A little trip north in New South Wales and Queensland.

Give or take a few kilometres. it’s a bit over 2,000km from my home town, Melbourne, to my friends house in South-east Queensland. Perfect for a 10 day road trip!

Coolah is a small town in central New South Wales. The weather there has been stormy.

I could see the isolated storms in the distance but kept dry.

It’s 950km from Melbourne to Coolah. A good days run. That night, the sunset reflected on the storm clouds were a magical sight.

And reflected on the Gum Trees.

There was a time when going out past the Black Stump was the outback. The outback is a lot further west now. You have to go Back o’ Burke to get there. (See my March 2023 posts.)

From Coolah I head north west to the beautiful beaches of Northern NSW and the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, that means crossing the mountains and there is no better road to ride over the mountains than the Waterfall Way.

To the coast and a welcoming classic hotel with time to get settled and have a swim.

Even the brewing storm couldn’t keep me out of the ocean. Overnight, the storn cleared and dawn heralded another perfect riding day.

The Border Ranges sit on the border of NSW and Queesland. The Lions Road is a relatively traffic free route through the mountains.

The picnic shelter at the lookout is the perfect place to make a coffee while the clouds lift.

Over the ranges and its into the sub tropics.

At my friends, there is a daily breakfast bar for the colourful Parrots and Loraketes.

And to visit one of my favourite places in Australia; the Bunya Mountains. Named after the Bunya Pine, these mountains are one of only two places in Australia, where you can see these magnificent trees in a forest. Majestic monsters they grow to 60 metres high and live for 600 years.

The forest is home to a diverse range of wildlife.

At the cafe at the visitor area, they serve a delicious salad with bunya nuts.

Its was all too soon to head back south over the mountains.

A stop at a friends farm to lend a hand then jump in the pool with the fellow workers. I

A storm passed through in the evening and by morning, it was a clear sky to head home.

Im really getting to enjoy the new bike. Just invites me to do more adventures.