Cooloola Great Walk
Walk · Sunshine Coast, QLD
Photo: Drwnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Cooloola section of Great Sandy National Park covers 184,000 hectares of coast between Noosa Heads and Rainbow Beach and is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Rainbow Beach is a coastal town about 241 km north of Brisbane and about 75 km from Gympie by road.
Rainbow Beach's coloured sand dunes get their red, brown and yellow tones from minerals including rutile, ilmenite, zircon and monazite.
Closest campgrounds
Rainbow Beach Holiday Village
Rainbow Beach · under 1 km away in a straight line
Rainbow Waters Holiday Park
Rainbow Beach · 3 km away in a straight line
Ace Caravan Park
Tin Can Bay · 8 km away in a straight line
Kingfisher Caravan Park
Tin Can Bay · 8 km away in a straight line
Tin Can Bay Tourism Park
Tin Can Bay · 9 km away in a straight line
More walks and nature nearby
Location from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are in a straight line, so the drive or walk is longer. Check the park’s own site for track closures and conditions before you go.
