A weekend at Toowoomba

Graeme and I headed south to Toowoomba for the weekend and had a bit of a look around at what the place had to offer. Of course the place that was number 1 on the hit list was the famous Crit track he always raves about. I had high expectations for sure but they were surpassed once I saw it in real life. The first thing that hits you is the size of the complex, it's massive! The second is how well it has been constructed, no dodgy contractors or shortcuts here. The surface is ridiculously smooth, I know we have smooth hotmix up here but this stuff is crazy smooth, almost like concrete (you know it's a south east Queensland thing). The width is amazing, it's as wide as the Highway! Another thing worthy of mention is that in almost 2 years since it's opening there is no graffiti or damage to the place! I've attached a few shots of the place for you to drool over. Oh yeah this track is open to the public 24/7.

Click on the picture and read the rules, it's purely for cycling. When we got there on Friday we saw some crazy confused guy running around the outside of the track while his bike was on the rack, clearly the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor with him lol! There's a concrete walkway around most of it too so people can access most of the track........

This is the shower and toilet block

This picture is taken from the back corner halfway around.

With the track almost a 1800 meter loop around it's a decent distance to clock a a few tough kilometers, I say tough because it's not exactly flat and has some sneaky inclines that will keep most honest. The best thing about this is you can switch off your brain and just focus on riding while on the track.

The picture below is from a yard about 150 meters from the track at about 7:30am, yes that's frost! Be prepared if you go during the cooler months!

The best thing about Toowoomba apart from the Crit track is the selection of brew shops and quality of coffee!

yes it was good!