Sun | 1 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Kenilworth (lunch at the Kenilworth Hotel) - Home. 246km. |
Sun | 8 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Tumbulgum (lunch at the Tumbulgum Tavern) - Home. 195km. |
Sun | 15 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Boonah - Queen Mary Falls - Killarney - Yangan - Freestone - Aratula - Home. |
Tues | 17 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 22 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Woodford Pub (for smoko) - Fernvale Pub (for lunch) - Blacksoil - Home. |
Sun | 29 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Tyalgum - Home via the Numinbah Valley. About 230 kms. |
Sun | 5 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Forest Hill - Murphys Creek - Hampton for lunch - Esk - Blacksoil - Home. |
Sun | 12 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - stop at Ricks Garage at Palmwoods for a break - D’Aguilar Hotel for lunch - Home via Mount Mee and Clear Mountain. About 230km round trip. |
Sun | 19 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Canungra - Advancetown Pub (break) - Tomewin Mouuntain Road - Murwillumbah (Lunch) - Numinbah Valley - Nerang - Coomera - BP Servo at Yatala. Route map is here. Approx 220 km. |
Tues | 21 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 26 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Ma Ma Creek - Nobby (where we'll have lunch at Rudd's Pub) - Allora - Maryvale - Aratula - Home. |
Wed | 1 | Ride to work! |
Today is "Ride to Work" day!! Ride your motorcycle to work! See the Motorcycle Riders' Association of Queensland website for more details. |
Sun | 5 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - smoko at Kilcoy - lunch at Yarraman - Home. |
Sun | 12 | South |
For today's ride, our enterprising Ride Captain has decided to devise a "cornivorious" route. There is a bit of double tracking involved here, but they are bloody lovely roads and no one is likely to complain, and there are certainly plenty of corners. Riders will be guaranteed plenty of opportunity to "do their thing"! This is the plan: BP Servo at Yatala - Tamborine Village - Mundoolun Connection Road to Canungra - over the top - turn right into Clagirab Road - Advancetown Pub (break) - back up Clagiraba Road - right then left into Henry Roberts Drive - to the top - down the Goat Track Road to Canungra Pub (lunch) - back up the Goat Track Road - Tamborine Mountain - Bearded Dragon Hotel - turn left then right into Mundoolan Road - on to Shell servo on Mount Lindesay Highway - right then left into Camp Cable Road - on to Logan Village Pub for our goodbyes. There is a ride route map here. |
Sun | 19 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Kalbar - Rathdowney (lunch) - Kerry - Beaudesert - Home. |
Tues | 21 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sat&Sun | 25&26 | North |
A WEEKEND AWAY! NB: DEPARTURE TIME IS 8:00am (NOT the usual 9:00am)! SATURDAY: Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Peachester - Kenilworth (break) - Gympie (fuel & break) - Kilkivan (lunch) - Kingaroy (overnight). Total distance for Saturday is about 370 km. Stay overnight at the Pepper Tree Cabins (7 Evelyn Street Kingaroy. Phone 07 4162 8008). Their cabins are air conditioned, and have ensuites. Cost is $105.00 per cabin. We'll take a courtesy bus up to the local Kingaroy RSL where we'll have tea. SUNDAY: The ride home is straightforward from Kingaroy - Nanango - Yarraman - Kilcoy - Fernvale - Blacksoil - Home. Total distance for Sunday is about 220 km. |
Sun | 2 | South |
RIDER'S CHOICE! Today is a "Rider's Choice" event. Start at the usual South Ride meeting point at the BP Servo at Yatala - down Terranora Road to the Tumbulgum Tavern for a break - we go through Kingscliff - then on to Cabarita - and Condong - stop for another break at the biker-friendly Moo Moo Cafe at Mooball (to have a look at their "motorcycle museum" and a photo shoot with their "Big Bike") (see some photos of Princess near their "Big Bike" here) - arrive at the Billinudgel Hotel about noon for lunch (see some of their great burgers here!) - and finally our goodbye stop is at McDonald's Coomera. About 250km. |
Sun | 9 | West | McDonalds Goodna - A run to Crows Nest for lunch - Home. |
Sun | 16 | North EASTER SUNDAY |
Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - - over Clear Mountain - Kurwongbah - Morayfield - Wamuran (for our first stop) - Peachester - Bald Knob Road to Landsborough - back down to Peachester again - lunch at the Ace's Place Cafe at 24 Coochin Street in Peachester - Woodford - Kilcoy (fuel stop at Kilcoy 195km) - Fernvale - finish at Blacksoil.
