Cooloola offers something for all visitors. Four-wheel drive past towering coastal sand cliffs and coloured sands, fish straight from the ocean, canoe on tranquil waterways, hike through rainforest remnants and across vast sandblows and camp among blooming wildflowers.
Location
North of Brisbane, between Noosa Heads (about 155km) and Rainbow Beach (about 240km).
Welcome
Traditional Owners have a long and ongoing relationship with the area that falls under Queensland’s national parks and forests. In order to acknowledge the important connection with Indigenous people, the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) urges visitors to treat the country through which they walk with respect and care.
Accessible by
- 4WD
Park facilities
- Barbecue (wood/fuel/coin)
- Generators allowed (conditions apply)
- Information centre
- Lookout
- Park office
- Picnic tables (some sheltered)
- Telephone (pay phone)
- Toilets
- Wheelchair access (may require assistance)
- Wifi
- Tent camping
- Caravan camping
- Camper trailer camping
- Showers
- Boating
- Canoeing and kayaking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Sailing
- Walking
- Nesting birds
- Photo credit: © Lachlan Gardiner
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- Photo credit: © Lise Pedersen
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- Photo credit: © Lachlan Gardiner
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- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Briony Masters © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: © Sue Gregory
- Photo credit: © Lise Pedersen
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- Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Shelley Novello © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: © Ben Blanche
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- Photo credit: Adam Creed © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: © Lachlan Gardiner
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- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
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- Photo credit: Rob Cameron © Queensland Government
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- Prescribed Burn - Noosa North Shore 15–21 April 2024
- Pest control program at Teewah Beach and Freshwater camping areas 13–16 May 2024
- King’s Bore Circuit temporary closure 12 May to 10 June 2024
- Annual Cooloola Hazard Reduction Burn Program 15 April to 31 August 2024
- Permanent fire prohibition on Teewah Beach 1 April 2021 to 11 October 2024
- Cooloola Wilderness Trail - No pedestrian access across Kin Kin Creek 31 January to 1 July 2024
- Portable toilets mandatory for Teewah Beach camping zones 15 March 2022 to 29 November 2024
- Unstable sand cliffs and dunes along Rainbow and Teewah beaches 4 August 2023 to 30 June 2024
- Marine turtles breeding season 1 November 2023 to 30 April 2024
Conditions report
Cooloola conditions report Updated 17 Apr 2024
Critical information for your safety is included in the conditions report—always check it before you visit.