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.

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May 2017

Sign up to our new Trail-care Database

[caption id="attachment_2790" align="alignright" width="300"] A Trail Fairy (or Macropictus Geosulceta)[/caption] We are creating a new trail-care database from scratch so: We don't have to email/SMS our entire membership with trail-care events (costs money and some people aren't interested). We can inform volunteers who want to help but are not club members. We will use these contact details to directly alert the people about upcoming trail-care events by SMS and emails (note that there will still be general website and Facebook posts). So if you are keen in participating in trail-care then click the link below and sign up (also ask others who don't know how to internet good and sign them up too). https://goo.gl/forms/HTV55pc5IEzWPXAj1...

May 8, 2017
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Sleepy Snakes, Angry Ants and Weighty Rocks – Parklands Trail-care summary 06/05/2017

Hey everyone,

Really, really, really heavy rocks

We had a massive turnout for trail care today and the freshly cut-in access trail was polished off nicely within 3 hours.

The two creek crossings were armored with rock (really big, heavy ones!) and the single track and berms were shaped and packed down.

Highlights and experiences of the day were:

  • A really distracted snake didn’t realise that a vibrating plate machine or “Wacker Packer” was almost on it.
  • One team accidentally discovered a jumping ant nest. That caused a bit of excitement!
  • If you act really incompetent at cooking the BBQ, Sonja will take over and do it for you.
  • I was a bit stingy on the sausages… sorry about that everyone!

Thanks to Eugene from QPWS and Pete from Trailworx for your help and a big thanks to all our volunteers.

If you want to be alerted to future trail-care events via email and SMS then fill out the small form (link below) and add your details to our trail-care database. You don’t have to be a club member so let anyone to sign up here too – https://goo.gl/forms/HTV55pc5IEzWPXAj1 

Thanks again everyone, wear your trail-care badge with pride!

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May 6, 2017
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Parklands MTB Trails Project Breaks Ground!

Project information sign is up

Hi Folks,

Last week Rob and Eugene organised the relocation of the trail care container from its secret never to be disclosed location to the ‘old car park’ which will become the skills area. Please keep an eye on it and report any evidence of tampering. Moreover Michael and I posted up a project info sign at the Radar Hill Road car park to let other visitors know about what’s going on (but seriously, who doesn’t visit this glorious website??).

Today Eugene (QPWS), Michael (club secretary), Pete (Trailworx) and myself met at Parklands to go over the next 8 months of work. Starting off at car park we walked the access trail (stage one) to the proposed skills area and up to proposed flow trails starting points and then up to the ‘Ant hill’ section of road rage.

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May 3, 2017
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GoGIRL Glasshouse Mountains Ride Summary – 29/04/2017

Autumn is finally here and we had perfect riding conditions for our latest goGIRL ride. Yahoo! Last month was cancelled due to wet conditions formed by cyclone Debbie so we were keen to follow Kerrie out of the Glasshouse Sports ground and along the fire trail into the beautiful Glasshouse Mountains area.

First we rode beside Steve Erwin Way to Matthew Flinders Rest Area, then along Farm Track to visit Jack. After Smashing the Rocks where all the girls expertly rode uphill, we gasped at the majestic views, left the Caves and Marshes and had a snack on a log. The girls dared me to ride it. It was over a metre high but it had no good exit strategy. A heli ride out of there would have made a good story but I decided to made a detour through Avocado farm instead. After zipping Downhill Fireroad, we got a view of Tibbro before crossing the creek with its own name. Climbing up the rock slabs was fun, then back past Mathew Flinders, Coonowrin Creek and under the M1, safely back to the carpark. The Boys were back too. (We never make a time but mostly they always know when we are finished). I wonder if you hear chatter and laughter on their ride as well. Finally it’s time to swap stories as we head to the local Glasshouse bakery to enjoy each other’s company as well as bakery treats, wraps, frappes and well earned coffee.

Susie
Women’s Advocacy Officer

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May 3, 2017
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