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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HQ Plantations Permit

The club now holds an annual permit covering our activities within the local state forestry areas managed by HQ Plantations. Our conversation with HQ Plantations began earlier in the year and has resulted in a permit that covers all local forestry areas. We're looking forward to working closely with HQ Plantations to increase recreational activities in the state forests by leveraging existing trail networks and hopefully creating new ones. Great things can be done within a plantation area - the Kowen Forest Pine Plantation in the ACT that plays host to the Kowalski Classic and Mont 24hr events is one such example. We like to thank Angela, Stephanie and Julie from HQ Plantations for assisting us with the permit process. The forestry areas covered by our permit are: Amamoor Beerwah Beerburrum West Beerburrum East Yurol Ringtail ...

October 14, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement, Committee, Trails
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Illegal dumping sucks but what can we do?

[caption id="attachment_1798" align="alignright" width="300"] No! They are not my fatbike tyres[/caption] The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, HQ Plantations and the Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast Councils have gotten together to help stop littering and illegal dumping. We've all ridden our favorite trails but then had the ride tainted by coming across a load of junk some idiot has just dumped on the trail. Probably because they were too cheap or lazy to take it to the dump/recycling centre. Also don't think that a load of green waste is OK because that's how plant's escape from people's gardens and become evasive weeds in our native forests. So if you see a pile of rubbish (or actually see the idiot dumping it) you can now use your phone to report it. It can then be moved and give the authorities the information they need to prosecute or work out the best places to set up cameras. Save the following link into your phone and...

October 13, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Community, Informational
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Get out and ride for Mental Health Week

9-15th October 2016 is World mental health week so that's another excuse to get out on your bikes and get some of those feel-good hormones flowing. Look at the diagram below and check out all the cool stuff that exercise does for us! And remember to always ask if someone is OK, that simple conversation might be just what the other person needs. [caption id="attachment_1791" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Click for more info[/caption] @DSRWA @Qld_MHC #mentalhealth #mentalhealthweek #ruok #QMHW...

October 12, 2016
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Community
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Parklands Ride Summary – 09/10/2016

Hello everyone, [caption id="attachment_1775" align="alignright" width="300"] Great turn-out![/caption] Sunday's Parklands ride had a great turn out with the regular Bushrangers, some new guys, some CORCA boys, the Crankworx Cyclery crew and Al the Rocky Mountain rep. Massive turn out! This ride was this month's "Invite a bike shop" ride and Daniel from Crankworx Cyclery came to say g'day, along with Al the local Rocky Mountain bike rep. They both brought along some nice demo bikes which John, Nick and Rod got to take around Parklands. We broke into two groups with the "gung-ho" group leaving first and the "not so gung-ho" leaving afterwards taking things a bit slower. Both groups following a clockwise route around the park so we all finished the ride with a descent down Ho-Chi-Ho. Ben and I lead the 2nd group and took them up Road Rage, then onto Terry's track, through Cancer Tree over to the east side of the park. This is where all my whinging about climbing trails finally paid off...

October 11, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Bike shops, Rides
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Sunshine Coast Bike Week – Mapleton Ride Summary – 02/10/2017

Sunday was our community ride at Mapleton which also tied in with the Sunshine Coast Bike Week so in addition to a big turn out of club members we also had a few guests along (30 riders in total). Warm welcome to Jackie, Jenny, Todd who came along with Ben, Al and myself on the "easier" ride and to the other new riders who went along with John on the advanced ride or the "Bushrangers mtb rock climbing adventure" as Toby described it in Strava. Also a big hello to Chris from Venture Cycles, Sorab from the Sunshine Coast Cycle Club and Wayne and Helen from CORCA, thanks for coming along and I hope you enjoyed yourselves. The not-so-advanced ride rode from Mapleton out to the Oaky Creek lookout then back again which was a 25km trip. The view at the lookout was particularly interesting that day due to the smoke nestling in the valleys. The advanced ride followed a more complex route with some exploratory diversions...

October 5, 2016
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Community, Rides
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Crankworx Cyclery is coming to Parklands

[caption id="attachment_1732" align="alignright" width="300"] Click for website[/caption] Hey there everyone, This Sunday’s Parklands ride will be the next “Support your local bike shop” ride and Daniel from Crankworx Cyclery is coming to ride with us (the local Rocky Mountain rep might be coming along as well). They are a new Specialized/Rocky Mountain dealer in Caloundra so maybe we'll see a new plus-tyred Stumpjumper or Pipeline. The ride starts at Radar Hill Road carpark at 6.45am (ride off at 7am). Depending on numbers we'll have two groups and coffee afterwards (probably at Bli Bli Bakery). Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crankworxcyclery/ #crankworxcyclery  ...

October 5, 2016
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Bike shops
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Nice work Boaz at the XCO State Champs

Our own Boaz Clark ranked 5th in Elites in last weekends XCO State Champions in Mackay. The race was hosted by the Mackay and District Mountain Bike Club and from all reports it was a particularly hard and technical course this year. Good job Boaz! #madxco2016 #qldmtb #mackayregionalcouncil [gallery ids="1718,1719,1714"]...

October 3, 2016
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Races
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Sugarbag Ride Summary – 25/09/2016

[caption id="attachment_1666" align="alignright" width="300"] Click for more info[/caption] 14 riders showed up at the aquatic centre in Caloundra on Sunday morning. In addition to the regular crew we had a new rider, Sirrob, previous member Pete and Dean from Hit Bikes come along (Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hitbikes/). There was a particularly nasty magpie near the carpark who attacked Toby and Neil as they rode to meet us, it attacked Sirrob as he just stood there waiting and I think it even called me fat. We rode through Ben Bennett park and onto the Sugarbag trails. I was looking forward to checking out the new Syrup trail that Trailworx had worked on recently. Terry and Tania went off and did their own thing but the rest of us stuck together and we went through the regular trails like Sugar and Honeycomb and we did the new Syrup trail a few times too. Syrup is a bit loose on the berms at the moment but it's still pretty fun. After the trails Pete and Dean said...

September 27, 2016
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Bike shops, Rides
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Success! Gambling Community Benefit Fund Grant

On Friday the 23rd of September the club received a bank transfer from the QLD Government Gambling Community Benefit Fund (GCBF) for $24,587.50 meaning that we were successful in our round 89 application earlier this year (April/May)! The funding will go towards race equipment (e.g. timing mats, tent and course marking stuff) and various trail care tools such as a brush cutter, soil compactor, drill and extra hand tools. This will likely take us a couple of months to organise, procure and document but we're keen to put them to use as quickly as possible. Thanks goes to the QLD Government: Department Justice and Attorney General, Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation and to club secretary, Michael, who wrote and submitted the grant application on behalf of the club (and begrudgingly left out the fat bikes for all members idea). Also thanks to our membership who allow this club to exist and apply for these grants to do the things we all want to do. The initiatives for...

September 26, 2016
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Announcement, Committee, Races, Trails
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Come say hello at CycleFest tomorrow

We will have a Bushrangers tent setup at the cycle village on Kingford Smith Parade so come down Saturday at 11.30am and say hello and watch the roadies do their fast skinny bike/lycra thing. There will be coffee and food and plenty of things to look at. There is a free kids cycle workshop at Cotton Tree and the Gran Prix Street Crit race along Fifth and Sixth avenue. Free parking in the football fields off Fourth Avenue - see the map below. @sccyclefest #sccyclefest [caption id="attachment_1684" align="aligncenter" width="906"] Click for more information[/caption]...

September 23, 2016
Bushrangers Admin
Announcement
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