Total ride length to Blacksoil is approx. 290km The reason for lunch at Peachester is for those who wish to call it a day can turn right and head back to Steve Irwin Way and the freeway for home. Those who wish to continue to the end of the ride: we turn left. |
Tues | 18 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 23 | South |
BP Servo at Yatala - Mount Tamborine - Tyalgum - Coomera - Home.
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Tues | 25 | Anzac Day Dawn Service at the VV&VMC bunker. |
The Vietnam Veterans and Veterans MC are having an Anzac Day Dawn Service around their Cenotaph in the grounds of their bunker at 132 Meakin Road, Kingston. As we've done on Anzac Day for the last couple of years, Steel Horses will be attending (as a group).
The service starts at 5:30 AM, and they are locking the entry gates at 5.15 AM sharp. So we can’t be late! Steel Horses members are to meet at McDonalds at Calamvale (678 Compton Road, Calamvale) at 4.30 AM (or earlier if you want coffee and such). We will leave McDonalds at 4.45 AM and ride off to the bunker. The Vietnam Veterans and Veterans MC's Anzac Day Dawn Service is a very moving event, and one that definitely shouldn't be missed. During the service, Steiny will be laying a wreath on their Cenotaph on behalf of our club. FOR CLUB MEMBERS ONLY: After the ceremony, we will be riding back to Steiny's place for a BBQ breakfast. The club will be providing all the food, etc. See you there! |
Sun | 30 | POKER RUN |
THE FAMOUS STEEL HORSES POKER RUN!! Meet at the regular West Ride meeting point: McDonalds Goodna.
Great Prizes for the winners!! |
Sun | 7 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Mount Glorious Cafe for a break - Glamorgan Vale Hotel for lunch. Just a short run approx. 130km to lunch; but it'll be a twisty fever run for the strong. Come prepared for the ride of your life! |
Sun | 14 | South |
BP Servo at Yatala - Beenleigh - Logan River Road - left into Gardiner Road - right into Dairy Creek Road - left into Waterford-Tamborine Road - right at Tamborine Village Roundabout - left into Mundoolun Connection Road - Canungra - straight through to Advancetown Pub (bum break) - back up Clagiraba Road - left into Henry Roberts Drive to the top - down the Goat Track Road to Canungra Pub for lunch - back over the Goat Track Road to Tamborine Mountain - down past the Bearded Dragon Hotel - back to Yatala via Stanmore Road and goodbyes. There's a ride route map here. |
Tues | 16 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 21 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Forest Hill - Esk - Kilcoy (lunch) - Somerset - Fernvale - Blacksoil - Home. |
Sun | 28 | North |
Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Jinker Track - Clear Mountain - Dayboro - Dahmogah Lookout Mount Mee (coffee break) - Wamuran - Glasshouse Mountains lookout - Woodford - Peachester - Landsborough Pub (lunch). After lunch we will discuss a return route of either straight home, or through Maleny - Kilcoy - Fernvale - Blacksoil (for our goodbyes). |
Sun | 4 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Tamborine Village - Tamborine Mountain - Henry Roberts Drive - Clagiraba Road - Advancetown Pub (bum break) - Beachmont Road - Canungra Pub (lunch) - Goat Track Road - Tamborine Mountain - Shell Tamborine Village - goodbyes at Yatala Pies. Approx 180km. There's a ride route map here. |
Sun | 11 | RIDERS CHOICE |
RIDER'S CHOICE! Today is a "Rider's Choice" event. Start at the usual South Ride meeting point at the BP Servo at Yatala - down Terranora Road to the Tumbulgum Tavern for a break - we go through Kingscliff - then on to Cabarita - and Condong - stop for another break at the biker-friendly Moo Moo Cafe at Mooball (to have a look at their "motorcycle museum" and a photo shoot with their "Big Bike") (see some photos of Princess near their "Big Bike" here) - arrive at the Billinudgel Hotel about noon for lunch (see some of their great burgers here!) - and finally our goodbye stop is at McDonald's Coomera. About 250km. |
