[QLD] my little secret

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[QLD] my little secret

Postby dazzana8 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:25 pm

not sure if anyone has heard of lamington park national rd in qld but its a wicked little drive its very long, twisty as hell and as a bonus has the rainforest skywalk at the end which is great to check out before you turn around and do it all again! a good drive to get there is up nebo down glorious (warmup :D) and follow the signs to Canugra and you will see the rainforest skywalk turn off ... just a warning it starts off fairly straight but it gets really tight and alot of blind corners you have to really watch out for on coming traffic ...

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=Lamington+National+Park+Road,+Canungra,+Queensland&hl=en&ll=-28.067588,153.154736&spn=0.090732,0.154324&sll=-28.018575,153.163576&sspn=0.043568,0.109863&vpsrc=6&gl=au&t=m&z=13


(sorry i dont know how to post maps :( )

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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby NMX516 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:14 pm

Yep, I've heard of it - first went up there when I was 3 months old, and have been up there many times since, and before there was ever any bitumen on it and it was much narrower. It's now a wide open highway by comparison. The MX5 club QLD have done a few runs up there over the years too. It's a great drive, but it's far from a secret sorry mate :) Do it mid week to reduce the amount of traffic you encounter as there are plenty of tourist buses heading up and back on the weekends.
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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby project.r.racing » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:10 pm

dont like it. to many potholes, crappy surfaces, buses, fwds. too well known tourist spot nowadays.

around the corner is beechmont. 10% of the cars and much better and faster corners.

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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby CaptainNate » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:33 am

Has anyone done this drive in the early morning? Say before 9am?
Last time my father and I went up to tamborine for a cruise day (Fathers day) we stopped off at Canungra to feed the beast and the lovely lady pointed us towards this road, but we couldn't find it (Her directions weren't very good.)

We were planning on doing the Kings way run in a few weeks time, so if we leave early enough I might give this a go.
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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby JBT » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:27 am

What's the "Kings way run" :?:
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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby CaptainNate » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:30 pm

I forgot the name of the road, but ill see if I can make up a map :) Ill start a nrw thread, and if people are keen we can make a day of it. (And ill finally meet people!)
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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby JBT » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:44 pm

You should come on an MX-5 club run some time.
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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby CaptainNate » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:33 pm

Aww I've been meaning too. But I've been working everyday there has been one :(
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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby Kev05 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:05 pm

CaptainNate wrote:I forgot the name of the road, but ill see if I can make up a map :) Ill start a nrw thread, and if people are keen we can make a day of it. (And ill finally meet people!)


Do you have the map or have you started a new thread?

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Re: [QLD] my little secret

Postby CaptainNate » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:25 am

Just posted a new thread up for us to chat on. http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=55111
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