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Summary of Cooloola visitor sites and facilities

Searys Creek. Picnic in the bush at one of the smaller day-use areas in Cooloola. Photo: Queensland Government

This is a summary of key visitor sites in Cooloola. For more detailed information, please read about Cooloola.

For your reference:

• Cooloola and Inskip Discovery Guide (PDF, 4.7M) (walking track numbers correspond to their location on this map).
• See the walking track page for more details on each walking track number and the Cooloola Wilderness Trail.
• Camp only in designated camping areas.
• Locations marked with an asterisk (*) indicate that wheelchair-accessible facilities are present at that location.

Location	Permits required	Facilities	Access	Walking tracks
Bymien picnic area*	Vehicle access permits accessing the site from Teewah Beach only	Toilets, picnic tables	2WDfrom Rainbow Beach Road, 4WDfrom Teewah Beach, walk	9, 10
Freshwater camping area*	Vehicle and camping permits	Toilets, showers ($1 for hot and cold water), phone, camping, water (untreated)	4WD, walk	15, 16 Cooloola Great Walk
Freshwater day-use area*	Vehicle access permits	Toilets, picnic tables, barbecues, water (untreated)	4WD, walk	15, 16 and Cooloola Great Walk
Freshwater camping service point	Vehicle access permits	Portable toilet waste disposal facility, outdoor showers (cold)	4WD, walk	15, 16 and Cooloola Great Walk
Freshwater Lake	Vehicle access permits if driving to Freshwater camping area and day-use area, before walking.	None	Walk	15, 16 and Cooloola Great Walk
Double Island Point	Vehicle access permits	Toilets on northern beach side	4WD, walk	13, 14 and Cooloola Great Walk
Teewah Beach (including camping area)	Vehicle access permits, camping permits if camping	Bins along the beach in the 15 km designated camping area	4WD	14 and Cooloola Great Walk
Poverty Point camping area	Camping permits	Camping, QPWS fire rings	4WD	None
Searys Creek	None	Toilets	2WD	8
Rainbow Beach QPWS Information Centre*	None	Information, over-the-counter permit sales, outdoor permit pack pick-up area for pre-booked sites, toilets	2WD	11
Cooloola Way	None	None	4WD	Cooloola Wilderness Trail
Freshwater Road	Vehicle access permits from Bymien to Teewah Beach	None	4WD(from Bymien)	None
Kings Bore circuit (difficult drive with access off Rainbow Beach Road, includes 4 sections: Pettigrews Road, eastern firebreak, Kings Bore Road , western firebreak)	Vehicle access permits	None	4WD(one-way access to Teewah Beach)	None
Cooloola Wilderness Trail	Camping permits	None	Walk (47.9km)	3, 4, 5
Neebs waterhole camping area	Camping permits	Camping	Walk	Cooloola Wilderness Trail
Wandi waterhole camping area	Camping permits	Camping	Walk	Cooloola Wilderness Trail
Cooloola Great Walk	Camping permits	Camping, toilets, water tanks (full tanks not guaranteed)	Walk (up to 102km)	Cooloola Great Walk
Tewantin QPWS Information Centre*	None	Information, over-the-counter permit sales, outdoor permit pack pick-up area for pre-booked sites, toilets	2WD	None
Elanda Point car park and canoe launch	None	Information	2WD	Cooloola Wilderness Trail
Mill Point	None	Information	Walk	3
Teewah Landing	Vehicle access permits only if driving up the beach to walk in from a beach access track	Jetty	Canoe, boat, walk	1 and Cooloola Great Walk
Kinaba Information Centre	None	Information, toilets, jetty and canoe access	Walk, canoe, boat	2
Fig Tree Point camping and day-use area *	Camping permits	Toilets, picnic tables, camping, water (untreated), jetty, canoe landing	Walk, canoe, boat	4 and Cooloola Wilderness Trail
Harrys Hut Road	None	None	4WD, walk	7, 8
Harrys camping and day-use area *	Camping permits	Toilets, picnic tables, camping, water (untreated), information, jetties, canoe landings	4WD, walk, canoe, boat	Cooloola Wilderness Trail
Upper Noosa River camp sites 1–3	Camping permits	Toilets, camping, water (untreated) at campsites 1 and 2 only	Walk, canoe, boat	9, 10 and Cooloola Great Walk
Upper Noosa River camp sites 4–15	Camping permits	Camping	Canoe, boat (electric motors only)	None