Start from 61 curated places around Noosa, AU, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Wasabi Restaurant and Bar
The riverside Japanese kaiseki institution on Quamby Place — chef Danielle Gjestland's seasonal degustation has been Noosa's special-occasion booking for 20 years, using produce from her own farm in Black Mountain. Two AGFG hats, river-deck seating, omakase the order.
Locale Noosa
Hastings Street's loud, lively, white-tablecloth Italian — Andrew McConnell-trained chefs, a wood oven, house-made pasta and an antipasto bar that punches above most Sydney equivalents. The Hastings Street dinner booking the locals actually rate.
Trails & outdoors
Noosa National Park Coastal Track (Headland)
The signature Noosa walk — a 5.4km one-way coastal track from the Hastings Street entrance around the headland to Sunshine Beach, passing Boiling Pot, Tea Tree Bay, Granite Bay, Hell's Gates and Alexandria Bay. Mostly flat, mostly shaded, koalas overhead.
Boiling Pot Lookout Loop
The short 1.5km loop from the Noosa NP entrance to the Boiling Pot lookout and back — the easy taster walk for limited time, with the highest koala-sighting rate in the park and one big surf-break view.
Things to do
Noosa Marina
Tewantin's small-scale marina precinct — gift shops, cafes, the Noosa Ferry departure point, fishing-charter and houseboat-hire bases, and a Sunday market on the boardwalk. The river-trip launch pad.
Camel Company Australia
Beach camel rides at Marcus Beach, 15 minutes south of Noosa — small herd, hour-long rides along the wide empty sand, sunrise and sunset sessions. Surprisingly fun, surprisingly photogenic, family-friendly.
Landmarks & sights
Noosa Main Beach
One of the few east-coast Australian beaches that faces north — meaning gentle waves, no afternoon wind shadow, and patrolled swimming year-round. The sand strip directly off Hastings Street where everyone in town ends up at some point in the day.
Hastings Street
Noosa's pedestrian-friendly main strip — a single tree-lined block between Noosa Woods and the National Park entrance, packed with boutiques, cafes, restaurants and the better hotels. The upscale-casual beach-town energy lives here: barefoot to brunch, linen for dinner.