Route 166

Sunday Drivers Rejoice! The details are on the link attached to the photos, but this is the most wonderful way to feel alive and a great ...

Surf Spot Double Island Point This one is off the beaten track (about 2 hours at the top of our region), but if you like 4WD day trips, ca...

Kin Kin Hotel Around half an hour North of Noosa, this little gem is a local best kept secret! It has it all from amazing old fashioned pu...

 There are a number of possible explanations for Maroochydore. All are based around the black swans which can be seen in the area. Some i...

*There are two possible explanations for the naming of Maleny and both of them are spelling mistakes. One theory argues that it was named ...

Image Courtesy Of Sunshine Coast Property Group *The local Aborigines, the Kabi Kabi, called the district around Yandina 'koongalba...

  *Although there is some dispute as to the meaning of the word it is widely accepted that Tin Can Bay's name is a variant of the loca...

 Astute Alexandra Headland Coolum - Did You Know? The name is derived from the local Undumbi word gulum or guloom , meaning "bl...

Image courtesy of Trip Advisor Early settlers of the area grew fruit, vegetables and ceral crops. The first timber cutters ex...

Mudjimba, a coastal urban area between Coolum Beach and Maroochydore is 100 km north of central Brisbane. It was named after Mudjimba Islan...

Peregian Beach is a slender beachside township on the Sunshine Coast, 110 km north of central Brisbane and 10 km south of Noosa Heads.  P...

Noosa Heads and the adjacent Noosaville are 120 km north of central Brisbane, on the south shore of Laguna Bay and the mouth of the Noosa ...

Tewantin, a town, is 120 km north of central Brisbane and about 4 km inland from Noosa Heads. It is thought that the name was derived from ...

 The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke...

* The earliest inhabitants, the local Aborigines, were camping on Inskip Point, which they called Carah, up to 10,000 years ago. * On 18 ...