At the END of the RAINBOW
Like a proverbial pot of gold, the aptly named town of Rainbow Beach sits on the shore of sparkling Wide Bay at the end of a magnificent arc of multicoloured sand cliffs. Only 240km north of Brisbane, the town is a sub-tropical holiday destination as well as the gateway to major conservation areas — world heritage Fraser Island, the Great Sandy Marine Park and the Cooloola Section of the Great Sandy National Park.
THE GREAT SANDY LANDSCAPE
Cooloola encompasses almost 62,000 hectares of spectacular coastline and hinterland between Wide Bay and Noosa Heads. From the Noosa River mouth, Teewah Beach stretches north for 60km to Double Island Point, from which Rainbow Beach sweeps westward to the township that shares its name. The northern end of Rainbow Beach is Inskip Point which, together with Hook Point on Fraser Island, form the entrance to the Great Sandy Strait. Inskip Peninsula separates the sheltered waters of Tin Can Inlet and the Strait to the west from Wide Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the east.
The Fraser Island and Cooloola landscapes were formed by sand borne by north-sweeping ocean currents that accumulated around volcanic headlands like Double Island Point.
