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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Weekend Rides Summary – 28-29/04/2018

It was a busy weekend just past with our members heading all over the place to compete in races, to camp and ride at the Hidden vale trails and ride on our Cooloolabin club ride and the rookie ride at Parklands.

The Rookie ride was at Parklands on Saturday morning and went pretty well with 11 riders and a couple new faces, no injuries and everyone having fun. The trails have finally dried out too. We went through the green loop, had a crack at the new blue flow trail then we went over the new Road Rage stuff and then around the Gumby Loop.

The club ride at Cooloolabin was a 2-part event with most of the group leaving from Yandina and climbing up the Bottle and Glass fire road then meeting the 2nd group at the Cooloolabin dam spillway. We had 16 riders this day with Jen being the only lady who accidentally started at Yandina but made it the whole way like a champion! Still a bit of mud around the dam but it was easily dodged. Great weather, good company, good ride! Thanks everyone.

There was a combined Bushranger/CORCA camping trip down to Hidden Vale which apparently was a lot of fun and well attended.

Congrats to Pete Bigaila, Chad Powers and Nikita Vandeleur and everyone else who rode in last weekend’s races at Glenview, Garapine and Townsville.

What a great weekend!

Michael Johns
Club Secretary

PS: Photos below

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May 2, 2018
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Upcoming Camping Trip to Hidden Vale Trails – 28-29 April 2018

Hello everyone, [caption id="attachment_4320" align="alignright" width="300"] Starting at a campfire - beat's watching Home and Away.[/caption] Next weekend there is a combined Bushranger/CORCA camping trip at the Hidden Vale trails. You can meet up and ride on the Saturday or camp overnight and ride Sunday too. WHERE: Spicers Hidden Vale, Grandchester. $10 per day per person to ride. Payable on the day. RIDE TIMES: Saturday 28th April, ride off at 8.30am to give everyone time to get out there. Sunday 29th April 7.30am. If you're just coming for the Sunday please check in with me via text to make sure the start time hasn't changed. Clare B 0413 960 553 WHO: This is a combined CORCA and Bushranger ride weekend. A reasonable level of fitness and bike skills will be required as we won't be running a beginner specific group. CAMPING: We're camping on the old oval at Grandchester again. It's on School Road. No need to check in as Julie comes around to take camping...

April 19, 2018
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Camping Trip 03/01/2018 – Toogoom/Promisedland – RSVP 24/11/2017

Yo, all you happy campers. After collating the feedback and doing a ring around to camp sites our January camping destination is Bundaberg - Toogoom/Promisedland. Being Chrissy hols many campsites are booked out. But fear not we’ve found a place to pitch our tents / park our vans. We are heading to Bundaberg from Wednesday 3 January until Saturday 6 January. You are welcome to stay more or less nights - that’s just when we’ll be there. Details Distance from Nambour: 250km Campsite name: Wyper Park Scout Camp (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1432553283438666.1073742009.257303157630357&type=3) Cost: $10 per site / per night (includes 2 people) Payment: Cash at site Facilities: They have showers and toilets and a table area. They are building a camp kitchen (including BBQ), which may or may not be ready. Riding: Promisedland and Toogoom. Other:  About 10km into Bundaburg Suggest dinner at a pub in Bundy 1 night  About 30km to beach for post ride swim Promisedland is about 1/2 hour away Toogoom is about an hour...

November 12, 2017
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Away Rides for 2018

[caption id="attachment_4320" align="alignright" width="300"] Everyone loves a camp fire![/caption] Hey Bushies! As you may have read recently Cortney and I are the new away ride coordinators. For 2018 we are looking at organising around 6 away rides. In the spirit of Christmas giving (or to give you a good excuse to escape for a bit), for the first one, we are planning a camping trip from January 3rd until the 5th. We’ve cooked up a couple of options… listed in no particular order: Mt Joyce near Beaudesert. Camping will probably be at the Liliybrook Camping area. We could ride a day Hidden Vale and a day Mt Joyce. Promisedland near Bundaberg. Camping and other accommodation (for those not keen on the pleasure of an air mattress) is available in Childers. A rather nice benefit of this option is Woodgate Beach is not too far away, so we can go for a swim at the beach after a ride. A refreshing idea for expected...

October 25, 2017
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We have a new Away Ride Co-ordinator – Martijn (Marty) Mooij

[caption id="attachment_4230" align="alignright" width="300"] Not confirmed yet but we think this is Marty searching for the best riding trails.[/caption] Marty has volunteered to organise the club's away rides and camping trips (with the occasional assistance of his lovely partner Courtney). Marty and Courtney came to our last committee meeting for a meet and greet and we believe that with their talents and their enthusiasm they are going to be an awesome fit with the club. Ben has whipped up the email address travel@bushrangers.org so if you have any ideas or requests for away rides or camping trips then let Marty know. On behalf of the club thanks for volunteering Marty, the club has always loved it's camping trips so it will be good to get some more back onto the calendar.   Michael Johns Club Secretary ...

October 10, 2017
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Club Weekend Camping Trip – 28-29th Jan 2017

Day 1: Saturday 28th January We will meet at Bayview Conservation Park (Trailforks: http://www.trailforks.com/region/bayview-14484/) at 7.45 for a 8.00 ride off. Address: Days Road Conservation Area, 487 - 503 German Church Road, Redland Bay QLD 4165. (Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/HSiVLR87hR92) If driving down from the Sunshine Coast please allow 1hr 45 minutes. Riding time here is open, when we are finished riding we will be camping at the Karingal Scout Camp (Archer Campsite), this is 17 minutes away (10km) from the Bayview MTB Park. Address: 1 Karingal Road, Mount Cotton QLD 4165 (Google Maps: https://g.co/kgs/ogTso3). If you are going to be camping could you please email the booking form below to bookings@scoutsqld.com.au . Payment is via funds transfer after the use of their facility. The campsite contact number is (07) 3721 5737. Camping cost is $11.00 pp, if more than 24 hours then it is $20.50pp. Booking form: https://docs.google.com/document/d/100Q6sN1iYEw-PnImMWkxweE4OxM3xY8xK7IKuUmbwko/edit?usp=sharing To download the file - click the above link, select 'File' and then 'Download As' and select the appropriate format. Day 2: Sunday 29th January After...

January 19, 2017
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Club Roadtrip – Toogoom & Promisedland Trails – 7th/8th May

Since the last trip was so good we're doing it again!  DAY 1 (Saturday 07/05/16) Drive north from Sunshine Coast for 2 hours 40 minutes to Childers where everyone meets at the Childers Woolworths carpark (https://goo.gl/maps/tCSzhDojsv72) around 10:00am (so you'll be wanting to leave the Sunshine Coast by around 7:00am to account for roadworks and Ben's bongo van etc). Then we all drive a further 20 minutes to the Promisedland MTB Park, Cordalba and we ride 2-3 hours. We leave Promisedland and drive 45 minutes to Hillcrest Caravan Park, Burrum Heads.  Where we bunker down for the night and eat, drink and be merry. DAY 2 (Sunday 08/05/16) We drive 17 mins to Toogoom MTB Park and ride for 2-3 hours. Then everyone has a safe 2.5hr drive back to the Sunshine Coast - happy days!! More info: http://flowmountainbike.com/flownation/promisedland-mountain-bike-trails-cordalba/ http://www.burrumheadshillcrestholidaypark.com/ http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/vernon/pdf/vernon-sf-maps.pdf [gallery size="full" ids="671,672,673"]...

April 28, 2016
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