Cooloola Great Walk Sunshine Coast

Enjoy long landscape views from the Cooloola Great Walk, Cooloola Recreation Area. Photo credit: Robert Ashdown, Queensland Government

Camping on the Cooloola Great Walk

Photo of two walkers sitting around a camp stove at their tent.

Camping at Dutgee walkers' camp.

Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government

The Cooloola Great Walk has:

  • Four small walkers’ camping areas between the southern and northern entrances; Brahminy walkers' camp, Dutgee walkers' camp, Kauri walkers' camp, and Litoria walkers' camp.
  • Water tanks at each camping area.
  • Toilets at each camping area.
  • A 'maximum stay' rule—only one night's stay in each walkers' camp—to ensure everyone has the opportunity to walk through this long-distance track and be assured of camping availability.

Please note:

  • Cooloola Great Walk is an e-permit camping zone.
  • Camping permits are required and fees apply.
  • A permit tag with your booking number must be displayed at your camp site.

Be aware: Camper numbers are limited.

Great Walkers’ etiquette

  • Be self-sufficient.
  • Camp only when and where you have booked.
  • Stay on the track.
  • Never waste water.
  • Observe camping quiet time after 9pm.

Leave no trace

  • Only use existing tent sites.
  • Use human waste disposal kits.
  • Never dig trenches.
  • Never damage plants or hurt animals.
  • Don’t tie rubbish bags or tent ropes to trees.
  • Pick up everything! Leave your campsite in the same (or better) condition than when you found it.

Cooloola Recreation Area, Great Sandy National Park

Vehicle Access Permits are required to drive through designated areas in the Cooloola Recreation Area. For all other camping within the recreation area, camping permits are required and fees apply.

For more information, please read the guidelines on walk safely and walk softly. View the safety video clips relevant to the Cooloola Recreation Area.

Other accommodation

Near Tewantin (Noosa) and Rainbow Beach

A range of holiday accommodation is available in and near the towns of Tewantin and Rainbow Beach. For more information, visit www.queenslandholidays.com.au

  • Brahminy walkers' camp

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    Soak up the remoteness of this walkers’ camp and enjoy superb views over Lake Cootharaba and glimpses of the ocean.

  • Dutgee walkers' camp

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    After a tiring day’s walk, relax near the banks of the Noosa River and a cultural site once known as Log Landing.

  • Litoria walkers' camp

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    Rest your weary feet at this walkers’ camp amid grasstrees and open eucalypt forest and be serenaded by the calls of Cooloola’s ‘acid’ frogs.

  • Kauri walkers' camp

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    After a long hot day’s walk, settle in for the night amongst cool towering rainforest that, remarkably, grows on sand.

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