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Sunshine Coast - Noosa Attractions

For some, Noosa is an all-action holiday. Just ask the regulars who sign on for such high profile events as the famous Noosa Triathlon, the Half Marathon, and the surfing and tennis festivals. These events bring thousands of keen participants and their supporters every year but, if you're not into competitive events, there's still plenty to keep you on the go.

Beaches & swimming: Noosa's coastal geography has created a unique series of beach experiences, offering safe swimming, legendary board riding, fishing and kayaking. Depending on the wind and swell conditions, beach goers have a choice between Main Beach at Noosa Heads and the eastern beaches of Sunshine, Sunrise, Castaways, Marcus and Peregian. All year lifeguard patrols keep an eye on you at Main Beach, Sunshine Beach and Peregian Beach, with additional school holiday patrols at Sunrise Beach and North Peregian. Main Beach provides calmer waters than the eastern beaches and is popular with families. The river side of Hastings Street and Noosa Woods and the river foreshore at Noosaville also offer calm waters.

Surfing: Noosa boasts some of the best learning beaches in the world with rolling white water waves and a minimum average water temperature of 18 degrees. For the experienced there are world class point breaks from First Point to Granite Bay and often challenging beach breaks at Sunshine Beach.

Fishing: Noosa's extensive reef system starts with Sunshine Reef around 3km offshore and extends 45 km to the Barwon Banks. Excellent opportunities exist for catches of quality reef species all year round, with Black Marlin, sailfish and mackerel a bonus in the summer. You can also chase bream, whiting, flathead and mangrove jack in season along stretches of the Noosa River and bass fishing in Lake McDonald.

Other Noosa activities include diving, kayaking/canoeing, golf, rock climbing, horse riding and biking, just to name a few.

Walking trails: Put your best foot forward and get walking but always be prepared with a hat, water, sunscreen and insect repellant. The boardwalk from Hastings Street out to Noosa National Park is a great experience whatever your level of fitness but why not challenge yourself and continue through the Park and along the coastline out to Hells Gates. Enjoy stunning scenery at Noosa Banks off McKinnon Drive, the starting point for a 6km circuit through the National Park along Cooroibah Creek out to the Noosa River and return. Check Cooroibah Creek jetty information board for trail directions. At the other extreme is the 3-4 day trek along the Wilderness Trail from Elanda Point or Harry's Hut camp site to Rainbow Beach in Cooloola National Park. Details of walks can be found in the National Parks Cooloola Visitor Information Sheet.

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