Sunshine Coast
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia.
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. In 1967, it was defined as "the area contained in the [former] Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located 100 km (62 mi) north of the centre of Brisbane in South East Queensland, on the Coral Sea coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km (37 mi) of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin.
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Worth seeing in and around Sunshine Coast
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sea Life Sunshine Coast
Sea Life Sunshine Coast is a marine mammal park, oceanarium and wildlife sanctuary at Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Sea Life Sunshine Coast is an institutional member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association.
4.2 km · marine mammal park in Sunshine Coast, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Cotton Tree Caravan Park
Cotton Tree Caravan Park is a heritage-listed caravan park at Cotton Tree Parade, Cotton Tree, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 3 April 2009.
800 m · heritage-listed caravan park in Cotton Tree, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Buderim Mountain State School
Buderim Mountain State School is a heritage-listed state school and war memorial at 8–42 Main Street, Buderim, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Department of Public Works and built from 1936 to 1948.
5.3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Buderim House
Buderim House is a heritage-listed homestead at 10 Orme Road, Buderim, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Trotter and built c. 1915 by Christian Schriver.
4.2 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Canambie Homestead
Canambie Homestead is a heritage-listed plantation at 12 Dixon Road, Buderim, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1883.
4.2 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Pioneer Cottage, Buderim
Pioneer Cottage is a heritage-listed homestead at 5 Pioneer Crescent, Buderim, Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1882.
5.6 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Point Cartwright Light
Point Cartwright Light is an active lighthouse located on Point Cartwright, a point near the mouth of the Mooloolah River, in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. It marks the entrance to the North West Channel, a deep water channel into Moreton Bay and the Port of Brisbane, and provides guidance into the Mooloolaba Harbour.
5.3 km · lighthouse in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sunshine Coast
- Airports
- Sunshine Coast (MCY), 7 km · Brisbane (BNE), 81 km · Toowoomba Wellcamp (WTB), 163 km
- Stations
- Sunshine Coast Airport, 5.7 km
- Brisbane → Sunshine Coast90 km · quickest by road, 2h · A$12–16
- Toowoomba → Sunshine Coast150 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · A$27–36
- Gold Coast → Sunshine Coast153 km · quickest by road, 2h 55m · A$22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Sunshine Coast
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sunshine Coast. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBC Ferries is the main way to reach the Sunshine Coast, and the options to reach this area are either from the Vancouver area or from Vancouver Island.
- Get innear Gibsons — in West Vancouver: 40 minute vehicle ferry crossing and the main point of entry into the Sunshine Coast.
- Get in— : 1 hour 25 minutes vehicle ferry crossing connecting with Vancouver Island.
- Get aroundBC Transit operates regular bus service connecting the Sunshine Coast (Langdale) ferry terminal, Gibsons, and Sechelt.
- Get aroundBC Transit does not offer service between Half Moon Bay (10-15 minutes drive north of Sechelt) and the Sunshine Coast (Earls Cove) ferry terminal.
From Wikivoyage: Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2024-06.
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Next door to Sunshine Coast
- Mooloolabasuburb of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia3.9 km
- Maroochydoretown in Queensland, Australia800 m
- Buderimtown in Queensland, Australia5.3 km
- Twin Waterssuburb of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia2.7 km
- Alexandra Headlandsuburb of Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia2.2 km
- Cotton Treelocality in Queensland, Australia700 m