 About the area: As its name implies, the major attraction here is the sunshine and enjoying it on the region's 100 kilometres of beautiful surf beaches. The Coast begins at Caloundra, just one hour's drive north of Brisbane and extends to Cooloola, the gateway to World Heritage Listed Fraser Island. It takes in tranquil hinterland including the Glass House Mountains, Blackall Range, Noosa Hinterland and the Mary Valley.
Like the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast has a very attractive hinterland that makes for a perfect escape from the commercialisation and high rise development of the coastal strip. This subtropical region is dominated by the Blackall Range where Montville, Maleny and the other villages perch on or behind the escarpment and feature wineries, art galleries and boutique shops. These towns are set against a scenic backdrop of the mountains, parks, rainforests and waterfalls. A day's drive (or more if time permits) through the Blackall Range to these picturesque places is a must for visitors to the Sunshine Coast.
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Natural Wonders
Natural Attractions
Waterfalls
- Buderim: Buderim Falls
- Kenilworth: Booloumba Falls
- Mapleton: Mapleton Falls
- Montville: Kondalilla Falls
- Nanango: Coomba Falls
- Esk: Crows Nest Falls
Historic Places
- Caboolture: Historical Village (comprised of 66 old buildings)
- Buderim: Pioneer Cottage
- Kenilworth: Kenilworth Historic Homestead
- Caloundra: Queensland Air Museum
- Maleny: Maleny Light Horse Museum
- Mapleton: Mapleton Tavern; historic Seaview House (St. Isidore's Farm College)
- Glasshouse Mountains: Australian Teamsters Hall Of Fame and Spirit of Cobb & Co. (an original 1860 Cobb & Co. changing station)
- Nanango: Nobby's Corner' (1914); Fitzroy Hotel (1913); Ringsfield Historic House (1908); Berlin's Gem and Historical Museum (11 km south)
- Kilcoy: Kilcoy Station Homestead (6 km north-east, 1850s); The Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society
- Esk: The Club Hotel; old Esk Record building; St. Mel's Roman Catholic Church; old Staging Post Inn; St. Agnes' Church of England (1920) and Rectory (1884); Caboonbah Homestead (1890); Bellevue Homestead (1893)
Misc. Attractions
- Noosa: Cherry Venture shipwreck
- Caboolture: Caboolture Airfield and War Plane Museum; Delaney's Creek Winery & Vineyard; Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology; Toorbul Point Aboriginal Bora Ground (13 km east)
- Buderim: Buderim Ginger Factory; The Bellingham Maze; Super Bee Honey Factory
- Mooloolaba: Mooloolaba Wharf Complex; Underwater World; Nostalgia Town; Bli Bli Castle (recreated Norman-style castle); Ski and Surf Cable Water Ski Park; Scuba World; Topshots Adventure Park
- Kenilworth: Kev Franzi Movie Museum; Kenilworth Country Food and Cheese Factory; Borumba Dam
- Nambour: The Sunshine Plantation (The Big Pineapple)
- Caloundra: Walk of Stars (tributes to Australian rock figures); Caloundra Regional Art Gallery; Propeller from the SS Dicky (ran aground on Dicky Beach, February 1893); Caloundra Lighthouse
- Maleny: Maleny Handicrafts Market
- Flaxton: Flaxton Barn and Model Railway
- Montville: galleries, craft and glass blowing studios; Settlers Rise Vineyard and Winery
- Beerwah: scattered stone tools, long disused bora rings, middens and scarred trees of the Kabi Aborigines are found throughout the region; Australia Zoo
- Kilcoy: Somerset Dam (1935); Jimna Fire Tower, Yednia Lookout; Murumba Lookout; township of Woodford (20 km east, hosts one of Australia's largest music festivals: the Woodford Folk Festival, held each year between 27th December and New Year's Day)
- Esk: weekend markets; Wivenhoe Dam; Somerset Dam
Wine Regions
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