Sun | 18 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - 1st stop Peachester - 2nd stop Kenilworth - Lunch is at Mapleton - Home via Landsborough and down to BP South Burpengary for our goodbyes. Approx. 240km. |
Tues | 20 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 25 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Tamborine Village - Mundoolun Connection Road to Canungra - over the top - turn right into Clagirab Road - Advancetown Pub (break) - back up Clagiraba Road - right then left into Henry Roberts Drive - to the top - down the Goat Track Road to Canungra Pub (lunch) - back up the Goat Track Road - Tamborine Mountain - Bearded Dragon Hotel - turn left then right into Mundoolan Road - on to Shell servo on Mount Lindesay Highway - right then left into Camp Cable Road - on to Logan Village Pub for our goodbyes. There's a ride route map here. |
Sun | 2 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Dugandan Hotel - Rathdowney ( lunch) - Kerry - Beaudesert - Home. |
Sun | 9 | North | From the Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse we'll ride through a varied and less travelled route to Woodford for a mid-morning break. (Lots of twisties!) From Woodford up to the Bellthorpe Range Road and on to Maleny for lunch. Afternoon ride back through Bald Knob, Beerwah and Beerburrum onto the highway and down to Twin BP's to say our goodbyes. |
Sun | 16 | South |
BP Servo at Yatala - Beenleigh - Logan River Road - left into Gardiner Road - right into Dairy Creek Road - left into Waterford-Tamborine Road - right at Tamborine Village Roundabout - left into Mundoolun Connection Road - Canungra - straight through to Advancetown Pub (bum break) - back up Clagiraba Road - left into Henry Roberts Drive to the top - down the Goat Track Road to Canungra Pub for lunch - back over the Goat Track Road to Tamborine Mountain - down past the Bearded Dragon Hotel - back to Yatala via Stanmore Road and goodbyes. There's a ride route map here. |
Tues | 18 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 23 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Crows Nest (lunch) - Home. |
Sat & Sun | 29 - 30 |
CHRISTMAS IN JULY!! A long-running annual event for our club, and a great weekend away! Meeting point will be the Caltex South servo at 2 Telemon St, Beaudesert. Departure time is 8:00am sharp. It will be a 5.5 hour run to our destination: the Bowra Hotel in Bowraville. |
Sun | 6 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Tamborine Village - Canungra Pub (bum rest) - Beechmont Road - Advancetown Pub (lunch) - Clagiraba Road - Henry Roberts Drive - Goat Track Road - Tamborine Mountain - Tamborine Village - Mundoolun Road - Jimboomba - Waterford - Home. |
Sun | 13 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Boonah - Queen Mary Falls - Yangan (lunch) - Aratula - Home. |
Tues | 15 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 20 | North | Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Mount Mee lookout - lunch at the Landsborough Pub - Bald Knob - Peachester - goodbye stop at the BP south bound at Burpengary. Approx 200km |
Sun | 27 | South |
Something different today ... a cruisy bay run! BP Servo at Yatala - Norwell Road - up the highway to Loganholme - Carbrook - Victoria Point - Hoya Garden Plaza (coffee) - then all around, ending up at Wellington Point (lunch) - then Capalaba - Caltex servo near Gateway Arterial for goodbyes. Reasonably early finish. Route map is here. |
Sun | 3 | West |
Leave McDonalds Goodna at 9.00am travel to the Tenthill Hotel for a break via back roads though Walloon, Grandchester and Laidley. From there to O'Shanley's Irish Pub at Clifton for lunch via Ma Ma Creek Road. After lunch, home via a stop at Blacksoil for goodbyes.
Click HERE to see the ride route map. |
SATURDAY EVENING | 9 | BBQ's & FIRES!! |
The inaugural Steel Horses "FIRE PIT NIGHT"! Sit around a classic campfire/fire pit this evening with your Steel Horses mates. Fantastic! Nothing fancy, just good company and a warm fire. What an awesome way to pass the evening.
