Boiling Pot Lookout, Noosa: Walk length, dolphins & whales
The Boiling Pot Lookout in Noosa National Park on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast offers excellent views towards Noosa North Shore – plus a good chance of seeing whales and dolphins.
What is the Boiling Pot Lookout?
The Boiling Pot Lookout is a scenic viewpoint in the Noosa Heads section of the Noosa National Park in Queensland. This Sunshine Coast lookout gets its name from the hole in the granite rock below, where waves roll up and bubble up as if in a cauldron.
Where is the Boiling Pot Lookout?
The Boiling Pot Lookout is at the western head of Tea Tree Bay within the Noosa National Park. This Noosa lookout is generally the first stop on the coastal walk through the national park.
The walk from the Noosa National Park to the Boiling Pot Lookout is about 0.4km long. You can add another 1.7km if coming from Hastings Street via Little Cove.
Get the best out of Noosa – 6 sensational experiences to look into
- Cruise the mirror-like waterways of the Noosa Everglades – a glorious glide through stunning natural landscapes.
- 4WD along the beaches – AND kayak with dolphins on a day tour full of easy adventure.
- Take a dolphin-watching safari down the Noosa River.
- Have a go at kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding or waterbiking.
- Take a tasting tour of the local craft breweries and distilleries – find out how the locals have devoted themselves to quality.
- Get standing on your board by the end of a beginners’ surfing lesson.
What can I see from the Boiling Point Lookout?
The Boiling Point Lookout is the first point along the coastal track where you get properly impressive views of Teewah Beach on Noosa North Shore.
There’s also a very good chance of seeing dolphins in the water below. And, during the winter months, perhaps the odd whale.
If I can do just one thing in Noosa, what should it be?
The Great Beach Drive – a four wheel drive adventure up Teewah Beach towards Double Island Point – is fantastic on its own. To go kayaking with dolphins as part of the same trip makes for a genuinely superb day out.
Take it as a massive personal recommendation – the Great Beach Drive plus Kayaking With Dolphins day tour should be at the top of your Noosa wishlist.
Noosa National Park coastal walk
The Noosa National Park coastal walk is 5.4km long, finishing at Sunshine Beach. Other good lookouts before reaching the long walk along Alexandria Beach include Dolphin Point and Hells Gates.
Keep an eye out for the Noosa National Park koalas on the way round.
On the may back, you may opt to cut through Sunshine Beach and head up to the Laguna Lookout above Noosa Heads.
12 fantastic Sunshine Coast experiences to book now
- 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.
What else to try in Noosa
There is plenty to do in Noosa. But excellent choices include a Noosa Everglades cruise (BOOK HERE), water sports such as surf lessons and water biking, plus small boat tours which get you close to the local dolphin population.
Top Noosa accommodation choices include include Seahaven Noosa, Habitat Noosa and Sofitel Noosa.
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