Cotton Tree caravan park: Rates, location & camping facilities

The Cotton Tree caravan park offers marvellously-located Maroochydore accommodation on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Next to Cotton Tree Beach and Maroochydore Beach, prices for unpowered sites start at $46.

The Cotton Tree caravan park offers affordable accommodation on an underrated part of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. There are several great beach destinations along the coast, including Dicky Beach in Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Mudjimba Beach and Marcoola. But in this corner of Maroochydore, you’ve got the choice of an ocean beach or a river beach.

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Cotton Tree caravan park location and beach access

The Cotton Tree caravan park is on the south head of the Maroochy River near the Cotton Tree Pool. To the north-west is Cotton Tree Beach, one of the safest swimming spots on the Sunshine Coast.

To the east is Maroochydore Beach, which gets considerably more surf. There’s direct access to both beaches from this Sunshine Coast caravan park.

Cotton Tree Holiday Park in Maroochydore, Queensland — The Cotton Tree Holiday Park has direct access to two Sunshine Coast beaches. Photo courtesy of Tourism and Events Queensland.

Also next to this Maroochydore caravan park is the Cotton Tree Swimming Pool complex, which has 50m and 25m pools. Close by are parks with public barbecues and several cafés.

The options on the doorstep help to mask the facilities in the Cotton Tree Holiday Park itself. This Sunshine Coast caravan park has free WiFi, laundry facilities and free barbecues, but this is kinda standard for Australian caravan parks. There’s nothing above and beyond the standard issue facilities.

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Taste coffee and ginger, do rainforest walks, and visit the best lookouts on a highlight-packed hinterland tour.
Take a serene Noosa Everglades cruise along the mirror-like waterways – or canoe through the Everglades.
Learn to surf at a Sunshine Coast surf school – or try paddleboarding instead.
Combine sight-seeing and thrills on a fast boat tour.
Go e-mountain biking on the downhill trails of Tewantin National Park.
Kayak with dolphins as part of a beach 4WD tour.
Explore the Sunshine Coast from above on a seaplane flight.
Take an indigenous cultural tour – with bush tucker tasting.
Visit the region’s best craft breweries and distilleries on a drinks tasting tour.
Go jetskiing through the gorgeous Pumicestone Passage.
Taste wines, cheeses and chocolates on a hinterland food tour.
Watch migrating humpbacks on a whale-watching cruise.

Cotton Tree caravan park accommodation prices

There are several accommodation options at the Cotton Tree Holiday Park, ranging from unpowered sites to two bedroom villas and a beach house.

Unpowered sites at the Cotton Tree caravan park cost from $46 a night, while powered sites cost from $51. This is really not especially cheap – the location of this Maroochydore holiday park means camping prices can get shunted up without crushing business.

The villas, with reverse-cycled air-conditioning, on the other hand can be considerably more expensive. The Cotton Tree caravan park villa prices are often comparable to those of a Sunshine Coast hotel room.