An overview of the Sunshine Coast- Queensland, Australia

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The sunshine coast is home to some of the world’s best beaches, ancient mountains landscapes and sub-tropical rainforests. It is one hour drive north to Brisbane and it takes in beachside towns and cities of Alexandra Hood land, Hinterland ,Caloundra, Coolum , Kawana waters, Marcoola ,Mooloolaba , Noosa and Pergian beach. Coastal townships are synonymous with the traditional Australian beach vacation. The beaches of the sunshine coast are varied with gentle waves to serious surf.

Sunshine beaches are famous for calm waters, a sea water pool, children’s play areas, beach boardwalks and picnic facilities. Swimming, snorkeling, diving with sharks in underwater world, deep sea fishing, kayaking through canals, canoeing, water surfing and water skiing are all the activities which show the diversity of sunshine coast beaches.

The sunshine coast region is home to more individual national parks than any other region in Queensland. Some of them are Mapleton falls national park, Kondalilla national park, the Glasshouse mountains national park, Noosa national park (wallum healths, woodlands and pockets of rainforest with hoop and Kauri pine are important refuges for wildlife including koalas and rare glossy Black Cockatoos), Great Sandy national park (it offers majesty of nature’s sculptures in sand, massive dunes, towering cliffs of colorful sands and wide ocean beaches). Under water world, Mooloolaba is a multi award winning, all weather attraction .It is the states largest aquarium and oceanarium- much of it built deep beneath the ground. It offers once in a lifetime experience of diving with the Whales, swimming with the Seals or booking a Seal encounter or kiss , feeding the Stingrays and traveling back to the Jurassic period and experiencing the world of Dinosaurs. This sunshine coast attraction showcases over 2500 marine creatures, therefore offering an extraordinary day out unlike another attraction in Queensland.

There are many historical places in the sunshine coast. such as the scenic railway, valley ratter, that tour the Mary valley in the Coloola region. Another great place to get an in depth detail of the areas history is Landsborough museum in Maleny Street. It has exhibits from historical explorers, tools and equipment. It also has a library that has an extensive collection of historical documents and much more. Another spectacular historical place is sunshine castle Bli Bli. It has 24m tall lookout tower, toy and doll museum, with its fairytale diorama, a model train railway and also the dancing dolls.

There are many interesting ways to reach this unique piece of land, you can wither have a sea journey from one continent to another stopping at various islands on the way to glitter your journey with more amazing adventure or for those of you who get a limited time off from their busy life you can fly to Queen’s land using British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas Airways or Singapore Airways, the cheapest flights to Queensland Australia. For more details see cheap tickets to Australia

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