Is there anywhere to camp near Woodgate or Toolara State Forest/Rainbow Beach?

October 18th, 2009 | by admin |

Hey Guys I’m planning a camping trip with my girlfriend up north (well of Brisbane anyway) and I’m trying to decide on where to go. She’s from the states so she’d enjoy seeing both the bush and the ocean. So I kind of want a nice secluded beach that’d be fine to go on at night. I found this beach on google maps which looks absolutely huge..

http://maps.google.com.au/?ie=UTF8&ll=-26.120302,153.149414&spn=0.355115,0.723038&z=11

(down the centre of the map)

However I’ve never been there, is it a nice beach? is it fine to camp on? I’m assuming i’d need a permit and well would only be allowed to camp in the forest there? Are camp fires permitted?

Or the other option was woodgate as I’ve been there and their beaches are amazing however again I don’t know anywhere I can camp.

Finally if anyone would have any other suggestions of a nice secluded beach, that’s available for camping and camp fires it’d be greatly appreciated – beyond belief.

Thanks!

The beach you’ve found is beautiful but is difficult (virtually impossible) to get to without a 4WD. As your girlfriend is from the states, you may find it worth the expense to hire a suitable vehicle and you’re able to camp along a 15km stretch of beach between the Noosa Shire boundary and Little Freshwater Creek – it’s called the Teewah Beach camping area. You can have a fire if you bring all of your own wood and remove all traces of the fire before you leave. The scenery is absolutely spectacular and you can drive for about 40km along the beach with the ocean on one side and the coloured cliffs on the other. We’ve taken a number of overseas visitors up there over the years and it has invariably been the highlight of their visit to Australia. You catch the ferry across the Noosa River from Tewantin and then drive along tracks behind the beach until reaching the access point.

If you’re looking for seclusion though, be warned that at weekends and during school holidays, they just about need traffic lights on the beach (well, that’s a slight exaggeration) and at any time during daylight hours, there will be vehicles going past at fairly frequent intervals. It’s fantastic after the last ferry and at night though – take a star chart.
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/northern_cooloola_great_sandy_national_park/#getting_there_and_getting_around

  1. One Response to “Is there anywhere to camp near Woodgate or Toolara State Forest/Rainbow Beach?”

  2. By Ozmaniac on Oct 19, 2009 | Reply

    The beach you’ve found is beautiful but is difficult (virtually impossible) to get to without a 4WD. As your girlfriend is from the states, you may find it worth the expense to hire a suitable vehicle and you’re able to camp along a 15km stretch of beach between the Noosa Shire boundary and Little Freshwater Creek – it’s called the Teewah Beach camping area. You can have a fire if you bring all of your own wood and remove all traces of the fire before you leave. The scenery is absolutely spectacular and you can drive for about 40km along the beach with the ocean on one side and the coloured cliffs on the other. We’ve taken a number of overseas visitors up there over the years and it has invariably been the highlight of their visit to Australia. You catch the ferry across the Noosa River from Tewantin and then drive along tracks behind the beach until reaching the access point.

    If you’re looking for seclusion though, be warned that at weekends and during school holidays, they just about need traffic lights on the beach (well, that’s a slight exaggeration) and at any time during daylight hours, there will be vehicles going past at fairly frequent intervals. It’s fantastic after the last ferry and at night though – take a star chart.
    http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/northern_cooloola_great_sandy_national_park/#getting_there_and_getting_around
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