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Sunshine Coast

Queensland’s Sunshine Coast with it’s magnificent line up of white sand surf beaches is just one hour north of the Capital City of Brisbane. Caloundra is the most southern beach community followed by Mooloolaba, Alexandra Headlands, Maroochydore, Mudjimba, Coolum, Sunshine Beach and Noosa. There are more delightful beaches tucked away, but these are the main ones.

There are many dog friendly beaches, our favourite being Stumers Creek just north of Coolum.

There are many relaxed restaurants and bars with waterviews and inventive menus. Try some of the following for starters:

Nguyen Bros. in Maroochydore for fantastic Pho.

Rice Boi on the Wharf Mooloolaba for funky industrial design and a street food inspired menu.

Bao Down at Mt. Coolum Shopping Centre.

Best Coffee Shops.

Markets are very much part of the Sunshine Coast Lifestyle. Yandina Market is one of the best plant markets in the State while Eumundi Market is known as one of the best Artisan markets in Australia.

The Glasshouse Mountains are a group of 13 volcanic peaks, but there are many smaller mountains to climb including Mt. Ninderry and Mount Coolum or the only 75 m high Emu Mountain at Peregian Beach.

Caloundra to Noosa Sunshine Coast Beaches

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Sunshine Coast beaches spread along 59km of coast hugging roads from Caloundra to Noosa in Queensland Australia. This article gives an idea of individual beaches so you can plan your Sunshine Coast holiday. We love the waterfalls, markets, national parks and food to table dining experiences of the Sunshine Coast hinterland, but this post concentrates …

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Things to do in Coolum Australia – Local Destination Guide

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Australia is a massive country to explore and being surrounded by gorgeous blue ocean, it goes without saying that a beach holiday is high on many holidayer’s List. Coolum Beach is located centrally between Caloundra and Noosa on Australia’s Sunshine State. It is a favourite place for a relaxing beach holiday and a great stepping …

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Noosa National Park Walk from Sunshine Beach

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The Sunshine Coast in Queensland has a stellar line-up of sun-soaked beaches stretching 65 km north from Caloundra to the celebrated holiday destination of Noosa. Most people visit Noosa and the Noosa National Park, so it makes perfect sense to combine the two in a Noosa National Park Walk from Sunshine Beach to Noosa Heads. …

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All you need to know about Eumundi Markets Sunshine Coast

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Our family are serial Queensland holiday-makers and no Robinson holiday is over without having first visited Eumundi Market Sunshine Coast, at least once. Hubby and I were discussing the other day what keeps us coming back year after year, for 20 years to be precise and so this post was born. We do love to do …

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Bao Down a Yum Bao Restaurant at Mount Coolum Sunshine Coast

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Updated October 2018. Bao Down, I bow down now to your awesome food and mural designs. Fleetingly I wondered how a yum Bao restaurant would fit the Mount Coolum shopping centre. Don’t get me wrong I love this shopping centre – it has my favourite hippy shop, Dragonfly Dreaming just two shops away from Bao …

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Best Cafes Sunshine Coast for Coffee Cakes and Friendly Service

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Since shifting from Townsville in North Queensland to Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast, we’ve been exploring near and far and have learned a lot. Many hours have been spent chasing furniture for our home and in the course of our travels we’ve inadvertently found the best Cafes on the Sunshine Coast. It is not …

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Stumers Creek Dog Friendly Beach at Coolum Australia

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There are more than 4.2 million pet dogs in Australia with 39% of households owning one. Aussies value beach-time and want to share it with their four legged friends. Just walking the dog for half an hour daily is said to improve fitness, lower blood pressure, build stronger muscles/bones, lower stress levels and give you …

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Jellies at Coolum Beach

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Sea Jellies or Blubbers are appearing like blobs of Alien gloop at Coolum Beach. I’ve seen bright blue Jellies before, but this batch is in the brown colour range. There are many different species with the biggest I’ve seen measuring 35 cm across, ranging down in size to a cute 6cm. Coolum Beach is on …

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