Nambour to Noosa drive: Distance, time & attractions

The best stops on the Nambour to Noosa drive are the Ginger Factory in Yandina and the Eumundi Markets. By car, the distance from Nambour to Noosa is 40km, with a driving time of around 36 minutes.

The Nambour to Noosa drive connects a less glamorous part of the Sunshine Coast to what is arguably Queensland’s most attractive resort town.

Noosa offers Everglades nature cruises, beginners’ surfing lessons and marine life-viewing on a speedboat. For Noosa accommodation deals, track down the best offers here.

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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.

Nambour to Noosa distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Nambour to Noosa is 40km. That makes for a driving time of around 36 minutes.

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.

The quickest route leaves Nambour along Coronation Avenue past the Nambour Showgrounds, then joins Bli Bli Road. Keep going along Bli Bli road until you hit the Bruce Highway and head north.

Nambour to Noosa drive: Bruce Highway attractions

Near the highway, you’ll encounter walking and mountain bike trails in the Parklands Conservation Park, then cross the Maroochy River into Yandina.

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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.

Yandina brings up Asian cooking classes at Spirit House, walks on Mount Ninderry, all things ginger on tours of the Ginger Factory and picture-perfect swimming at Wappa Falls.

You can also shop at the Yandina Markets, but the Eumundi Markets further north in Eumundi are a better experience.

At Eumundi, come off the highway and take the Eumundi-Noosa Road into Noosa.

Top things to do in Noosa include hitting the surf at Little Cove, browsing the boutiques on Hastings Street and finding koalas in Noosa National Park.

Alternatively, try marine life-viewing from a speedboat going on a cruise through the Noosa Everglades, a whale-watching tour, or a surfing lesson.

For good Noosa accommodation, take a look at Seahaven Noosa, Habitat Noosa and Sofitel Noosa.