Glass House Mountains 4WD Tracks
So we get asked a lot about how to get to certain locations and 4WD tracks when exploring, so we though we’d write a post about our recent Glass House Mountains day trip and try and explain where we went if anyone wants to get there. Reading this post as well as watching our YouTube video below should give you a good idea on how to get there. Check out the Hema Explorer GPS points at the bottom of this post. On this particular day we spent most of our time at the top end of the Powerline track near Old Mud Mile and explored the forest tracks in here.
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The Crew for the Day
We had planned on doing a Glass House Mountains day trip to get some video and photo content of some of the 4WD tracks with our good mate Rick (@richierichsa) which then turned into more of a meet up with a few other people which was great. So we met up with Shane (@alltime.76) and his mate Ben and I can’t forget Stu who also came along to be our legendary spotter for the day.
We met up on Beerburrum Road at 9am, had a good once over everyone’s rigs. Was great to see Rick’s new rocksliders that he made himself. Absolutely amazing work he has done on them – check out his Instagram profile if you want to see them. They are square rather than round which is what you usually see on most rocksliders. After the rig checkouts, we aired down to 25 PSI to start an awesome day of Glass House adventuring.
How to Get There
So we met up on Beerburrum Road just off Steve Irwin Way, there is a few carparks and public toilets around here if you are interested.
We then went down Beerburrum Road, turned right into Beerburrum Woodford Road and followed this for about 10kms. Then we took a right into Glass House Woodford Road. These roads are a mix of bitumen and gravel.
Once on Glass House Woodford Road we took the first left hand track, this takes you up towards the large powerlines to a nice viewing spot of the Glass House Mountains. This is where 4WD starts to be engaged.
How To Get To Some Of The 4WD Tracks
From here when looking towards Mount Beerwah (see above photo) we took the track down the hill to the left of the large powerline (just to the right of Big Betty in the photo above). We followed this track for a few hundred meters, easy driving, and then it starts to get slightly more fun, a good little warm up for later on. The track will go down and then across a little creek (stay right) and then up a little hill climb.
The Best Viewing Spot of the Glass House Mountains
Once we got to the top of the hill at a T junction, we took the left track and then followed this around to the right and then took the left up the steep hill. This takes you to the best viewing spot of the Glass House Mountains (see photo below – this is going back down from the best viewing spot, now towards the powerline track – top section of this track furthest away from the Big Red carpark).
From here we then took the track down the hill and followed the powerlines until you get to the Old Mud Mile at the top end of the Powerline track (photo below is at the top of the Old Mud Mile).
More Technical 4WD Tracks Below Mount Beerwah
We had a bit of fun on the Old Mud Mile section, followed this to the end and then went right through the boom gate, you have to go through a bit of standing water here but don’t worry it’s a solid rocky base. Once in the forest, we followed this track for a few minutes until we got to a fork, we went left up the little hill (this track then loops around back to this point) and followed this track for a while. Mix of water, mud and a few ruts, but all very tame and nothing to get the heart rate up.
You do eventually come up to the top of a climb to the highest point in this area with a magnificent view of Mount Beerwah standing right above you. Great little open shady spot to pull up, have a yarn and a cold beer.
We then continued on about 50 metres and took the track to the right. Here we found a really steep decline, rutted out but a fairly straight line down. We all engaged low range and first gear making sure we crawled as slowly as possible down here. There were a couple sections where your left hand side front wheel got a little airborne and lost traction so slow and steady was the go. I much prefer going up than coming down. So up we went, as I was last one down I had to be the first one up.
Engaged low range second gear and front and rear lockers. If you’ve got them, use them! This uphill climb was awesome fun. Made sure to keep a good steady pace, not too fast and good throttle control. Left hand front wheel got a lot of airtime and was a whole lot of fun. The Cruisers all had no problems getting up. The Triton only had rear lockers so this made it a bit more difficult as it was hard to get traction in the front. But with some good driving and a bit of a “send it!” the Mighty Triton did it easy. We were all super impressed with how well the Triton did as well as Ben’s driving.
Once all up, we then went back out on the track we were on earlier, turned right and at the bottom of the hill, right again. This will take you past the bottom of the steep track from before. We followed this until we got back to where we earlier had the fork in the road. So we had looped around. Here there is a track to the left, would be the right on our way in at the start. We followed this track for a couple of hours until we came out under Mount Beerwah at the top of Old Mud Mile where we originally started.
This track was really technical and so much fun. There were some huge ruts and required some really good spotting and coms through the UHFs. The Oricom UHF we fitted a few months back worked amazing, coms were so clear. Stu did a fantastic job here and navigated all of us through some heart pumping situations. There was once a left right bit of confusion which led to a few laughs.
We went back down the Old Mud Mile and found a good shady spot with a view of Mount Beerwah to have a really late lunch, another good yarn and a couple of beers. Was an epic day out, met some new people, made some new mates and drove some awesome tracks. Aired back up to 40PSI and said our goodbyes until the next adventure.
Hema Explorer GPS Points
Best Glass House View:
26 deg 55’ 21.23” S, 152 deg 52’ 10.28” E
Tracks:
26 deg 53’ 25.5” S, 152 deg 52’ 45.11” E
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