Cooloola coast trip

Hi Pat, NO you do not need any passes up there unless you intend on camping in which will require a permit from the ranger station,located near the barge, its cost about $7.50 per person, per night,plus a vehicle permit, otherwise there are no costs for day travellers apart from the barge itself which is $6 each way, great spot up there we are up there nearly every weekend, enjoy it.

we were up there just 2 weeks ago and like said already you don't need a permit to drive on the beach. the qld 4wd association is still trying to get the permits to incorporate other beaches aswell (just to give you an idea......say also include bribie and fraser and moreton all in the one permit for example) as a yearly permit being sugested. nobody is happy about the price that they want to charge for a day visit permit, so this is part of the reason for no permit required yet.
3rd beach entry was very easy when we were there 2 weeks ago, a friend used the 1st entry last weekend and there were 4 vehicles bogged in it, my guess is all with high tyre pressures. we tow our caravan out through 2nd entry as it is also usually quite an easy run out to the beach.
the fires have certainly destroyed some of the southern bushland, but for the most it was still alot of bush that you see from the beach untouched. friends who left Inskip a day before us travelled from Rainbow all the way south along the beach at dead lowtide, but as the tides didn't suit when we were leaving we had to use the Freshwater track instead.

for some reason it's not posting up my pic.. 3rd attemp now or else i give up....lol

i see they have fixed whatever it was in the site that wouldn't let me post my pics up the other day....lol