I completed Ride 4 in the Australian Motorcycle Atlas as a continuation of Ride 11. 4 started where 11 finished to it just made sense. Plus I had to get home somehow and didn't necessarily want to ride back the same way. I mean.. who would?

After the short but punishing ride on the old Bruce Highway into Caboolture I was glad to be on the Caboolture by-pass heading toward Woodford. But, it was now just after 12 noon and I could feel a rumbling that wasn't the bike.

Feeling that I couldn't wait until Woodford, another 10 minutes up the road, I stopped at Wamuran for a cuppa'n'sanga combo. I'd been riding for a while so this also gave me a nice chance to stretch the pins, and listen to all the Harleys roaring past. Not to worry, I'd catch up with them shortly. One needs to let them feel as though they're doing well.

Having consumed sustenance, I ambled my way the extra 13 kms toward Woodford. Catching up with the Harleys just before entering the town. They stopped. I continued. My "quiet" dominance over the "loud", continues.

Ride 4 is a half loop from Caboolture to Peachester. This requires a right turn off the D'Aguilar a couple of kms out of Woodford. This stretch of road which passes through Stanmore and Cedarton is an excellent stretch of winding curves, finishing in Peachester before another swervy-curvy down the Blackall Range again. From this point I headed back toward Montville.

Rather than go back through Montville to get to Nambour I decided to take a right and head in the back way to Palmwoods/Woombye. This is well signposted just before you get to Montville. The road into Palmwoods is very winding and, thanks to other traffic, my average speed was about 50 kph until I hit the bottom of the range.

Once back to Nambour it was business as usual. This is the road I take, heading home from work, a lot of the time.

Having passed Nambour on my way back to Yandina I realised I hadn't take any photos of my bike on this trip. Easily fixed.

And there endeth Ride 4. It was a fantastic day and a good trip even for a car. Total distance travelled: 290 kms

Tags: motorcycles, road trips