Goondiwindi to Gold Coast by Bicycle: Day 3 - Stanthorpe to Woodenbong (granny gear)

Distance: 103 kms
Ride time: 6 hours 14 minutes
Climbing: 868 metres
Energy: 7250 calories
View the ride here:
http://cyclemeter.com/4539622a02fdb662/Cycle-20170713-0732

It's Thursday morning. For those of you outside of the second best rugby league state in Australia, I can confirm that the sun did still come up in NSW. The locals aren't happy though, seems to be all Laurie Daley's fault. Didn't realise he played.

Liberal use of the granny gear today. From Stanthorpe, there was an easy climb to about a thousand metres, which is as high as we get on this ride. We cruise across the NSW border downhill hugging the valleys and ridgelines through the mountains towards Woodenbong and the Border Ranges.

First stop for tucker was at Legume. Legume has probably a dozen houses, a couple of friendly dogs and a store that will sell you anything from the Courier Mail to Corn Flakes to a six pack of Bundy and Cola (for $21.99 in case you are wondering) and everything in between. There's no housing affordability crisis out here either, plenty of cheap real estate to be had.

It is a spectacular ride. It's a volcanic region, creating the nearby peaks of Glassy Mountain, Edinburgh Castle and Dome Mountain. They are covered in the remnants of the World Heritage Listed Gondwana Rainforest and protected in Toonumbar National Park.

The last 60kms or so are tough.

Woodenbong is a pretty sleepy town of a few hundred people. Once upon a time this would have been a bustling timber town, not much going on these days though. World class snitty and chips at the pub however.

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