Sunday ride home

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I've a mate who occasionally asks me to go fishing for a few days on [url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Moreton+Island,+Brisbane,+Queensland&hl=en&ll=-27.087251,153.415833&spn=1.09672,2.113495&sll=-27.470506,154.068146&sspn=1.092944,2.113495&oq=Moreton,+Queensland&hnear=Moreton+Island&t=m&z=10]Moreton Island just off Brisbane. It's no place for the CB1100 as it's a sand island, so I had to abandon it at the ferry terminal in Brisbane where it waited patiently for my return.

There's no ride report on the trip down as it was a straight line squirt down the free-way and unmemorable in most respects, except for having to put on the waterproof kit only then to have to take it off again. (It's too hot to ride in it if it isn't raining).

The day after I got back from the island I decided to take [url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msid=201247423130042081552.0004f3c17adf80ed21e84&msa=0&ll=-27.105589,153.432312&spn=2.193019,4.22699]the scenic route home. It involves leaving Brisbane to the west and heading up Mt Nebo to the north-west. It's a pretty climb and a bikers' paradise as it twists and turns. It was particularly so given it was Sunday and a reasonable day at that.

Leaving Brisbane

Heading up the mountain



In the township of Mt Nebo, I stopped for egss, bacon and coffee at a café where I could watch the bikes coming out of a corner.

Views from the Café




A few kilometres after leaving the café, I chose to go down the mountain again to Samford, rather than continue through Mt Glorious and down to Lake Wivenhoe. The road down to the lake has some great twisties, but I wasn't willing to travel the extra distance.

Down the hill to Samford

After Samford, the road leads through Dayboro and up onto Mt Mee, a fantastic ride I've talked about before. Plenty of twisties and bikes.

Mt Mee Road

Due to photo limits, part 2 follows.
There's a café atop Mt Mee where I took these photos, the first one's for Buffalohead:







Finally, across the plain to the excellent hill to Maleny




From Maleny there's a great view south to the Glasshouse Mountains.


That's it for photos; the camera battery went flat. But I made it home without putting a wheel on a freeway.