Gap Creek Road - Brisbane

kaeotee

Has anybody here been on this road? It loops around the back of Mt Cootha from The Gap to Kenmore. I'm going for a ride this weekend and thought it was a good, probably scenic extension from Settlement Rd to Mt. Cootha.

Anyway I don't know if the road is sealed or not, or how busy it is. All my mates have both said they haven't heard of it.

MikeyOz

I used to ride alot around Mt Cootha, usually up and over it, I thought it was mostly mountain biking around the back of Mt Cootha, if you are after a really great scenic ride, do the loop out to Mt Nebo and back, now that is a scenic ride, one of the things I miss about being back in melbourne, mt cootha and mt nebo, the ride up Mt Nebo road though is pretty tough and it is a fair loop, depending on where you start from, I started from Nundah and rode out to samford, mt nebo road and back via the gap, the stretch from samford to mt nebo to the gap is just brilliant.

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kaeotee

I've heard that it is great but for this wekend I have a BBQ on Sunday afternnon at Mt. Cootha and need to end up their. I could keep going straight from the Gap but that would make for a very big ride. How long do you think the Mt. Nebo route would be if I started from Ferny Grove (train station)?

Did you ever ride to Mt. Mee? I was going to do that last Sunday but the weather was awful.

MikeyOz

Never got as far as Mt Mee, but quite often did a Sunday ride again from Nundah up to Dayboro (for a doghnut) then Samford and back, that was a great ride and "predominantly" flat, I think from memory, Mt Mee is not "that" much furthur from Dayboro another 20 kms ? Good road though and usually pretty quiet.

I used to go past Ferny Creek train station on the way back, would cut a fair bit of riding out, but you would still want to leave a good 3 or 4 hours for the ride, obviously depending on your riding level, all depends on how you handle the climb up Mt Nebo Road, I cant remember the sign post now, there is a sign post that says im sure "11%" gradient, it is 2 kilometres from that sign to the t-intersection where you head left to Mt Nebo, having shakes thinking about it now, can get very hot as well, depending on the time of the day.

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