Tourism Noosa

01/09/2026

You now have a new stop before take-off at Sunshine Coast Airport with the opening of Relay, a retail store with travel essentials, tech, health and beauty, books, gifts, drinks, food, coffee, local products including treats from Nutworks and the Chocolate Factory, and more!
It’s the first of eight new retail and dining concepts to open as part of the airport’s $170m terminal expansion. A new arrivals café will also open in the coming months 👏

31/08/2026

Congratulations to Brent and Min from Noosa Ocean Adventures who won the Tourism Services category at the Sunshine Coast Local Business Awards last week 👏
They were nominated anonymously and entrants were judged on a strong online presence including website, reviews and social media; a visit form a secret shopper; and a submission outlining their business history and current operations.
🙌 Congratulations also to our members who were finalists in the awards, including:
Restaurants:
• Bask Restaurant
• Lanai Noosa
• Locale Noosa
• Lucio's Marina
• Park & Cove
• Rickys River Bar & Restaurant
• Sails Restaurant Noosa
• Spirit House.

Antiques, Art, Crafts and Gifts:
• Coastal Vintage
• Lamington.

Tourism Services:
• Coast to Hinterland Tours
• Creative Tours Sunshine Coast
• Noosa Whale & Dolphin Centre.

Accommodation:
• Elysium Noosa Resort - MGallery Collection.

Specialised Business:
• Your Mates Brewing Co.

30/08/2026

NOOSA REGENERATIVE TOURISM BREAKFAST: SPEAKERS | PANEL | WORKSHOPS
Please join us for our Green Breakfast as we explore how regenerative tourism is shaping the future of Noosa and the role our industry can play in creating positive outcomes for the environment, community and visitor economy.🍃
Hear from inspiring industry leaders who are embracing regenerative tourism in meaningful ways.
📅 Thursday 10 September
⏰ 7.15-9am
📍 Peppers Noosa Resort & Villas, Viewland Drive, Noosa Heads
🎟 Members: $35 | Non-members: $45
🍽 Includes coffee, tea, juices, plated breakfast and fruit, inspiring keynote speaker and panel discussion
👉 Stay on for complimentary workshops, 9.30-11.30am.

AGENDA:
✅ Dave Hockly from Data Story in New Zealand shares Queenstown's regenerative tourism journey.
✅ Hear the latest on Tourism Noosa’s sustainability initiatives, including our Tread Lightly Noosa direction and current eco projects.
✅ A panel featuring Tourism Noosa members who are already putting regenerative principles into practice will share their experiences, challenges, successes and practical insights:
• Amy Gash, Lady Elliot Island
• Renton Bishopric, Pottery For The Planet
• David Stielow, Noosa Ferry & MV Stillwater
• Jodie Williams, Mayan Farm.

Complimentary workshops, 9.30-11.30am:
WORKSHOP 1: Dave Hockly – Regenerative Tourism Marketing
WORKSHOP 2: Eco Tourism Australia – Eco Certification
Please book these workshops separately after booking the breakfast.

Book your spot at https://www.visitnoosa.com.au/members/events/sept26-noosa-regenerative-tourism-breakfast

27/08/2026

What's on this week in Noosa? Find all the details and more at the link below.
🎷 The Noosa Jazz Festival starts today, Friday, for 10 days of classic jazz events across Noosa, with some of Australia's most talented musicians – there are events on river cruises, in restaurants with lunches and dinners, and concerts at venues around town.
🚂 Celebrate 125 years of Moreton, The Ginger Factory's beloved heritage train today, Friday, with special birthday train rides, birthday cake, music and dancing with a DJ, craft, balloon installation and free kids’ party bags while stocks last.
🐾 A Dog's Life: Pet Expo in Tewantin Noosa Lions Park this Sunday 29 August is a fun day out for two and four-legged visitors, with live music, educational speakers, dog ability showcase, workshops and demonstrations, puppy play zone and paddle pool, and a whole lot more.
🔥 Embers is an exclusive Asado-inspired dining experience, making its debut at The Doonan for one night only on Saturday, with select dishes slow-cooked over live fire and embers.
🚵‍♀ Also, Spoke N Trail Bicycle Company celebrate their new home this Saturday, 8am-6pm, with a welcome weekend of family fun – free Paco's Tacos food truck, prizes, deals on apparel and e-bikes, then music and twilight vibes in the new outdoor area from 4pm. See their range of road, gravel, mountain and e-bikes, apparel and accessories, and in-house workshop at 1/168 Eumundi-Noosa Road, Noosaville.
🚌 Leave the car behind and jump on a bus – all Translink public transport buses around Noosa and the Sunshine Coast are just 50c per trip.

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27/08/2026

A reminder that if your business markets to or has European customers, Tourism Australia hosts a free webinar tomorrow, Friday 21 August, with information on how the new EU sustainability consumer requirements will affect you.
The EU’s 'Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive' comes into effect from 27 September and sets strict rules on environmental and social claims to prevent ‘greenwashing’. It will also affect Australian businesses that make claims to consumers in the EU.
👉 Tourism Australia’s webinar will unpack the new requirements, explain what’s changing, why it matters, and what tourism businesses that are either directly or indirectly impacted can do to prepare.
⏰ It starts at 11am – register at the link below.