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Sun | 10 | North to the Obi Obi Bike Show !! |
Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - Woodford (bum break) - Ride straight to the Obi Obi Hall for the Bike Festival/Show (Facebook link here) and lunch (probably stay there for a few hours depending on interest levels) - head home via Mapleton - Landsborough - Bald Knob - Twin BP's on the highway for our goodbyes. |
Sat-Sun | 16-17 | North to Rainbow Beach |
WEEKEND AWAY TO RAINBOW BEACH. An "unofficial" weekend away travelling north to Rainbow Beach. All members are welcome! It isn't a very long ride, and we should get there about 3-ish. |
Sun | 17 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - first break at St Bernards Hotel on Tamborine Mountain - lunch at the Tyalgum Hotel - ending at the Coomera servo. Just over 200 km. |
Tues | 19 | ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
THE STEEL HORSES ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING! Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 24 | West |
McDonalds Goodna - Nobby via Ma Ma Creek (break) - lunch at Rudd's Pub - Allora - Maryvale - Aratula for our goodbyes - Home. Click HERE to see the ride route map. |
Sun | 1 | North |
Start at McDonalds NEWMARKET (290 Enoggera Road, Newmarket) (for a change). Lunch at the D'Aguilar Hotel near Woodford on the Mount Mee turn off. After lunch we will be heading home via Wamuran, then the back roads to Clear Mountain via some twisties - finally to Eatons Crossing for our goodbyes. The ride will be 220km back to Eatons Crossing. |
Sun | 8 | South |
Something different today ... a cruisy bay run! BP Servo at Yatala - Norwell Road - up the highway to Loganholme - Carbrook - Victoria Point - Hoya Garden Plaza (coffee) - then all around, ending up at Wellington Point (lunch) - then Capalaba - Caltex servo near Gateway Arterial for goodbyes. Reasonably early finish. Route map is here. |
Sun | 15 |
LAVERDA CONCOURS at Cleveland, Brisbane. |
LAVERDA CONCOURS
CANCELLED BECAUSE OF BAD WEATHER!! :-( RE-SCHEDULED TO NEXT MONTH ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12th 2017. |
Tues | 17 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 22 | North |
Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - through to Woodford (first bum break) - Woodford to Blackbutt Pub (lunch) - Blackbutt to Yarraman then onto Hampton (bum break) - Hampton down the range to Esk and onto the T-Intersection where I will call the ride. For those who want to go home via Mount Glorious, follow me, or home via Fernvale and the highway. Total ride klms from Castledine to T-Intersection = 327 klms. Ride time = 4 hrs + bum breaks and lunch. (Plan for a longish day.) Route map is HERE. |
Sun | 29 | South |
BP Servo at Yatala - Beenleigh - Logan River Road - left into Gardiner Road - right into Dairy Creek Road - left into Waterford-Tamborine Road - right at Tamborine Village Roundabout - left into Mundoolun Connection Road - Canungra - straight through to Advancetown Pub (bum break) - back up Clagiraba Road - left into Henry Roberts Drive to the top - down the Goat Track Road to Canungra Pub for lunch - back over the Goat Track Road to Tamborine Mountain - down past the Bearded Dragon Hotel - back to Yatala via Stanmore Road and goodbyes. There's a ride route map here. |
Sun | 5 | West | McDonalds Goodna - Nobby via Ma Ma Creek - lunch at Rudd's Pub - Allora - Maryvale - Home. |
Sun | 12 |
LAVERDA CONCOURS at Cleveland, Brisbane. |
LAVERDA CONCOURS
NOTE: This event was originally scheduled to be held last month on Sunday October 15th 2017; but bad weather caused that to be cancelled. It was re-scheduled to TODAY. Staged at the Cleveland Showgrounds: Long Street, Cleveland, Brisbane. Club Laverda is once again putting on its Concours show. This is an excellent annual event that's now in its 29th year!! Click HERE for the Laverda Concours 2017 brochure/poster. Once again, Steel Horses will have a strong presence there, complete with our big marquee (and BBQ), promoting our club to potential new members. As well, it's a great day out for all our existing members! Click HERE to see some photos of the Steel Horses display at the Laverda Concours in 2015. This is a pretty big event, and about 8000 people usually attend. The Laverda Concours attracts large numbers of motorcycle trade stalls, numerous motorcycle enthusiast club displays (including Steel Horses), and motorcycle enthusiasts both local and interstate. There's plenty of free parking for motorcycles. Entertainment includes a wide variety of food vendors, free face painting, kiddie’s rides, and live music provided by the popular local act, The Dave Ritter Band. Admission is free to children under the age of 15 years and $10 for all other patrons. Admission includes on-site motorcycle parking. It should be a great day! |
Sun | 19 | South | BP Servo at Yatala - Kyogle (lunch) - Home. About 200km. |
Tues | 21 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sat & Sun | 25 & 26 | QLD ELECTION WEEKEND AWAY!! |
QUEENSLAND STATE ELECTION WEEKEND AWAY!
