Peta's Guidebook
Food scene
Local family, top service and caters to a wide variety of diets - very friendly, flexible and supportive staff willing to adjust recipes/meals suitable to your requirements. Not to mention picking your own strawberries in a beautiful space, with a great gift store and their famous weekend live music and paella lunches. Only an 8-10min drive from here, just down the road.
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Cooloola Berries
856 Tagigan RdLocal family, top service and caters to a wide variety of diets - very friendly, flexible and supportive staff willing to adjust recipes/meals suitable to your requirements. Not to mention picking your own strawberries in a beautiful space, with a great gift store and their famous weekend live music and paella lunches. Only an 8-10min drive from here, just down the road.
A genuine old pub style venue known for its hearty food as well as showcasing the local music scene. Only 8-10 minutes down the road.
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Silky Oak Tea Gardens
33 Priddy RdA genuine old pub style venue known for its hearty food as well as showcasing the local music scene. Only 8-10 minutes down the road.
For fresh and local seafood to cook on the bbq when you return after a day of sightseeing, stop in at Lee’s at Tin Can Bay. Ocean reef fish, local prawns, crabs and more caught from the bay...yum!
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LEE FISHING COMPANY
7 EsplanadeFor fresh and local seafood to cook on the bbq when you return after a day of sightseeing, stop in at Lee’s at Tin Can Bay. Ocean reef fish, local prawns, crabs and more caught from the bay...yum!
For locally grown, responsible and ethical nourishment, look no further than Farmer and Son on Gympie’s Southside. A fruit, vegetable and grocery store with organic choices as well as a retro vintage style cafe that caters for paleo style diets, it’s truly a must stop for the foodies!
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Cafe by Farmer and Sun
1-5 Woolgar RdFor locally grown, responsible and ethical nourishment, look no further than Farmer and Son on Gympie’s Southside. A fruit, vegetable and grocery store with organic choices as well as a retro vintage style cafe that caters for paleo style diets, it’s truly a must stop for the foodies!
Sightseeing
A short and beautiful walk, with some stairs, through native forest that leads out to the magnificent sand blow overlooking Rainbow Beach and the coloured cliffs....incredible views, great for kids to run up and slide down (take a body board or an old cardboard box!) and best enjoyed when the sand isn’t hot - mornings or later in the afternoon is best. Especially at dawn and dusk.
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Carlo Sand Blow
Cooloola DriveA short and beautiful walk, with some stairs, through native forest that leads out to the magnificent sand blow overlooking Rainbow Beach and the coloured cliffs....incredible views, great for kids to run up and slide down (take a body board or an old cardboard box!) and best enjoyed when the sand isn’t hot - mornings or later in the afternoon is best. Especially at dawn and dusk.
The true jewel in the crown...it’s amazing and diverse features are too many to describe yet all are very worth it. Day trips depart from Rainbow Beach and permits are required if travelling in your own vehicle.
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Fraser Island
The true jewel in the crown...it’s amazing and diverse features are too many to describe yet all are very worth it. Day trips depart from Rainbow Beach and permits are required if travelling in your own vehicle.
Known for the daily morning visits of the dolphins as well for great fishing, Tin Can Bay has even more to offer for a quiet seaside township....a beautiful esplanade along the foreshore, with a cafe at either end to choose from, fantastic playgrounds and bbq/picnic areas, clean facilities and with native trees and incredible local bird life to observe, there’s not much I don’t love about this place. The sunrises and morning walks with my dog, Henry, are truly sublime.
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Tin Can Bay
Known for the daily morning visits of the dolphins as well for great fishing, Tin Can Bay has even more to offer for a quiet seaside township....a beautiful esplanade along the foreshore, with a cafe at either end to choose from, fantastic playgrounds and bbq/picnic areas, clean facilities and with native trees and incredible local bird life to observe, there’s not much I don’t love about this place. The sunrises and morning walks with my dog, Henry, are truly sublime.
A small town by a beautiful, big beach that has all you could wish for a day by the surf. Swim between the flags and go for long, lingering walks by the cliffs....great for those iconic photos. Lookouts, parklands, picnic and bbq areas provided and local stores offer a range of eateries, clothing and other services. Great tours available via charter boat, helicopter and 4WD.
