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    I found this on a map search yesterday which looked rather interesting. This morning I went to investigate and did the run downhill first then back up. The seal is good for QLD, 2 slips at present on the road but they are being repaired properly. Road is 2 lanes but very narrow in places. Over the 6 KM of road the elevation drops 200m with a 10% gradient- this is the exciting part. Uphill- strong gearbox needed, downhill- big brakes needed. This road is the short cut from Montville to Palmwoods (Montville-Palmwoods Rd). Next time anyone is up here check it out. Not for the faint hearted.

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    We call that spaghetti hill. Haven't been down that road since they fixed it

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    Good to see that money being spent on a twisty road up in the hinterland. I do a Google map search every Friday arvo before I leave work to try and find a road that looks like a challenge. Todays run was a bonus. Last week was a dirt road with bits of sealed section, thought I was going to loose my sump pan!! good old QLD roads. Wont stop look though.

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    There's lots of good roads in and around Maleny, Montville, Palmwoods and Kenilworth. Won't say any more as a lot of these are kept quiet for obvious reasons...
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    I did the early morning hills run on Monday also. Ended up at the top of the range by the TV tower from Woombye, don't know how I got there but lots of fun!! Anyone know of any maps that show speed limits on each of the roads? I might have to ask someone from the council. I think that would be an easy way to plot a run.

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