About Rainbow Beach.

Rainbow Beach is approximately 265klms north of Brisbane, 76klms east of Gympie and 2klms south of Fraser Island. Rainbow Beach is one of the great holiday places on the Cooloola Coast in Queensland, Australia. With a permanent population of about 1000 residents, Rainbow Beach has many facilities and tours available for tourists and backpackers.

Rainbow Beach is a pleasant little town, which has only been easily accessible since the early 1970's. It is now very popular with holiday makers, particularly four wheel drive adventurers, experienced hang-gliders and most backpackers. Dolphin, dugong and turtle sightings along the Sandy Straights are exciting. In season, whales will also be seen. Rainbow Beach has the shortest barge access to Fraser Island which is World Heritage listed, and offers northern beach access to Cooloola National Park.

A brilliant 74 different shades of coloured sand can be seen at Rainbow Beach, which is an Aboriginal sacred site. Due to its closeness to unusual areas of such natural beauty, Rainbow Beach is a popular holiday place with limited accommodation, so bookings well in advance are recommended.