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Rainbow
Beach
Queensland |
 Rainbow
Beach is a
place no longer a secret spot as before and because
of its beauty now is part of several tourist
itineraries. The name is due to a barrier of
multicoloured sands that follows the beach for the
whole extension. In some parts, the landscape
becomes as Lunar, and with plenty of different
formations. Rainbow Beach is at the North of
Brisbane in Queensland, and in the last years it
became a popular holiday place and meeting point for
young people.
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The
beach is long
with its open sea. Swimming sometimes is dangerous
due the strong currents. For Surfing, it is an
excellent beach break with isolated picks in the
whole extension. In the end of the beach, there is a
place called Double Island Point, with perfect right
waves, in a bottom of sand and attracts most local
surfers. The only access to this point is by 4 wheel
drive cars. In fact, the beach itself is considered
as a road, and walking people must be aware of the
traffic. Pay attention to the tides, because when is
high, it interrupts the passage. After passing the
Double Island Point, they are some remains of the
passengers boat Cherry Venture, becoming a
shipwrecked during a hurricane and a tourist point
for the ones coming from Rainbow Beach, as well for
the tours starting from the city of Noosa in
Sunshine Coast. The propeller of this boat is
exposed at Rainbow Beach main square.
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Rainbow
Beach is a small town
but it has been growing very much in the last years
due to the tourism. The lifesaving club is at side
beach where a big balcony provides a beautiful view
of the sea; they serve excellent food, and a very
cold beer, very affordable. Opposite to the club,
there are the public toilets (picture) all painted
with a Surf theme. The ship’s propeller is over
there. Practically everything in the city
concentrates on the main street, from the Camping
(just behind the club), tourist information, bakery,
market, hotels, the liquor shop. The city is quite
cheerful and busy, but it lacks more shadow for
summer days.
Tin
Can Bay is another town
on the opposite side of Rainbow Beach. The bay is
fantastic and invites you to have or rent a boat to
explore the area. When we were there, (picture) we
met Dolphins, enormous Sea Turtles, and a lot of
fish shoals that made the water boil. The worst
thing is that we realised how bad we were fishing,
because after 3 hours and hundreds of baits, we took
for eating just 3 Squids and a shameless fish. I am
quite sure that we rented the aluminium boat with a
motor of 6 HP for the whole day, for only THE $40
including gasoline.
In fact, Rainbow Beach has 2 Camping sites,
one in the city, and the other in the edge of the
bay. (It is a Camping, Caravan Park and Cabins with
bathroom and TV). By car, we strongly recommend the
one close to the bay, because it is big and very
well located, all arboreous and lot of shadow areas,
providing
shade that saved me after a whole day in the sun. It
was in this camping that we rented the boat. The
only problem there is vacancy during the school
holidays. The owner told us that he has 4.000 people
of a single time.
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Cherry
venture propeler |
Camping |
Recommendations:
at least 2 days of visit, four wheel drive car, surfboard, and fishing material with lots of bait, hat,
and a good sunblock cream. Renting a boat is
worthwhile. If you are a Hang Glider, the area offers one
of the best places in Australia for Hang Gliding.
How
to get there:
After Brisbane in Bruce Highway go North until the
city of Gympie (quite interesting). In Gympie take
the highway for Rainbow Beach (80 Km asphalt).
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