26/08/2026

🌿 ENTRIES OPEN - 2026 Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation Awards!
Entries are officially open for the 2026 Noosa Biosphere Awards, recognising the people, schools and businesses helping Noosa ‘Live Like We Love It’. 💚
This year's 7 categories:
🌱 Environmental Steward Award
🌟 Emerging Custodian Award
🏫 School or Class Biosphere Custodian Award
🐨 Thriving Nature Award
💡 Smart Biosphere Award
🤝 Social Impact Award
♻️ Sustainable Business Award.

Whether it's you, your team, your school or a local legend - enter today!
📅 Entries close Monday 21 September 2026
🏆 Winners announced Thursday 12 November 2026
Enter now at https://noosabiosphere.org.au/awards/

The Noosa Biosphere Awards celebrate our community and the environmental champions in our region. Entries open Monday 29 July.

25/08/2026

The Woodshed Restaurant at the historic The Kin Kin Hotel has won Australia’s Best Destination Dining Award and Queensland Restaurant of the Year in the Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards 2026 👏
Set in a shed behind the main pub, The Woodshed serves a seven-course degustation menu created by Michelin-trained Head Chef Oscar Holgado, that heroes sustainability, whole-animal butchery and fresh produce from their own market garden.
Gourmet Traveller said: “The Woodshed shines as a regional restaurant that places you firmly in your geographic location, surrounded by rolling Sunshine Coast hills, just inland from Noosa. Here, the kitchen’s commitment to local suppliers and homegrown produce from across the road shines through.”
Congratulations to The Woodshed!

21/08/2026

What's on this week in Noosa? Find all the details and more at the link below.
Noosa Open Studios continues until Sunday 23 August – meet the artists, explore their creative spaces, watch demonstrations, visit galleries, view works in progress and purchase original works.
The Big Bike Film Night brings some of the best cycling short films from around the world together, in a 2.5 hour screening at BCC Cinemas in Noosa Junction on 24 August.
Pete Murray performs at the Villa Noosa Hotel on Saturday. See the Joe Cocker Experience at the Tewantin Noosa RSL on Saturday, and there's plenty more live music at venues around town.
Celebrate the centenary of the Cooroy Memorial Hall all weekend, with live entertainment, a car display, family fun, and a free Street Party on Saturday.
Comedian Jimeoin is at The J Noosa tonight, Friday.
The Music Bingo Night at Noosa Sports Club on Saturday has all your favourite hits from the '70s through to the 2000s. Free to play.
Sunshine Beach Surf Club has a long lunch with Lucy and Nikki on Saturday, and an after-party with DJ TMami.
Leave the car behind and jump on a bus – all Translink public transport buses around Noosa and the Sunshine Coast are just 50c per trip.

Find out what's on this week in Noosa! The latest events, live music, dining specials, Noosa tours, art exhibitions, adventure, entertainment and much…

19/08/2026

If your business markets to or has European customers, these 2 free webinars have information on how the new EU sustainability consumer requirements will affect you.
The EU’s 'Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive' comes into effect from 27 September and sets strict rules on environmental and social claims to prevent ‘greenwashing’. It will also affect Australian businesses that make claims to consumers in the EU.
👉 Tourism Australia’s webinar will unpack the new requirements, explain what’s changing, why it matters, and what tourism businesses that are either directly or indirectly impacted can do to prepare.
🗓 Friday 21 August, 11am – free.
Register at https://events.zoom.us/ev/ArwBSSsDmeIVVvqAM1vixLkP3jZSi0hVOtEikTQhDF8VP9M41_IM~Ak9tRVrUqaWpPJN485-gCoFyDxLw-RwreptsVZ7BKfcYGFyc-1E_d07_qA

👉 The Queensland Tourism Industry Council and EarthCheck will also have a webinar about this topic:
🗓 Wednesday 26 August, 10-10.45am – free.
Register at https://www.qtic.com.au/events/qtic-future-ready-webinar-green-claims-new-rules-what-queensland-tourism-operators-need-to-know/

13/08/2026

What's on this week in Noosa? Find all the details and more at the link below.
https://www.visitnoosa.com.au/this-week-in-noosa
🌊 Celebrate the best surf films from Australia and around the world at the Noosa International Surfilm Festival (daily until 16 August), with 21 films from 14 countries, Q&A sessions with surfers and filmmakers, women in surf and GromShorts finalists.
🎨 Noosa Open Studios gets under way today (Friday) for 10 days – meet the artists, explore their creative spaces, watch demonstrations, visit galleries, view works in progress and purchase original works.
🤣 Comedian Lawrence Mooney is at The J Noosa on Saturday 15 August.
🙌 Sunshine Beach Surf Club has a family fun day on Sunday afternoon, with face painting, a petting zoo, and live entertainment with Lily-Grace from Australian Idol's top 12.
💚 Save the Green! Join the fun at the Cooroy Bowls Green, Crackerjack Cooroy, this Sunday afternoon, 16 August, with bowls and kids activities, live music and DJ, food and drinks on the green, raffles and prizes to raise money to keep the green alive - BYO picnic blankets.
🍷 The Coonawarra W**e Tasting Roadshow comes to Sunshine Beach Surf Club this afternoon, Fri 14 August, with 100+ wines to sip and savour.
🚌 Leave the car behind and jump on a bus – all Translink public transport buses around Noosa and the Sunshine Coast are just 50c per trip.

Find out what's on this week in Noosa! The latest events, live music, dining specials, Noosa tours, art exhibitions, adventure, entertainment and much…