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Rainbow Beach - QLD 

Populated Place Town
Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park Fuel Water Supply Toilet Beach Resort,Motel
PlaceID37543
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Latitude25.90443º S 25º 54' 15.95" S
Longitude153.0914º E 153º 05' 29.1" E
Altitude20m
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 Location of Rainbow Beach

From Tin Can Bay, 8.66kms E (32.5kms, 52mins driving) Driving Directions
From Tewantin, 54.37kms N (80.7kms, 1hr 47mins driving) Driving Directions
From Maryborough, 55.95kms SE (91.8kms, 1hr 39mins driving) Driving Directions
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 Description of Rainbow Beach

Rainbow Beach is a vibrant young town that is and is located approximately 265Km north of Brisbane, 76Km east of Gympie and 700 Metres west of Fraser Island on the Cooloola Coast, Queensland. Rainbow Beach has the shortest barge access to World Heritage Fraser Island.

The beach has a relaxed atmosphere and has only been easily accessible since the early 1970's. Now, it’s a very popular spot for holiday makers, particularly four wheel drive enthusiasts, hang-gliders and backpackers. It’s said that 74 different shades of coloured sand can be found on Rainbow Beach.

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Rainbow Beach
Shops
Rainbow Beach looking south east after dawn
Rainbow Beach View
Famous Manta Ray Barge ( Monopoly  breaker)
Coloured Sands from Lookout on top of dunes
Dusk from Rainbow Sea Resort
Southern End Double Island Point

 Book Now: Things To Do

Beach Landing Tandem Skydive 14,000ft - QLD [4.21km]  
Activities 
Extreme Sky Diving
Australia's Only Barefoot Beach Tandem Skydive!
Surfing - 3 Lesson Package - QLD - QLD [39.45km]  
Activities 
Water Activities Surfing & Kite Surfing
There's only one way to get started with surfing and that's to get in the water!
2 Day 1 Night Fraser Island - QLD [41.73km]  
Activities 
Outdoor Nature & Eco
Explore Fraser Island on a two day 4WD adventure. Departing from Brisbane we visit the amazing sands of Rainbow Beach and then onto Fraser Island.

 Places within 5km

Carlo Sandblow - QLD [1.18km]  
Point of Interest 
This is the entrance to Carlo sandblow from walking track

 Weather & Climate for Rainbow Beach

Closest Weather Station

Rainbow Beach at 09:00 21 Nov EST
Distance from Rainbow Beach 0.57km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
27.1°C 29.4°C 71% 21.4°C -hPa 0.0mm NNE 11km/h
6knots
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Closest Climatic Station

Rainbow Beach
Distance from Rainbow Beach 0.57km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 28.928.727.926.0 23.821.721.322.1 24.125.526.828.2
Mean Min. °C 22.022.120.517.5 14.311.610.611.1 13.816.618.820.7
Mean Rain mm 136.9205.8116.6130.8 165.6117.780.360.6 57.382.187.0114.9

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Whilst indicating location of water supplies, ExplorOz makes no recommendation with regard to the quality of water for drinking purposes. We strongly recommend that when travelling you take ample supplies of water from reliable drinking water sources.