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Explore Rainbow Beach in Australia
Rainbow Beach in the region of Queensland with its 88,946 inhabitants is a town in Australia - some 689 mi or ( 1109 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .
Current time in Rainbow Beach is now 08:13 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Brisbane " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tin Can Bay, Brisbane, and Cooloola Cove. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tin Can Bay . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Rainbow Beach ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Carlo Sand Blow - Australia's best kept secret
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Day 291-293 Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach Millersofoz's photos around Rainbow Beach, Australia
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Brisbane, Noosa, Rainbow Beach and Fraser Annaobeirne's photos around Rainbow Beach, Australia
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RAINBOW BEACH & COOLOOLA NATIONAL PARK
Located in South East Queensland, a great spot for 4WD, fishing, camping, walking or just putting the feet up. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Rainbow Beach, Queensland
Rainbow Beach is a coastal town in south-eastern Queensland, Australia, east of Gympie. At the 2006 census, Rainbow Beach had a population of 999. The town's name derives from the rainbow-coloured sand dunes surrounding the settlement; according to the legends of the Kabi people, the dunes were coloured when Yiningie, a spirit represented by a rainbow, plunged into the cliffs after doing battle with an evil tribesman.
Located at -25.90 153.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Inskip Point
Inskip Point is a peninsula to the north of the town of Rainbow Beach in south-east Queensland, Australia. It lies between Tin Can Bay to the South West and Great Sandy Strait to the North and curves back towards Rainbow Beach and the Coral Sea to the East. The southern tip of Fraser Island, Hook Point lies just off Inskip Point, the northern tip of the peninsula. Two ferry services run between Inskip Point and Hook Point during daylight hours.
Located at -25.85 153.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Wolf Rock (Queensland)
Wolf Rock is a set of four volcanic pinnacles off Double Island Point in Queensland, Australia. The location is a popular scuba diving spot. It is said the rock was named for one of Captain Cook's crew who first saw the rocks on rounding Double Island Point. There was certainly an Archibald Wolfe on Cook's voyage, but Cook doesn't record the rocks, nor anyone in particular seeing them (or the point) first.
Located at -25.92 153.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tin Can Bay, Queensland
Tin Can Bay is a town in south-east Queensland, Australia. The seaside town is located on a deep but narrow sheltered inlet in the Gympie local government area, 218 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. At the 2006 census, Tin Can Bay had a population of 1,918. It is suggested that the town's name derives from the indigenous word, "Tuncanbar", thought to refer to the dugongs that frequent the inlet.
Located at -25.92 153.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Double Island Point
Double Island Point is a coastal headland in Queensland, Australia. It's the next headland north of Noosa and is within the Cooloola section of the Great Sandy National Park, at the southern end of Wide Bay. The point was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on 18 May 1770, "on account of its figure" (i.e. shape). In the original of his journal he had written Fiddle Head, but crossed that out.
Located at -25.93 153.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
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