Brisbane: A tale of two gardens
| Time | 8:00am Monday 19 July 2027 Add all rides to your calendar |
| Location | City Botanic Gardens Corner of Edward and Alice Streets, Brisbane |
| Route | Standard route 44km, 638 vertical meters Challenge 55km, 992 vertical meters Easy rider 32km, 382 vertical meters |
| Standard Route Description | This ride takes us from the City Botanic Gardens to Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens and back. We start off with a ride through the City Botanic Gardens where we will stop for breakfast in the gardens. We will then sample Brisbane’s Veloway 1 getting some interesting glimpses of the Brisbane’s dedicated busway. We won’t stay on the veloway for too long. We head west towards Dutton Park, this is where we will visit the first cemetery of the trip – the South Brisbane Cemetery. We will cross the river on a dedicated bus, pedestrian and bike bridge towards University of Queensland. We won’t explore UQ today as we are on a mission westwards towards the rest stop at Indooroopilly. After the rest stop, we check out the the Indooroopilly River and head through Treacy College towards the Western Freeway Bikeway. There will be some steady climbing as we head towards the Mt Cootah Botanic Gardens. For the stand ride, the peak of the day will be in the Botanic Gardens at the lookout. There are plenty of lawns for a picnic (if you’d like to make one) or you can go the garden’s cafe. The Challenge involves a climb to the top of Mt Coot-tha while the ‘standard’ people have lunch. The Easy Riders scoot down to the riverside bikeway after lunch. The standard route has a few more hills to climb before we settle into a steady downhill run along the Enoggera Creek bikeway. The first hill will be getting into the Toowong Cemetery our second cemetery of the day – which certainly offers great views for the dead! After that, there a couple of lumpy hills to get over (which I didn’t actually do – as I got terribly lost trying to find something a little easier). We had back into the centre of town next Victoria Park (the subject of much controversy) and Roma Street Parklands (maybe this makes the ride a tale of three gardens) and Station. We will pass the iconic Brisbane City Hall and then dismount to walk a bit of Albert Street Mall before heading down the city link cycleways back to Brisbane Botanic Gardens. |
| Breakfast Stop | The Garden’s Club 75 Gardens Point Rd, Brisbane City QLD 4000 |
| Morning Tea | Hetty and Herm’s 9 Lambert Rd, Indooroopilly QLD 4068 This is coffee caravan in a park. If you prefer you can leave your own refreshments in the support vehicle. |
| Lunch | Botanic Gardens Cafe 152 Mount Coot-Tha Rd, Mount Coot-tha QLD 4066 You are welcome to picnic in the park! |
| Afternoon Tea | Ashgrove Sports Park Ashgrove QLD 4060 |
| Register | Brisbane Takover 2027 |