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Esk Camp and Jam
03/01/2025
2026 Esk Festival Camp and Ride Report
From Thursday 19th March to the 22nd March Sunshine Coast Bicycle Club and a few friends did some rides in the mornings followed by entertainment from the Esk Camp and Jam Festival later in the day.
Riders heading off to Toogoolawah on day 2.
Arrival day Thursday saw most people meeting at the Esk Pub for dinner followed by a trivia night run by the organizer of the weekend Noel Wood.
Winners of that event were the Club President Phill, his wife Chris and Noel's wife Karen.
The next day saw a ride to Cominya along the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (BVRT) along a gravel track. The ride is about 46 km return with about 250 metres of climbing involved.
Day 2 rounded off with entertainment at the festival.
Day 3 Started with a ride to Toogoolawah.
Again, along the BVRT. About 36 km this
time. Again, a similar elevation rise of
220 m.
Day 3 finished with entertainment
at the festival.
Day 4 Started with a bicycle treasure hunt. Contestants had to look for clues around the town of Esk. Winners of this event were in Ross Sheppard's group.
Ross's group being presented with a rail spike trophy for winning the treasure hunt.
Many members then spent a lovely afternoon listening to the amateur jammers at the festival. The festival concluded about 3pm on Sunday.
Keep an eye out next year for 2 rides starting each day. One ride will be as per normal, but the second ride will be half the distance. So instead of the Cominya ride only having the 46km option there will also be a 23km option. Hopefully some new people may be interested in attending next year.
Noel Wood
2025 Esk Photo Gallery
2025 Esk Rides
On the weekend of 21 to 23 March the club had a series of rides from Esk. All up we had about 25 participants with about 18 riders all up and a few Members friends and partners and two non-riding members due to injuries.
The rides coincided with the Esk Camp and Jam music festival. So we had rides in the morning followed by music for the rest of the day. The idea of the music festival was to encourage up and coming artists to showcase their talent. Some of the talent on display was awesome.
Ride 1: Friday 21 March Esk to Coominya return
Absolutely amazing ride of about 45Km. The ride has lovely shade all about. It rises for about half of the ride for about 200m then falls for 200m. We had coffee in the park at Coominya. The surface is much better than it used to be but still there is some loose gravel and some rutted path. There used to be a number of dangerous gullies that riders had to traverse. These have been replaced by bridges in all but one case, and that bridge is under construction so next year this will be a great ride. One of our riders did have a fall on the loose gravel and lost a bit of skin however major injury was avoided and they bravely soldiered on for the rest of the ride. If riders are going to Coominya privately please be aware there is no potable water available and so stock up with water before you go.
Ride 2: Saturday Esk to Toogoolawah return
This ride is much the same as the Coominya ride with a rise till halfway then a fall back down. Its a little shorter at 40 KmI. It is a bit hot with very little shade but to compensate the surface is very good. On arrival at Toogoolawah we had coffee at the HavÁÇhat cafe.
Ride 3: Sunday Treasure Hunt around Esk
Riders had to complete a 14 km course around Esk looking for clues to a quiz. Some of the clues were quite cryptic and tricky. 14 km does not sound like much, but it took riders about 2 hours to complete the questions and there were some very decent hills to climb. Winners announced and arguments regarding the answers were conducted afterwards at Brisbane Valley Roasters. Winners this year were our President Phil Price and his partner Christine. Next year the club promises to double the prize money for the treasure hunt (The prize money this year was zero).
Noel Wood
noel.wd@gmail.com