On the 25th November there is a Queensland State Election; but do not stay in town to vote! Instead, come for weekend away to Tenterfield! There are plenty of pre-polling voting locations in Brisbane where you can easily vote early during the week before you go (or alternatively arrange a postal vote). Saturday 25th November:
While in Tenterfield you can listen to the town's famous song, written and sung by Tenterfield's most famous former resident: The Tenterfield Saddler by Peter Allen.
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Sun | 26 | West |
West meeting point - McDonalds Goodna - to ... somewhere!! Be there to find out where we're going to! |
Sun | 3 | CHRISTMAS PARTY! |
THE STEEL HORSES CHRISTMAS PARTY!
OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY IS GOING TO BE ON REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER!! HAIL, RAIN OR SHINE, IT'S ON!! WE'RE GOING TO COMMANDEER A VERY LARGE PERGOLA THAT'S AT THE PARK, SO THE WEATHER WILL NOT WORRY US AT ALL. Because this is a North Ride Sunday, Pyro (0413 905 141) has arranged a ride in the morning for those who would like to go for a run before the Christmas Party: Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse (departing at the usual time - 9:00am) - Narangba - Wamuran - Mount Mee lookout (bum rest) - Dayboro - Mount Glorious - and then to White Cedar Park. Total distance about 165km, arriving at White Cedar Park around 12:00 Noon for the Steel Horses Christmas Party. Alternatively, you can ride/drive direct to the location of our Christmas party. It starts at midday ... The Steel Horses Christmas Party is being held at White Cedar Park on Northbrook Parkway, on the west side of Mount Glorious, just before the D'aguilar State Forest. It's exactly 15.6 km down the far side of Mount Glorious from Hugh's Mount Glorious Cafe (which most of us know well). White Cedar Park has toilet amenities, big shelters, etc. As well, we'll be erecting our big Steel Horses club marquee, and we'll be using our own club BBQ systems. Click HERE for a map to White Cedar Park. Click HERE for some photos of the park. Click HERE to see a photo of the amenities block. Click HERE to see a photo of the very large pergola that we'll be commandeering for the day! Click HERE to see a photo of a BCC noticeboard at the park about the area. This is a club event, so everything will be provided at no cost to Steel Horses members. Keep this Sunday free! Don't miss our Christmas Party! |
Sun | 10 | South |
TODAY'S RIDE WILL START AT 7:00 AM! ESCAPE THE HEAT! Be at BP Yatala at about 6:30am for a 7:00am start. Sunrise today is at 4:45am. Ride Captain: Steiny (0419 672 216). BP Servo at Yatala (7:00am START!) - Canungra (Brekky) - Goat Track Road - Tamborine Mountain - Tamborine Village - BP Beenleigh. |
Sun | 17 | West |
Ride Captain: Sam (0419 174 201) McDonalds Goodna - Fernvale - Esk - Hampton - Crows Nest (lunch) - Murphys Creek - Blacksoil - Home. |
Tues | 19 | MEETING | Lord Stanley Hotel. 994 Stanley Street East, East Brisbane. The meeting proper starts at 7.30pm; but come earlier for dinner! |
Sun | 24 | North |
Ride Captain: Pyro (0413 905 141). This CHRISTMAS RIDE starts at Caltex Carseldine Roadhouse - then on to ... PYRO'S MYSTERY RIDE!! We'll finish somewhere! Come along to find out where! However, it will be a short ride for those with family commitments. |
Sun | 31 | South |
Ride Captain: Steiny (0419 672 216). BP Servo at Yatala - Canungra - Advancetown Pub (break) - Tomewin Mouuntain Road - Murwillumbah (Lunch) - Numinbah Valley - Nerang - Coomera - BP Servo at Yatala. Route map is here. Approx 220 km. |