Guidebook for Rainbow Beach
Food Scene
Relaxed casual atmosphere, BYO and good value meals breakfast through dinner, with adjoining art gallery
Cafe Jilarty at Rainbow
12 Rainbow Beach RdRelaxed casual atmosphere, BYO and good value meals breakfast through dinner, with adjoining art gallery
Modern, relatively large venue, with great meals, efficient and super fast service, with inside and verandah dining - An active bar with frequent live entertainment and large TVs showing current sporting events
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Rainbow Beach Hotel
1 Rainbow Beach RdModern, relatively large venue, with great meals, efficient and super fast service, with inside and verandah dining - An active bar with frequent live entertainment and large TVs showing current sporting events
Located overlooking the surf, serving breakfast through to dinner. Seafood specialties. Has an outside viewing platform with high stools & tables, overlooking the expansive beach; great for sun-downers
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Rainbow Beach Surf Life saving Club
1 Wide Bay EsplanadeLocated overlooking the surf, serving breakfast through to dinner. Seafood specialties. Has an outside viewing platform with high stools & tables, overlooking the expansive beach; great for sun-downers
Because they make the best juices, smoothies and breakfast options. In my opinion, clearly the outright BEST burger winner in Rainbow Beach (possibly Australia)....Try 'The Works' burger (10/10)
Rainbow Fruit
1 Rainbow Beach RdBecause they make the best juices, smoothies and breakfast options. In my opinion, clearly the outright BEST burger winner in Rainbow Beach (possibly Australia)....Try 'The Works' burger (10/10)
Generous servings, order at the bar quick service, and generally excellent value. Outdoor deck seating overlooking the bowling lawn, or inside seating.
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Rainbow Beach Sports Recreation and Memorial Club
LOT 1 Turana StGenerous servings, order at the bar quick service, and generally excellent value. Outdoor deck seating overlooking the bowling lawn, or inside seating.
Parks & Nature
A great place for short or long hikes and bushwalks, with freshwater lakes, beach access, coloured sands, picnic spots, and cool shady rain forest - All easily accessed a few metres from our front door
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Great-Sandy-Nationalpark
A great place for short or long hikes and bushwalks, with freshwater lakes, beach access, coloured sands, picnic spots, and cool shady rain forest - All easily accessed a few metres from our front door
A crisp spring-fed creek for swimming and wading, about 8 km out of town, on the main road in/out of Rainbow Beach. Filled with cool, clear, gently flowing water, with eels and catfish, it is perfectly safe - A must-do on hot mid-Summer days. Off-road parking is provided, with an information kiosk, and signed boardwalks to platforms surrounding the waterholes.
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Searys Creek
A crisp spring-fed creek for swimming and wading, about 8 km out of town, on the main road in/out of Rainbow Beach. Filled with cool, clear, gently flowing water, with eels and catfish, it is perfectly safe - A must-do on hot mid-Summer days. Off-road parking is provided, with an information kiosk, and signed boardwalks to platforms surrounding the waterholes.
Beautiful peaceful setting, feels remote after a 1.5 hour forest walk. Great spot for artists.
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Poona Lake
Beautiful peaceful setting, feels remote after a 1.5 hour forest walk. Great spot for artists.
Shopping
Your closest food and household grocery supermarket, on your left hand side soon after entering the town of Rainbow Beach
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IGA
48 Rainbow Beach RdYour closest food and household grocery supermarket, on your left hand side soon after entering the town of Rainbow Beach
A much larger version of the IGA supermarket in Rainbow Beach, Woolworths is 22 km in the town of Cooloola Cove, on the main road in/out of Rainbow Beach
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Woolworths
Queen Elizabeth DriveA much larger version of the IGA supermarket in Rainbow Beach, Woolworths is 22 km in the town of Cooloola Cove, on the main road in/out of Rainbow Beach
Arts & Culture
Frequent exhibitions of local artists. Beautiful architectural building but modern infrastructure inside and extremely helpful voluntary staff members.
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Gympie Regional Gallery
39 Nash StFrequent exhibitions of local artists. Beautiful architectural building but modern infrastructure inside and extremely helpful voluntary staff members.