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4 Wheel Drive Vehicle Hire
If you don’t have your own 4WD vehicle or are reluctant to put your own vehicle on the beach, there are a number of 4WD hire companies.
www.adventurecentre.com.au
www.brumby4x4s.com.au
www.safari4wdhire.com
Tourist Flights
Rainbow Beach Scenic Flights will treat you to special views over Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island. Fly over Inskip Point, the coloured sands and Double Island Point. Seeing these beautiful areas from the air is very special. Charter flights available.
(07) 5450 0516
0427 512 718
0438 765 668
Cooloola Connections
Airport Shuttle Service, door to door Brisbane and Maroochydore airports.
Available from Rainbow Beach, Tin Can Bay
www.coolconnect.com.au
Tourist Information
www.rainbowbeach.org
Historic Steam Train Rides
This spectacular journey begins at historic Gympie station, a tribute to Cooloola’s golden heyday in the 1860’s the country side is beautiful with an abundance of curves, gradients and bridges.
www.thevalleyrattler.com
Library
Services include; access to online data bases, free access to internet and word processing facilities and an extensive book and magazine collection.
www.gympie.qld.gov.au/libraries.asp
Shopping
Rainbow Beach has plenty if boutique and speciality stores to meander around and the casual beachside ambience lend a timeless experience of relaxation
www.bitchychix.com.au
The Pub
Currently nearing completion the Rainbow Beach hotel has been redesigned to compliment its small beachside community. The hotel is a stunning “Queensland” style: building. Modelled after a traditional country pub with wide timber verandas double hung windows plantation style fans and french doors. These elements combine together to create a charming and understated beachfront hotel
www.rainbowhotel.com.au
Forest and Timber Museum
The Woodworks and Timber Museum gives visitors a fascinating insight into the timber works of yesteryear. The museum features an impressive display of old equipment form the colonial era.
Gold Fossicking
The discovery of gold by James Nash in 1867 in a gully near the Mary River began the first major gold rush in Queensland. Gympie produced the largest single nugget ever found in Queensland, the “Curtis Nugget” weighing in at over 27kg. Gold mining is still operational in Gympie today. Today tourists and holiday makers can still try their luck. Licences start from $5.95
1800 444 222
www.gympie.qld.gov.au
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