Road Trip To Noosa Sunshine Coast

 

ROAD TRIP NOOSA, SUNSHINE COAST. QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Brisbane to Noosa road trip is all about exploring the beaches of the Sunshine Coast. For us Brisbane residents, Noosa is a day or weekend getaway destination. The drive from Brisbane to Noosa is 153km long, most of which is straight up the M1 motorway. Given good traffic and no stops, this Brisbane to Noosa drive should take just under 2 hours. The Sunshine Coast is a downright pleasant, relaxing, and beautiful place to be, and the fact that it’s not very popular only adds to its allure. Noosa, being Australia’s best beach town has a magic combination of surf beaches, river cruises in national parks, high quality food, and engaging shopping. But another string to Noosa’s bow is that it is relatively easy to get to.If you want to stretch out the drive there are a few good stops on the way, starting with Redcliffe,  home to a street devoted to the Bee Gees. The Bruce Highway also passes close to Australia Zoo in Beerwah. Further north on the Sunshine Coast is Aussie World, a medium-sized theme park just off the Bruce Highway. Then comes Mooloolaba, which offers a great beach, snorkelling and river cruises. You can also eat fish and chips overlooking the beach at the Mooloolaba Surf Club. Buderim Falls and Mudjimba Beach are easy stops nearby, too.

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If you want to stretch out the drive, there are a few good stops on the way, starting with Redcliffe,  home to a street devoted to the Bee Gees. The Bruce Highway also passes close to Australia Zoo in Beerwah. Further north on the Sunshine Coast is Aussie World, a medium-sized theme park just off the Bruce Highway. Then comes Mooloolaba, which offers great beach, snorkeling, and river cruises. You can also eat fish and chips overlooking the beach at the Mooloolaba Surf Club. Buderim Falls and Mudjimba Beach are easy stops nearby, too.

We dropped into the Yandina Markets first. The Sunshine Coast hinterland town of Yandina is located 112 km north of Brisbane via the Bruce Highway. It is 20 km inland from Coolum Beach. Yandina is one of the oldest towns on the Sunshine Coast, famous for its pub, the Yandina Hotel, The Ginger Factory, Yandina Station, and its charming town center full of heritage-listed buildings. The Yandina Markets is where you’ll find everything from local produce, cheap plants and so much more. It’s quite a big market which runs every Saturday from 6am-12pm. It’s dog friendly too, and a brilliant way for dogs to make lots of new friends. Our pup has so much fun.

Back in the car we headed to, The Dog Beach, at the end of Hastings Street in Noosa Woods, which offers a protected beach for families and where dogs can play off leash with other dogs. Arguably the most picturesque off leash dog beach in south-east Queensland, Doggy Beach is a large crescent of fine white sand at the wide mouth of the Noosa River, with pearlescent blue water, a backdrop of distant volcanic mountains, hemmed in by the bush of Noosa Woods. The best car park is the second major one along Claude Batten Drive (just past the Noosa Spit sign) after leaving Hastings St. Look for the shed-like shelter on the left and the entrance is just there. The most direct path to the beach leads from the far right corner of the car park.

After a few hours we headed up Hastings Street, which is the heart of Noosa Heads, loved for its wonderful mix of beachside luxury and laidback holiday vibes. Resorts, cafes, restaurants, bars and boutiques sit beside gift shops, surf stores, day spas and galleries. Hastings Street buzzes from coffee carts at sunrise to Champagne brunches, long lunches, sunset cocktails, and fairy-lit strolls along the boardwalk to dinner. There are so many fashion outlets for Kim to browse and explore

Make sure you enjoy a pint of local beer with the company of your faithful pup at Land & Sea in Noosa’s blossoming industrial estate. The beer specialists share their space with a gin distillery and have opened an ample outdoor drinking space for visitors to enjoy with their family (and pets) with their famed Mango Sour in hand. Sunshine Coast’s Coastal Strip

It was getting pretty hot so we headed off, traveling the Sunshine Coast’s Coastal Strip with windows down, feeling the ocean wind, passing first, Sunshine Beach, Coolum, Alexandra Headland, Mooloolaba finishing at Caloundra onto the M1 for the home leg.

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