The Cooloola Great Walk is a coastal bushwalking route in the
Great Sandy National Park
Great Sandy National Park is a coastal national park in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The park features untouched beaches, large sand dunes, heathlands, rainforests, swamps, creeks, freshwater lakes and mangrove fore ...
of
South East Queensland
South East Queensland (SEQ) is a bio-geographical, metropolitan, political and administrative region of the state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million people out of the state's population of 5.1 million. Th ...
, Australia. Opened in 2010, it runs from
Noosa North Shore through
Cooloola to
Rainbow Beach, and is planned as a five-day trek. The hiking trail was officially opened by Climate Change and Sustainability Minister
Kate Jones
Kate Jennifer Jones (born 10 April 1979) is an Australian former politician from Queensland. She served as a Labor Party Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2020. Jones firs ...
in March 2010.
Path
The walk passes through rainforest, tall eucalypt forest, dry coastal woodland and heath plains.
It is considered an easy walk with no long or steep climbs.
The Cooloola Great Walk was extended so walkers could pass by the
Double Island Point Lighthouse.
Walkers also pass
Teewah Beach and the
Noosa River
The Noosa River is a river situated in South East Queensland. The catchment starts in the Como Escarpment near Mount Elliott in the coastal Great Sandy National Park and meanders south through a lakes district around Tewantin.
Lakes situated on ...
, and cross the Cooloola Sandpatch.
Facilities
Four campsites with rain water supplies and toilets are available. Permits are required for camping. Fires are not permitted so it is recommended that walkers bring their own
fuel stove.
See also
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List of long-distance hiking tracks in Australia
References
External links
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Hiking and bushwalking tracks in Queensland
2010 establishments in Australia
Cooloola, Queensland
Gympie Region
Shire of Noosa
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