Noosa National Park Coastal Walk
If ever there was a place you would call paradise, this is it…
Kick off a stunning walk with a stroll along the boardwalk from the end of Noosa Main Beach.
This coastal track will take you past a couple of secluded beaches in the national park such as Tea Tree Bay, Winch Cove and Granite Bay that are ideal swimming spots.
We made our way towards the poorly named Hells Gate and clambered over the rocks to the Intsa-popular Fairy Pools which my nephew couldn’t get enough of!
The Fairy Pools are two natural tidal pools lying low between the basalt rocks just west of the tip of the headland and are best accessed at lower tides for safety reasons!
There is no signage for this special spot but the Fairy Pools are just below Dolphin Point – where we were lucky enough to spy a few actual dolphins playing out in the water.
The total distance (one way) along the coastal track is just over 5 kilometres but you can get away with a partial walk – especially if you have younger kids trailing along with you!
If you want to walk the whole way, you will have a beach walk section along Alexandria Bay – the coast’s unofficial nudie beach - before you reach the northern end of Sunshine Beach.
We didn’t make it this far on my first visit but apparently just before you get to Sunshine Beach there are A LOT of stairs to negotiate down (and presumably back up!)
You don’t have to backtrack all the way back, as there the inland Tanglewood Path near Hells Gate that takes you back through eucalypt and rainforest woodlands. At the halfway mark, take the elevated Noosa Hill track (which has some filtered views from its peak) back to the car park and start of the coastal path.
For what it is worth, the best views are at the beginning and Tee Tree Bay looks so inviting that I believe this is a spot I will return to again and again – even if only to search for the koalas that live in the trees around here.
The walk itself isn’t too difficult and doesn’t have a lot of hills or climbing – much of the path up to Dolphin Point from Noosa would even be pram friendly!
We managed to have a picture-perfect June day where it was still warm enough to swim and there were still plenty of people about. I can imagine that this path – and the Fairy Pools – get super busy in Summer and school holidays.
You will even spy keen surfers carrying their boards along the track searching for great waves away from the crowds.
It is easy to see why Noosa is popular with locals and tourists alike! Why not come see for yourself and book a Noosa getaway here.
