Hike the Cooloola Great Walk
If hiking is a holiday must, you’ll be pleased to know Noosa has a long and windy road full of treks worth checking out. Our top pick is the Cooloola Great Walk, an 88-km walk that will surprise and delight with natural attractions (as well as test your fitness levels!). You’ll trek through subtropical rainforest, across sandy beaches and on top of towering headlands throughout this hike, so make sure to bring along proper equipment. The walk takes around five days to complete and is no easy feat, but is one of the most incredible and memorable ways to explore Noosa’s natural wonders.
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Kayak through the Noosa Everglades
The Noosa Everglades is an itinerary essential for adventure seekers visiting Noosa and the best way to experience this natural beauty is by paddling through the crystal-clear waters. Take a guided kayaking tour of the area courtesy of Kanu Kapers or undertake a self-guided kayaking experience and explore the waterways while you take in all of the natural beauty that the Everglades has to offer. Top tip – keep your eyes to the sky, as the Everglades is home to more than half of Australia’s bird species.
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Go sailing off remote coasts
Want to sail the waters in style? Fraser Island Boat Charters offers self-skippered luxury boat hire from the Great Sandy Straits Marina. Once you’ve put on your captain’s hat and sailed out of the marina, you’ll be greeted with views of Round Island, Woody Island and over to World Heritage-listed Fraser Island (known as K’gari in the Indigenous Butchulla language), which stretches more than 123 km along the southern coast of Queensland.
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Spot dingoes and more amazing wildlife at Fraser Island
The world’s largest sand island and Noosa’s nearby natural oasis– K’gari (Fraser Island) – offers an abundance of adventures. Walk through lush rainforest, take a dip in freshwater lakes, hike across dunes and discover the Maheno shipwreck on 75 Mile Beach. Plus, there’s plenty of wildlife to check out on Fraser – in the water you can spot dolphins, dugongs and turtles, and on land you can keep an eye out for dingoes, possums, wallabies and some extremely cute sugar gliders.
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Have a sky-high adventure up in the trees
Looking for an adrenaline-pumping activity to do near Noosa? Test your daredevil skills at Tree Top Challenge Sunshine Coast, a zip-line and high-ropes activity that is located in picturesque rainforest within the Sunshine Coast Adventure Park. There are five courses within the fitness-testing challenge (starting with easy and working up to Black Diamond extreme) with 100 challenges and 12 flying foxes sitting in trees more than 25 m above the ground.
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Grab a coffee and help save the planet
If you’re checking out all of the breathtaking natural beauty that Noosa has to offer, it makes sense to also do something to help conserve it. Noosa-based company Pottery for the Planet is helping to reduce single-use plastic waste with its eye-catching and eco-friendly reusable ceramic coffee cups, which make for the perfect holiday souvenir. If you’re wondering where you can get your mitts on one of these cute (and eco-conscious) coffee cups, Pottery for the Planet can be found in a variety of Noosa cafes and stores such as Noosa Regional Gallery, Café Le Monde, Noosa Chocolate Factory, Gibsons Homewares, The River Read and Iggy Sun. To have a gander at the designs, head to the Pottery for the Planet website.
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Get back to nature at this Noosa North Shore retreat
Situated at the gateway of the Cooloola section of the Great Sandy National Park, Beach Road Holiday Homes is located in the perfect position for those who truly want to relax and rejuvenate after a day spent adventuring in Noosa. Relax poolside with a book for some downtime or surf at the nearby Double Island Point, kayak on Lake Cooroibah or take a four-wheel drive trip to the ancient Coloured Sands. Whatever you choose, you’re guaranteed to have a ball.
This article was created in partnership with our friends at Visit Noosa. To plan your ideal escape and enter the biosphere in Noosa, head to the Visit Noosa website.
