Tourism Noosa

12/11/2026

What's on this week in Noosa? Find all the details and more at the link below.
🏎 At the Noosa Hill Climb "The Hill" this weekend, see historic race cars, classic sports cars, modern performance machines and open wheel racers take on the 14 sweeping and hairpin corners up Gyndier Drive in Tewantin National Park. Get up close to the cars in the pits and see the racing action from the grandstands.
💝 Start your Christmas shopping at the Noosa Arts & Crafts Association Christmas Markets at Wallace House today and all weekend, with unique, handcrafted gifts. Or head to the Havana Nights Markets at the Peregian Springs Pool Café tonight, Friday, next to the skate park, with free live music and entertainment for the kids, food trucks, cocktails, artisan stalls, desserts, fun art & craft activities. The Peregian Beach Markets on Sunday have more than 100 stalls of local artists, makers, growers, fashion and live music by the seaside. See our Markets Guide for more.
🍻 Discover 4 unique local venues at Sip Happens - A Hinterland Drinks Trail Experience, with hop-on-hop-off drinks trail, live music, food and drinks at Dingo Creek Vineyard, Noosa Hinterland Brewing Co., Amrita Park Meadery and Pomona Distilling Co.
🎨 Noosa Regional Gallery has free creative activities for kids at Art Play Sunday this weekend, inspired by the current exhibition, Newer Documents, 2026.
🍃 Alsahwa Estate Food Forest Community Planting Day on Saturday includes a guided farm tour, planting and educational talk – BBQ lunch and refreshments available.
🚌 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…

09/11/2026

Congratulations to our members who received accolades at the Queensland Tourism Awards on Friday night, recognising the best accommodation, experience and visitor centres in the State - member businesses from Noosa and the wider Sunshine Coast, and our own Visitor Information Centre on Hastings Street were recognised for their excellence:
🏆 RACV Noosa Resort won the Gold Award for Self-contained Accommodation, recognising their industry-leading achievements across hospitality and sustainability.
🏆 Eumundi Markets won Gold in the Major Festivals and Events category, well-deserved recognition for this destination that is loved by visitors and locals.
🏆 Alsahwa Estate, a regenerative agritourism destination in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, won Gold as the best New Tourism Business.
🏆 Another Sunshine Coast hinterland operator, Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat, added Gold in the Hosted Accommodation category to their impressive list of previous awards.
🏆 Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World took home the Silver Award in the Tourist Attractions category.
🏆 Another Tourism Noosa member, Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, received Silver in the Steve Irwin Award for Ecotourism.
🏆 Tourism Noosa’s Visitor Information Centre on Hastings Street received the Bronze Award for Visitor Information Centres. We’re so proud of our amazing crew of 70 Volunteers and a small team of Destination Specialists at the centre, led by Clare Siebel, who provide visitors and locals with the best welcome to Noosa every day.
They’re the frontline connection between visitors, locals and Tourism Noosa members, welcoming about 200,000 guests annually with a friendly smile and in-depth knowledge to help give visitors the best Noosa holiday possible.
Congratulations to all the businesses that entered the Awards – it’s a challenging but incredibly worthwhile process where you take a good look at you and your team’s achievements over the past year. It’s also a fantastic opportunity to learn for the year ahead.
We wish our winners every success as they compete against the country’s best at the Australian Tourism Awards to be held in Geelong, Victoria in February next year.
The Qld Tourism Awards were presented by the Queensland Tourism Industry Council - QTIC.

05/11/2026

What's on this week in Noosa? Find all the details and more at the link below.
😎 Looking for ideas what to do? Need help booking a tour? Want to find a unique Noosa gift? Drop into our Noosa Visitor Information Centre on Hastings Street and our local volunteers can help out – open 7 days a week, 9am to 5pm.
📚 Author Li Cunxin AO presents his new book, The Lucky Son, the sequel to Mao's Last Dancer, in conversation with Michael Rowland at The J Noosa tonight, Friday, presented by Noosa Alive!
🚂 Step back in time to the roaring 1920s for the Murder Mystery Express onboard the historic Mary Valley Rattler on Saturday.
🌴 There’s free BBQ, Beats & Bowls at Noosa Sports Club this Sunday, with tropicana vibes (dress-up encouraged) – win prizes!
📷 Newer Documents, 2026, an exhibition exploring the enduring relevance of documentary photography in contemporary Australia, is at Noosa Regional Gallery – free admission.
🎸 There’s plenty of live music around town this week: Rogue Traders with their classic line-up perform The Anthems at the Villa Noosa Hotel this Sunday afternoon.
Damage Inc, Australia's longest-running Metallica tribute band, are at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi tonight, Friday. Then on Saturday, Don't Change - Ultimate INXS Tribute celebrates 40 years of the album Kick at the hotel. And there’s more live music at venues around town.
🧺Wander Noosa’s markets, where local growers, makers and a good coffee make for the most unhurried kind of morning, the full fact sheet is in the link below.
🚌 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…

05/11/2026

Good luck to our members who are finalists in this Friday’s Queensland Tourism Awards, to be announced at a gala event on the Gold Coast!
Alsahwa Estate
By Earth & Ocean
Eumundi Markets (Experience Eumundi)
Maleny Botanic Gardens & Bird World
Narrows Escape Rainforest Retreat
RACV Noosa Resort
Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort
And our Noosa Visitor Information Centre.

