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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Hidden Vale Away Ride June 2020

Bushrangers Hidden Vale June 2020 Its been a long time coming but the wait was worth it for this great away ride. Best ride ever.   With the long weekend for the central sunshine coast a group of enthusiastic riders hit the trails on  Friday, after recent mid-week rain the tracks were in pristine condition and recent track works made some of the weathered tracks flow to the point of euphoria. The track names are a dead giveaway of what to expect like Devine, Gorgeous, skyfall, Ripple effect, Hopping rocks…..check out trail forks App. If you have never been to Hidden Vale this place will be etched in your memory as each track you ride has its own unique adventure and character, you will be planning your next trip in no time. Friday night at the campground, stars out crisp air and a nice warm fire with great MTBer company, was another great reason to escape to the country town of Grandchester. It’s not only the visual...

June 16, 2020
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Community ride “Wooroi” Tewantin june 2020

Tewantin “Wooroi” Community June 2020 Beaming with enthusiasm existing and new club members were eager to challenge themselves with the flowy trails of Wooroi after some time off from club inactivity. WOW Mountain biking has taken off big time, a real positive spin-off from Covid ISO. Nice mix of bike types present… New Ebikes, Hardtails, XC dual suspension, trail and endure style bikes, really was like a big jar of colorful jellybeans. Mixed with riders young and older. Just goes to show its 80% rider and 20% bike, all bikes are good…and welcomed. Catering for a range of skills and Covid compliance the more vigorous riders headed off earlier to complete the full repertoire of tracks lead out by the single speed Swami Johnny. A fairly hot pace was set by the older hands up and down the hills and gullies, it was noted that everyone was wearing their baggy riding shorts so the group was renamed the “Soggy bottom boys” no lycra...

June 8, 2020
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Rides on Again Covid 2

Bushrangers ride commencement. Lift off Level 2 Covid 😀 As of Sunday 7/6/20 Bushrangers MTB club will commence rides again Starting with our Community ride at Wooroi mtb trails with groups restricted to 20 riders as per Covid regulations. 2++ x 20...

June 3, 2020
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Parklands Atkinson rd ride 8/3/2020

Ride report Parklands Atkinson road 8.3.2020 If ever you are faced with the decision to ride a single track on the Sunshine coast after some rain or predicted, then Parklands Atkinson road side could be for you. With  gloomy weather and light rain falling a hopeful crowd of Bushrangers eagerly watched the much feared blue pixels on the Radar slowly disappear. Seems to be a modern phobia among riders waking in in a cold sweat after visualising blue, green, orange and red blobs of rain on the BOM radar. Sometimes it’s best not to look and JUST DO IT. It worked today. Keeping on the weathered but rocky tracks weaving through gums and native grasses the team regrouped at the 4 ways, Percy the ebike was in protest mode with Di2 technology jumping 4 gears at a time we think this was due to impure thoughts by the rider !!, While the single speed XC hard tail threw its rider off in a...

March 10, 2020
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Palmwoods – Eudlo Wet weather ride

Ride report Wet Weather alternative ride #2  Palmwoods Eudlo Back country highlands tour. 16/2/2020 Cabin fever (also called stir-crazy, from the use of stir to mean 'prison') is a claustrophobic reaction, manifested as extreme irritability and restlessness, that takes place when a person or group ends up in an isolated or solitary location, or stuck indoors in confined quarters for an extended period of time. And so it was, with record rainfall in some areas of the sunshine coast a serious effort was needed to save our sanity from the conditions. The Big Guns John and Wayne were called into scope a suitable ride, and they certainly delivered mapping out a sensational ride like no other ridden before, thanks. Gathering at the Palmwoods Hotel 19 riders headed west out along Upper Landershute road “Pedal to the metal” from bitumen to dirt the eager throng cut through the back way ending up in the musty sodden town of Eudlo which looked like it’d been half under water   . Regrouped and...

February 17, 2020
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Mapleton to Cooloolabin dam ride report

Ride report Wet Weather alternative ride  Mapleton to Cooloolabin Dam . 9/2/2020 February is a month we are considering removing from the Australian calendar… too hot, humid, wet, fires, storms and unpredictability, although the Bushrangers had a cunning plan to fend off the weather gods by having 3 great ride options. With Toby showing off the Maroochydore to Coolum coastal paths and scenic Emu mountain national park, avoiding excess water and mud in sensible style. Graham taking the scenic tour around Ewan Maddock dam and surrounds with some enthusiastic new members. See the earlier posts for details. The other ride was the Highland tour from Mapleton to Cooloolabin dam via the gravel road along Mapleton forest drive. Total return 29km. With 11 unsuspecting riders leaving Mapleton under gloomy skies dodging recently formed potholes out towards the Mapleton day use area where we picked up Jason. From here we were all lead into a false sense of security with some gradual downhill followed by Steeper downhill, then tight...

February 11, 2020
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Trail Care Parklands – 18/1/2020

Another great turn out for the Parklands Trail care day on Saturday 18/1/2020. Nice to have some decent rain the night before helping us identify the low puddle spots and drainage needs. The focus was on the Rookie road track in to the skills/hub area with repairs made to the sticky berm through the first creek, sand stone blocks were laid in the larger eroded channels topped up with road base kindly supplied by QPWS who are always happy to assist the Bushrangers club. Additional works are planned to stabilise existing sandstone crossing that have eroded underneath. A big shout out to new people who attended that aren’t part of a specific club but ride in parklands, your generosity and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated “Maximum Kudos”, looking forward to seeing you all again. The Adopt a Trail maintenance scheme is ready to launch so keep an eye out for upcoming details if you would like to be part of an ongoing trail maintenance...

January 19, 2020
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Bushrangers Ride Report 22/12/19 “Bone Yards” Jungle Extravaganza

A hard-core group of enthusiastic MTB jockeys assembled at the Corbould Park race course car park for a guaranteed adventure into the Jungles of Bone Yards. The field was split into two groups with Wayne taking the Open class steads and Toby taking the Maiden Class. Toby’s Class group followed in hot pursuit with a similar selection of tracks ridden hard with some of the Open group dropping back to a more sustainable pace for self-preservation.  Some of the techy jungle tracks could have come from a Phantom movie with high humidity, Creeks, Palms, Vines, Pygmies?? Skull cave… maybe not. You get the idea this is a great riding area with more potential. Some challenging tracks including downhill gnarly rocks and roots, twisty single-track gullies, hot dusty fire trails made for a great ride with Objective achieved “Maximum FUN!!” by all classes of the field.  The Maiden group managed to win overall cup by a 2-minute margin arriving back...

December 23, 2019
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Ride Report 15/12/19 Gympie “Victory Heights’’ Strava Spaghetti

The lure of flowy trails, easy double jumps, smooth burms, plus the promise of aromatic coffee and food was enough to attract an eclectic group of riders on a wide range of bikes including single speed Steel hard tail, Dual suspension alloy and carbon framed steeds with a mix of suspension travel, ebikes new and old. With an early start to beat the heat the faster group blasted off into the twisty trails with the intention of riding every trail in the park lead by Rod who always sets a cracking consistent pace. Eagerly awaiting take off The tracks while dry hold up incredibly well with reasonable grip provided you don’t get too game and load the front wheel up. Toby lead the “less air” group through the maze of decimal numbered tracks giving new members some challengers and skills to be honed in future.  Only a couple of lie down moments with no injuries sustained. As the group moved...

December 15, 2019
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