About Our Club

Our club was formed in 1993 and incorporated in 1995 when mountain biking (MTB) in Australia was in its infancy. Since then the club and the sport have gained popularity through advocacy and participation. The Bushrangers MTB Club is a volunteer based organisation run by enthusiasts, for the benefit of promoting and supporting mountain biking across the region.

We do regular rides all over Sunshine Coast and SEQ from Cooloola to Brisbane, in national parks, state forestries and council parks. Check out this website for more information on events, news, and for places to ride.

Latest News

March 2017

South East Queensland Parks Closed

Due to heavy rainfall and damaging winds across South East Queensland, from ex Cyclone Debbie, QPWS has closed all camping areas, walking tracks and day-use areas in the Sunshine Coast area until further notice. Stay safe and informed of closures and weather conditions: Listen to your local ABC radio station Check the Department of Transport and Main Roads website Check weather updates on BOM website Obey all QPWS signage Areas will be reopened when it is deemed safe to do so. For further information check https://www.npsr.qld.gov.au/park-alerts/ and follow @QldParkAlerts on Twitter....

Plantation forests closed in south east and central Queensland

All pine plantations in south east and central Queensland state forests and on HQPlantations freehold land have closed due to extreme heavy rainfall events. Affected plantation areas include the Fraser Coast, Elliott River, Beerburrum (including the Glasshouse Mountains), Mary Valley, Jimna, Yarraman, Pechey-Esk, Passchendaele, Byfield and Kalpowar areas. The plantations are closed to all public access until at least Wednesday, 5 April 2017 to allow proper assessment of risks and recovery from the weather event. Due to the localised and heavy nature of rainfall events many of the plantation roads and tracks may be subject to flooding and may be damaged creating a serious risk to people attempting to use them. The potential for rapid rises of streams and waterways from heavy rainfall in the plantation areas is high increasing the risk to life and property. HQPlantations is appealing to the public to respect this closure so that safe and responsible access to the plantations can be restored to the public as soon as...

IT’S ON!! This year’s first race – Bottle’n’Glass Hill Climb – 17/04/2017 Easter Monday

Have you been waking up each day feeling that something is missing or something is just not quite right? Well we have no idea what that is BUT we think you should come along and race up a nasty hill really fast. 

This is the first of a series of races we have planned – some big, some small. We’ve got the sweet timing gear, we’ve got the locations but now we need the competitors. So come do it to challenge yourself and for the chance to win lots of glory!! (what does glory come in anyway? like a bucket or something?)

Here are the details

When: 17/04/2017 at 8am (Registrations from 7am to 7.30am)
Where: Browns Creek Road, Cooloolabin. https://goo.gl/maps/dmke8iaEqtp
Categories: A, B and C
Race format: Point to point hill climb – wave start for each category
Prizes: Official certificate of glory, bragging rights etc
Who can ride?: Open invite to anyone
Costs: Free! (But donations to trail-care are always appreciated)
Distance: 4km  with 330m elevation (small but nasty)
Strava KOM: 15min 17sec (male), 24min 53sec (female)

Registration:

Notes:
No vehicles are allowed on the trail, only bikes and the rescue vehicle.
Spectators can get great views from the intersections and the finish line without impeding the riders.
Do not impede Buckby or Browns Creek Road when you park your car.
While you are in the area you can ride up to the Point Glorious lookout and check out the amazing view.

Yandina/Cooloolabin Ride Summary – 26/03/2017

I like this ride because I can sleep in as it’s only 15 minutes drive away. I guess I could save a dolphin and ride to the meeting point…

Now this ride is split between two meeting points because the Bottle and Glass Road is a hefty climb and not everyone likes to start their day on the side of a dirt road vomiting up their breakfast due to over-exertion. However if this sounds like your kind of thing then make sure you come along to our Bottle’n’Glass Hill Climb race in Easter! That said quite a few riders chose to start in Yandina and brave the large climb to meet with the other group near the Cooloolabin Dam trail head.

Once the two groups had merged we started along the Cooloolabin Dam single-track that goes along the dam wall and follows the shoreline and eventually finishes in the day use area near the spillway. The recent rains had caused a bit of debris along the track but nothing that couldn’t be easily moved or ridden over.  This trail brings nice water views, beautiful little thickets of trees to ride through and nice loamy soils with the occasional obstacle to tackle.

This week’s predicted rain will hopefully give Cooloolabin dam a good top-up

2017 Bushrangers MTB Club AGM Summary

We really need better models

The Maroochy Botanical Gardens was beautiful as always and it’s always a great place to have meetings. The rain held off but the humidity still came to the party but despite the mugginess the meeting was well attended and went pretty well (considering the dodgy secretary didn’t know what he had to do). Ben, Susie and Craig let us all know what was happening with the club, GoGirls and the money and there were some good ideas introduced by the members that are going to be researched then instigated ASAP.

We’ve filled the 10 positions for the upcoming coaching clinic so we can have some more MTBA qualified coaches in our ranks. I’ll also look into getting group rates for first aid certificates so I’ll let everyone know about that (just in case Carol crashes again).

Go for a ride! It’s #InternationalDayOfHappiness

[caption id="attachment_2808" align="alignright" width="300"] Click for more information[/caption] It is the International Day of Happiness so give your loved ones a big hug, pat your dog/cat/fish/child etc, go for a ride then tease your mates on Strava. If it's raining then grab a drink, go into your bike shed and watch bike videos on YouTube. But whatever you do be happy! [caption id="attachment_2675" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Chad looks happy! Be like Chad![/caption]...

#Ride2School Ride Summary 17/03/2017

Riding along Glenview road Palmview

Last Friday was Ride2School day so to get kids realising how awesome bikes are from an early age the Bushrangers have been helping with the event for the last 3 years.

At 7.30am Bushranger’s Michael Johns and Julie Pearson went to help the Glenview Primary School kids ride 3.6km along Glenview road. Julie took plenty of photos, Michael led the group while parents and staff rode within the group and manned the intersections making sure everyone was safe. Also a big thanks to the local police for the escort.

Michael then shot across town to his little boy’s kindergarten to give all the kids rides on his big-tyred fatbike. They were all given a quick instruction about the bike e.g. keep fingers away from the moving bits, wear a helmet, make sure you have a bell. The kids all got a few loops around their playground and they loved it.

Parklands Night Ride Summary 15/03/2017

Yesterday’s downpour and the prediction of more today almost caused tonight’s ride to be cancelled. But the rain held off through the day so four of us HARDCORE! (or stupid?) riders decided it was good to go. Chad, Greg, Ben and myself were ready and raring at Radar Hill carpark by 6pm. Chad took the lead and took us up Ho-chi-ho, we then climbed the fire road to the top gate and then into Top track.

Now Top track is a black diamond trail and I’ve found in the past it sort of induces swearing and vomit from me. So I wondered to myself who would ride along that in the dark while its wet? Well it seems the four of us would tonight because as mentioned before we were HARDCORE!… or stupid. But we made it through unscathed and then dropped into Cancer Tree.

Parklands Ride Summary 12/03/2017

I sprang out of bed with the epiphany that our club rides have been lacking in nasty hills lately.  So I thought what better place to catch up on this elevation shortage than Parklands, our ride location for last Sunday.

Arriving early at the Atkinson Road West entrance of Parklands I passed Chad grinding up the hill to meet up with Andrew for a few sneaky runs on Phoenix before the group ride started at 7am. Be like Chad, embrace the climbs.

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