Grandpas Guide To Renting a Car in Noosa

Hey! Grandpa Ben here with tips about driving around Noosa.

Sunshine Coast is well known for many tourist activities and destinations such as superb beaches, shopping, fishing, surfing and going to road trips. And Noosa is known to be “the jewel in the crown of the Sunshine Coast”.

Noosa has stunning scenery, excellent climate, high standard shops and restaurants, fun activities, hospitable accommodation and carries a charm that can bewitch people in this destination.

Abundant hinterland and golden beaches surround Noosa. The nearby bays and coves compliment the eye-catching background.

There are three main beaches in Noosa where you will surely enjoy when you include them in your stops in your road trip. Noosa Main Beach, Alexandria Beach and Sunshine Beach are the suitable places for swimming and basking under the sun.

1. Enjoy at the Beaches

The Noosa Main Beach is the premier beach in the Noosa area. The waves here are rarely over one meter high, and the flat sandy bottom is ideal for beginners to the world of surfing. These conditions are possible because the beach faces north - one of the few beaches in Queensland that does so. This makes the waves smaller, the sand flatter, and a safe place for swimming all year round. Noosa Main Beach is also a good fishing location.

If you continue around the headland, you will come across the beautiful Alexandria Bay. This is a clothes optional beach and is one of the nicer sandy beaches in Noosa and it doesn't get as busy as Main Beach in peak season.

Only 7–10 min drive from the southern edge of the Noosa Heads is Sunshine Beach. Across the

road and set on a hill overlooking the ocean is the Sunshine Beach Surf Club. From the beach, whales and dolphins can often be spotted frolicking in the ocean. Sunshine Beach also offers access to the southern side Noosa National Park and its secluded Alexandria Bay.

2. The Kinaba Track

A place that still includes water but this time with green scenery is the Kinaba Track. If you want to relax for a while, get off the wheel and enjoy the Kinaba Track.

Kinaba Track is located at the upper part of the Noosa River. You will definitely enjoy watching the cool surroundings as it blends with the waters. Tannins washed from decaying plant matter stain the waters a very dark color, almost black in deeper sections, which shows spectacular reflections of the twisted paperbarks and blood woods that line the waterways’ banks.

The Kinaba Track will also take you through forests, paperbark swamps and cabbage palm wetlands. You will see the vegetation varying from open forest to areas dominated by melaleucas and swamp banksias.

3. Noosa Head Coastal Track

Another stop which will surely complete your list for your road trip is the Noosa Heads Coastal Track.

The Noosa Head Coastal Track is located in Noosa National Park. Here, you can see spectacular views from several lookouts along the Noosa Heads Coastal Track. Along the track, you can see coastal rock formations and many beautiful beaches including the Tea Tree Bay, the Granite Bay, the historic Winch Cove and the sweeping Alexandria Bay. Opposite the beaches, you can see cute koalas hugging the gum trees along the track and honeyeaters that are often seen in the flowering shrubs next to the track.

Need a car for the road trip?

Go to vroomvroomvroom.com.au, compare prices of different cars from the leading car rental companies in Australia and find a car that will surely agree with your style and your budget.

-Gramps Ben