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Management Rights For Sale

November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

If you’ve just been to the beautiful Sunshine Coast for a holiday or are a local looking for a lifestyle change then management rights might be the thing for you. They offer lifestyle with income and a home to live in too. Check out the management rights for sale on the Sunshine Coast.

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Horse Riding Holidays

November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Globetrotting are a Sunshine Coast based company specialising in horse riding holidays around the world and in Australia. The Australian horseback adventure is located on the North Shore in Noosa and encompasses both bush and beach riding with stop-offs along the way.

Click the following link to see more:  Australian horse riding holiday

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I Like it Here a Lot

April 15, 2009 · Leave a Comment

If  you’re one of the people that has come to the Sunshine Coast on holiday and has decided that you either want to live here or invest in property here then I’ve found the builder for you. Queensland Home Builders are project builders with a difference. They can arrange everything from home designs through to finance and conveyancing. And the best bit is that they’re affordable and their houses are energy efficient.

So, give them a buzz and make your home on the Sunshine Coast a reality.

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Peregian Beach

September 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

About 13 kilometres south of Noosa, Peregian Beach is one of a string of lovely beaches which form the justifiably praised Sunshine Coast to the north of Brisbane. Just over the sandhills at the southern end of the beach you’ll find Peregian Environmental Park, an area of wallum heath which bursts into a colourful profusion of wild flowers in spring. On the western side of Peregian Beach is Lake Weyba National Park, and Lake Weyba itself, which feeds into the estuary at Noosa Heads. Nearby, too, is the Noosa National Park with its rich mix of coastal heath and scrub and stately rainforest which provide sanctuary and support for a wealth of native flora and fauna.

This whole area is a paradise for those who love fishing, boating and surfing…not to mention the renowned ambience and sophistication of Noosa, just up the road. It is a hassle-free drive to the Sunshine Coast, southern beach resort attractions and to the picturesque villages scattered through the waterfall pocked rainforest of the Blackall Range hinterland.

Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Sunshine Coast

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Palmwoods

September 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Set in the heart of an arts and craft hub which typifies Queensland’s Sunshine Coast hinterland, the small rural town of Palmwoods is at the crossroads of the region’s tourist network. Set in a mosaic of avocado, custard apples and pawpaw orchards, orange groves, banana plantations and sugar cane farms, Palmwoods is only a few kilometres south of Nambour and is within comfortable driving distance of such tourist traps as the ginger town of Buderim and the charming Blackall, Range villages of Maleny, Montville and Mapleton.

Complete with village green, art gallery, stained-glass studio and museum, Montville is just 10 kilometres from Palmwoods and is the south-eastern gateway to the Kondalilla National Park. The mountain park is graced with a cliff-top picnic area, swimming pool and matchless views over the Koondalilla Falls which tumble into rugged terrain dressed in ancient forests of cedar, mahogany, bunya and hoop pine. Five kilometres to the south of Palmwoods, the village of Eudlo is distinguished by a Buddhist monastic retreat.

Distance From State Capital: 95km
Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Sunshine Coast (20km)

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Noosa Heads

August 3, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Noosa is the heart of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and offers the discerning traveller a sophisticated and indulgent holiday. Noosa is definitely one of Australia’s premier destinations. 

Noosa is renowned for its proliferation of the finer things in life. On Hastings Street, enjoy alfresco waterfront dining from Michelin rated chefs. Relax at the hands of an experienced masseur in luxury accommodation or simply lounge the day away at the beach. Whatever your penchant for a relaxing holiday, you’ll find it at Noosa. 

Make sure to explore the Noosa National Park and its several walking tracks. Discover the beautiful surroundings as you enjoy lookouts to the nearby beaches where you can witness surfers braving the waves. Wander through the walking tracks that wind through the heart of the forest where you’ll be encompassed with the beauty of the eucalyptus gum trees. And make sure to look up to the treetops occasionally, as koalas are often spotted climbing from branch to branch. 

Many of the activities that Noosa offers surround the water. Noosa’s Main Beach is a protected beach with gentle surf and a great spot for beginners to learn. But nearby Sunshine Beach offers more advanced surfers some great breaks. Then there’s the Noosa River that is popular for canoeing and kayaking and the numerous tour operators that offer scuba diving lessons/trips too. 

Now for a little history, Noosa is the name for a collective group of three areas surrounding the Noosa River: Noosa Junction, Noosaville and Noosa Heads. Noosa Heads is the most commonly referred to because it is home to the renowned Hastings Street and many well-known resorts.

Distance From State Capital: 170km
Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Sunshine Coast

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Kenilworth

May 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Kenilworth is the heart of the beautiful Mary Valley and was surveyed off Kenilworth Station in 1921. It still has the original 1920’s ambience, with its tree lined main street that accommodates the area’s main business houses.

Kenilworth is a renowned ‘tidy town’ and located in an idyllic country setting close to spectacular national parks and state forests.

Distance From State Capital: 154km
Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Sunshine Coast (60km)

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Kawana Waters

May 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Kawana Waters is a newly created residential area and has one of the fastest growth rates in Queensland. This picturesque area has beautiful, patrolled surfing beaches at Buddina and Wurtulla, excellent fishing, sporting facilities, shopping centres, a marina, and various accommodation options.

Distance From State Capital: 97km
Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Brisbane (9km)

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Imbil

May 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment

In Blackall Range country behind the Sunshine Coast, Imbil is announced by orderly, hillside pineapple plantations on the 48 kilometre drive south-west from Gympie. A steep haul to the Imbil Lookout presents incomparable, near 360-degree views to Kenilworth, the mountains, and the Sunshine Coast. A 26 kilometre round-trip through forest and cultivated creek flats embraces Lake Borumba, which is perfectly tailored to swimming, boating, water-skiing and fishing. A nearby hatchery, which was opened in the early 1980s, breeds golden perch and silver perch, which are released into the local waterways as fingerlings.

Imbil is the terminus for the weekly Sunday run from Gympie by the famous Rattler. The beautifully restored steam locomotive No 45 and its carriages maintain the steam tradition on a railway line originally surveyed in the 1880s. On the 80 kilometre return journey, passengers are treated to some magnificent scenery as the train snakes its way through creek-networked valleys.

Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Sunshine Coast

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Glass House Mountains

May 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

The Glass House Mountains are found in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. They are actually the cores of 20 million year old volcanoes, so that the sides of the volcanoes have eroded away leaving only hardened plugs or rock spires.

The Aboriginal dreaming story about these formations gives each of the mountains a name and character in a family, and tells a dramatic story of human relationships.

Captain James Cook gave the area its unusual English name while sailing past, on his way up Australia’s east coast, in 1770. From a distance they reminded him of the glass-making furnaces of his home town in Yorkshire.

There are both sealed and unsealed roads through the Glass House Mountains National Park, with spectacular lookouts over the surrounding plains along the way. An excellent day trip could include a lunch stop at picnic grounds, bush trails and rock-climbing.

The area around the mountains produces many tropical fruits such as avocados, pineapples and papaya as well as strawberries, vegetables, nuts and tobacco.

Visitors can stay in the area at the township of Glass House Mountains, which can be reached in about 20 minutes from Caboolture or 30 minutes from Caloundra.

Distance From State Capital: 64km
Nearest Main Highway: Bruce
Nearest Airport: Brisbane (64km)

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