Noosa Heads.
Beach at Tea Tree Bay, 15 minutes walk into Noosa Heads National Park and 30 minutes from the main street.. There's a lot of nice places on this blog, but I have to tell you my favourite holiday spot ANYWHERE is Noosa Heads at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast about 160km north of Brisbane in south-east Queensland. The Sunshine Coast runs from just south of Caloundra to Noosa Heads. Way nicer IMHO than the Gold Coast which is about the same distance SOUTH of Brisbane. Please excuse misspelling of Fraser Island - too hard to change on these modified Google Earth images . Reasons are pretty simple - nice beaches with good surf - a compact National Park area starting a little over 10 minutes walk from the main street with good bush walks, several idyllic beaches and the chances to see some interesting animal and human wildlife - a very attractive estuary/river/lakes area with boating and fishing opportunities galore - good deep sea fishing - a neat hinterland with lots of little ...