The Awards ceremony is Qld tourism's biggest night of the year and will be live-streamed by Queensland Tourism Industry Council - QTIC

04/11/2026

Tourism Noosa’s Trade and Business Events Manager Vynka Hutton has just wrapped up a busy month, talking all things Noosa with international travel trade, both in Australia and overseas.
🌏 Vynka spent three weeks doing sales calls across Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, France and the UK, travelling alongside DR Tourism. She spent time with travel agents, sharing destination updates and showing them why Noosa deserves a place on every Australian itinerary.
The response was fantastic! Agents loved hearing what's new, bookings are picking up and there's plenty of excitement around the Rugby World Cup in Australia next year, including matches in Brisbane.
✈ Vynka also attended ATEC (Australian Tourism Export Council) Meeting Place last week, catching up with Australia's inbound tourism industry and keeping Noosa front-of-mind with the people who help shape international travel itineraries.
These conversations are important in creating more opportunities for our local operators and experiences to be included in international holidays, bringing more overnight visitors to Noosa and supporting local businesses.
💚 It's also a great opportunity to share what makes Noosa so special and why protecting our natural environment is such an important part of the visitor experience.
There's a real appetite for Noosa and now is a great time for members to connect with international trade partners and turn that interest into bookings. If you’d like to find out more about working with travel trade partners, get in touch with Tourism Noosa!

03/11/2026

Celebrating International Day for Biosphere Reserves and the Noosa's place as Qld's first 💚 It's global recognition of the balance that the community has achieved between people and nature.
See below how you can get your free snapshot that explains what makes Noosa special and how we all share responsibility for it.

Today is International Day for Biosphere Reserves 🌏

There are 797 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves across the world in 145 countries. Only five are in Australia, including our home right here in Noosa 💚

Biosphere Reserves are living laboratories for sustainable development: places where people and nature are partners, not opposites. Noosa has been part of the network since 2007, and we were the first biosphere region in Queensland. Our patch of Kabi Kabi Country holds 65 distinct ecosystems, 343 bird species and the annual migration of around 18,000 humpback whales. It’s a lot for one small corner of the world.

But a biosphere is only as strong as the community that cares for it 🌿 That’s why we’ve created a free downloadable resource for local businesses, schools and tourism operators. It’s a snapshot of what makes Noosa so special and how we all share responsibility for it.

Pop it on a noticeboard, in a classroom, at your front desk or in your next newsletter, and help spread the word about what makes our home so special.

Download here ➡️https://noosabiosphere.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/NBRF-LLYLI_Infographic.pdf

Unesco Biodiversity
Tourism Noosa
Noosa Council
Visit Noosa

29/10/2026

What's on this week in Noosa? Find all the details and more at the link below.
🚴 The Noosa Triathlon’s festival of swimming, cycling and running is under way with events including the fast-paced Super Saturday, Noosa Run Swim Run, Breakfast Fun Run, Celebrity Triathlon, Noosa Sport & Lifestyle Expo, and Sunday’s Noosa Triathlon main race. Catch the free shuttle bus – check the website for times and road and car park closures. Please note that some businesses will also be closed on Sunday due to road closures.
😊 Matso's Sunshine Coast has a family fun day this Sunday, 1-4pm.
🍽 Bask Restaurant in Peregian Beach has a special long lunch on Sunday.
🎸 Don Walker is at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi tonight, Friday, and there’s plenty more live music at venues around town.
🎃 Celebrate Halloween at Noosa Marina, the Royal Mail Hotel Tewantin QLD, Fairhill Native Botanic Gardens Adventure Gardens, Australia Zoo, Aussie World and The Ginger Factory.
🥂 There are great Melbourne cup events at Cibaria Noosa, Miss Moneypenny's Noosa, The Ridge supporting Waves of Kindness, Noosa Sports Club, Noosa Reef Hotel and the Mail Hotel Tewantin.
🛍️This Sunday, head to Peregian Beach Markets by the beach or Kin Kin Market in the Noosa hinterland (the Noosa Farmers Market won’t be held this Sunday due to the Noosa Tri).
🚌 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…

28/10/2026

Congratulations to Noosa’s winners in the recent Adventure Tourism Awards for Australia and New Zealand:
🏆 Noosa Ocean Adventures – Best Day Tour/Activity.
🏆 Hana Robinson from Drop Bear Adventures K'gari Tours – Industry Legend Award.

Noosa was well represented across all finalist categories – a tribute to the strength of the adventure sector in this region.
Our Industry Development Manager Anthony Wynne-Hoelscher attended the awards to support our adventure members. He also attended the Youth & Adventure Tourism Conference, hearing insights into this important sector including market trends, challenges, and opportunities for regenerative and responsible activities for the future of adventure tourism.

27/10/2026

Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and came along to our members’ networking event at The Marina Bar Noosa last week – a perfect all-weather venue! We heard from the bar’s owner, Trent, and from Rebecca from the Noosa Tri about what this weekend’s event brings to the community.
Thanks also to The Marina Bar and Tomo from Japanese Cuisine Classes for donating great lucky door prizes.
Our next member events are our AGM breakfast ☕on 18 November, and the members’ Christmas party 💃on 2 December – we hope to see you there. Find all the details and book now at https://www.visitnoosa.com.au/members/events-training