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Sunshine Coast (Mooloolaba)
Mooloolaba is one of the Sunshine Coast's most popular and attractive beach towns, combining a beautiful patrolled surf beach, an excellent esplanade of restaurants and cafés, the outstanding Underwater World SEA LIFE aquarium, a pleasant marina and the relaxed Queensland coastal lifestyle that attracts visitors from across Australia. Set approximately 90 minutes north of Brisbane and south of the wider Sunshine Coast hinterland, Mooloolaba provides an accessible and enjoyable Queensland beach experience.
Explore Sunshine Coast (Mooloolaba) →Elect's take
"Mooloolaba has a pleasant and unpretentious quality that I find genuinely appealing. The beach is excellent, the esplanade dining is good and the combination of sunshine, surf and relaxed Queensland lifestyle creates a restorative coastal experience."
The beach at Mooloolaba is a beautiful patrolled surf beach with excellent facilities and reliable Queensland sunshine. The Esplanade provides a pleasant strip of cafés, restaurants and bars with a good range of dining options from casual to more sophisticated. Underwater World SEA LIFE Mooloolaba is one of Queensland's most visited attractions with outstanding marine life encounters. The marina provides boat trips for whale watching from August to October when humpback whales migrate along the Sunshine Coast. The Sunshine Coast hinterland including the Glass House Mountains and Montville village provides beautiful day trip destinations. Noosa, one of Australia's most beautiful resort towns, is approximately 45 minutes north.
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Mooloolaba Beach
A beautiful patrolled surf beach with excellent facilities and reliable Queensland sunshine.
SEA LIFE Aquarium
One of Queensland's most popular marine life experiences on the Esplanade.
Whale Watching
Outstanding humpback whale encounters from August to October off the Sunshine Coast.
Mooloolaba Esplanade
A pleasant strip of restaurants, cafés and bars overlooking the beach.
Glass House Mountains
Dramatic volcanic plugs rising from the Sunshine Coast hinterland approximately 30 minutes away.
Noosa Access
One of Australia's most beautiful resort towns approximately 45 minutes north.