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Rainbow Beach
A small town by a beautiful, big beach that has all you could wish for a day by the surf. Swim between the flags and go for long, lingering walks by the cliffs....great for those iconic photos. Lookouts, parklands, picnic and bbq areas provided and local stores offer a range of eateries, clothing and other services. Great tours available via charter boat, helicopter and 4WD.
Yes, it’s just over an hour south from Goomboorian but it really is a must visit if you’re travelling and exploring the Sunshine Coast....stop in on your way through, you won’t regret the natural wonders of this much loved and cared for National Park. Easy to access walking tracks either through the rainforest or along the coast line itself, both are simply spectacular.
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Noosa National Park Carpark
60-62 Park RdYes, it’s just over an hour south from Goomboorian but it really is a must visit if you’re travelling and exploring the Sunshine Coast....stop in on your way through, you won’t regret the natural wonders of this much loved and cared for National Park. Easy to access walking tracks either through the rainforest or along the coast line itself, both are simply spectacular.
A drive through the backroads of the Noosa Hinterland instead of taking the highway to Goomboorian can lead you through many quaint and idyllic country towns with much to offer - Cooroy, Pomona, Cooran, Kim Kin and Cedar Pocket. The Vintage Junction is a great stopping point to explore the many varied retro wares and clothing and to enjoy the cafe’s yummy smoothies and warm beverages, catering to vegan diets also.
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The Vintage Junction
27 Elizabeth StreetA drive through the backroads of the Noosa Hinterland instead of taking the highway to Goomboorian can lead you through many quaint and idyllic country towns with much to offer - Cooroy, Pomona, Cooran, Kim Kin and Cedar Pocket. The Vintage Junction is a great stopping point to explore the many varied retro wares and clothing and to enjoy the cafe’s yummy smoothies and warm beverages, catering to vegan diets also.
When rainfall is plenty, these rock pools are heaven sent and a joy for all ages to explore. The two forest walks cater for different abilities - one is only 500m and suitable for most. The other, about 3km return, climbs the mountain itself. Something for everyone, public access and facilities are available.
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Mothar Mountain Rock Pools
Hill RoadWhen rainfall is plenty, these rock pools are heaven sent and a joy for all ages to explore. The two forest walks cater for different abilities - one is only 500m and suitable for most. The other, about 3km return, climbs the mountain itself. Something for everyone, public access and facilities are available.
Neighbourhoods
Gympie has a long history.... indigenous peoples settled the area for good reason - natural beauty and resources in abundance and then gold mining established it for the European and Chinese settlers (probably Americans, too!) so there is much to see and explore in Gympie City. There’s the gold mining museum, the newly restored Valley Rattler that takes you for a journey into the Mary Valley lands, there’s riverside walks and parklands at the Duck Ponds which has an all abilities playground on offer and great markets every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays. There’s much to be enjoyed in the local shopping precincts of Mary Street, Gympie Central and Southside and the local regional art gallery is also well worth the visit. And I have to mention that the views of this hilly township are particularly beautiful in jacaranda season (September through November).
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Gympie
Gympie has a long history.... indigenous peoples settled the area for good reason - natural beauty and resources in abundance and then gold mining established it for the European and Chinese settlers (probably Americans, too!) so there is much to see and explore in Gympie City. There’s the gold mining museum, the newly restored Valley Rattler that takes you for a journey into the Mary Valley lands, there’s riverside walks and parklands at the Duck Ponds which has an all abilities playground on offer and great markets every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays. There’s much to be enjoyed in the local shopping precincts of Mary Street, Gympie Central and Southside and the local regional art gallery is also well worth the visit. And I have to mention that the views of this hilly township are particularly beautiful in jacaranda season (September through November).
For everything and anything, local food and music, arts and crafts, designer clothing and jewellery and so very much more, Eumundi Markets are massive and is a great stopover either on your way to or from Goomboorian and the Fraser Coast. A little under an hour’s drive from Goomboorian, just off the Bruce Highway.
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Eumundi Markets
80 Memorial DrFor everything and anything, local food and music, arts and crafts, designer clothing and jewellery and so very much more, Eumundi Markets are massive and is a great stopover either on your way to or from Goomboorian and the Fraser Coast. A little under an hour’s drive from Goomboorian, just off the Bruce Highway.