Brisbane to 1770 road trip: Distance, driving time & best stops
Brisbane to 1770 road trip: Sunshine Coast attractions
The Brisbane to 1770 road trip then passes through the Sunshine Coast region. If you’ve got time, you should spend it at the beach towns, such as Caloundra, Mooloolaba and Noosa. Click through for the separate guides to all of them, but if picking one, it should be Noosa.
Things to do in Noosa include browsing and grazing on Hastings Street, surfing at Little Cove and spotting koalas in Noosa National Park.
For other Noosa experiences, take a cruise through the Noosa Everglades, go on a whale-watching tour, sign up for a beginners’ surfing lesson or view aquatic life from a speedboat.
The best Noosa accommodation choices include Seahaven Noosa, Habitat Noosa and Sofitel Noosa.
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.
There’s still plenty to see near the highway, though. Try the Aussie World theme park near Caloundra or Buderim Falls in Buderim.
Further north, Yandina has up Asian cooking classes at Spirit House, walking trails on Mount Ninderry, plenty of produce-tasting at the Ginger Factory and scenic swimming at Wappa Falls.
The Yandina Markets are also here, but the Eumundi Markets are much more impressive.
Click for the next section: Gympie and Rainbow Beach.