The AGM will be held from 18-24 May 2026 in Nambour Qld.

The following is a post from Greg Gleason, regarding planning for a ride there and back.

"Les Cox and I were thinking of doing the Nambour Ulysses AGM and the question came up – how many of the best bits of iconic roads can you fit into a ride like that?  It turns out – quite a few!!  I am sitting on a few GPX files which I put together just as a test process – by no means a final outcome!!  What came out was surprising:

• Putty Road (both ways)

• Waterfall Way (both ways)

• Bylong Valley Way

• Abercrombie Gorge

• Thunderbolt’s Way

• Oxley Hwy (both ways)

• Stroud Hill Road (Stroud River Road)

• Buckett’s Way (one and a half ways)

• Pacific Hwy

• Bell’s Line of Road

• Whitfield Gap

• Granya Gap

• Snowy Mtns, and

• Mt Panorama lap (again) maybe – or maybe not…… but this time with an actual group photo up on Skyline!!

Please re-read above!!  I genuinely mean the “good/very best bits”!! The point here is that what we do is up for grabs.

It is 1900 km each way using the “quick but boring” way but a “once in a lifetime” motorcycle exploration of these roads only adds about 450km each way…….. It’d be the best 4800 km you’ve ever ridden. If a trip like this interests you, please let me know. 

The Armidale ride taught us some great lessons – ideally, a ride of more than 8 people would allow us to have (say) 4 or 5 different ride leaders that led a few days each.  I’m happy to

a) lead as many days as necessary,

b) be the group scribe - co-ordinate the planning, create agreed GPX route files for everyone’s GPS,

c) map out approximate times, search out suitable accom, plan stops, fuel, rest breaks, etc plus

d) any other boring admin type stuff. 

I’m also happy to be the “official” photographer/videographer.  As with Armidale, I’ll produce USB’s containing pictures and videos as a memento.  But it’d be great if it was a group ride with shared ownership and on road responsibility but happy that different levels of “buy in” are okay.

Please let me know if you are interested.  For logistical reasons, numbers are limited to 12 participants.    After a preliminary look, I now have 5 potential starters for an “every iconic road” visit to the 2026 AGM in Nambour.  We’d leave 15/5/26 for about 13 or 14 days, 3 of which would be at the Nambour AGM.

Feel free to contact me to discuss – happy to outline what is planned."

Greg Gleason 065231

2/28-30 The Crescent

HIGHETT 3190

0424956078