lower half is in good shape. Past Pine Crk road is still a bit rough but then after Purlingbrook the road has again since some resurfacing and is rather good. 


A firm favourite of mine - from

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Introduction

Hello there. Welcome to a blog called Motorcycle Paradise.

My idea when starting this blog was to simply post a few places for Brisbane motorcycle riders to go besides the tired old local scene at Mt Glorious. I previously had a personal web page in the 90's with some content but updating it manually writing HTML was too much work. (think pre web page software and pre blogging) I went looking

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