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THE ROAD LESS
The Kyogle LGA is home to some of the most scenic and unique driving experiences in the Northern Rivers region, perfect for those who like to take the road less travelled.
Lions Road Originally an unsealed track between Kyogle and Beaudesert, this link road was built by the Lions Club in 1971 to create a faster travelling route to Brisbane. Now fully sealed, this is a very scenic (and shorter) drive across the border through the exquisite Border Ranges National Park and the historically significant spiral loop railway line. You can access the Lions Road by travelling by the Summerland Way and turning right at Gradys Creek Road at The Risk (around 20 minutes north of Kyogle township). Or travel to Kyogle from Queensland through Beaudesert, by turning left into Running Creek Road off the Mount Lindesay Highway at Innesplain.
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Border Loop The Border Loop is a major engineering feat, which involved building the railway line over the McPherson Range on the Queensland border. The project began in 1926 and even at the height of the Great Depression it employed around 1500 people. A memorial stone indicates the site where then-Commonwealth Attorney-General JG Latham turned the first sod in 1926. This steep terrain required new engineering achieved by a series of tunnels forming a spiral loop. Upon completion it was possible to travel an unbroken journey from Brisbane to Adelaide. To get a great view of the Border Loop, turn off and stop at the viewing platform on the Lions Road, approx 47km from Kyogle. Locomotive enthusiasts can watch the trains come up one valley, pass through the mountain twice and cross the original track, thereby gaining 20m in height.
