Noosa

Noosa is one of the major draws of Queensland beyond the Sunshine Coast. Low rise resorts, upmarket shopping and dining line the sheltered beaches, waterways and parks.

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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tewantin and Cooroy.

Tewantin

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Tewantin is a town in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland. Tewantin was the original settlement in the Noosa region and is one of its three major centres today.

Cooroy

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Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Cooroy had a population of 4,801 people.

Great Sandy National Park

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The Cooloola section is the mainland section of the Great Sandy National Park, containing wetland landscapes, sand dunes and one of the two only everglades systems in the world.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Pomona and Kin Kin.

Pomona is a rural town in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland. Pomona is Noosa Shire's 'living heritage town'. It has a number of heritage-listed sites. In 2021, the locality of Pomona had a population of almost 3,000 people.

Kin Kin

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Kin Kin is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Kin Kin had a population of 844 people.

Noosa

Type: local government area of Queensland with 56,300 residents
Description: local government area of Queensland, Australia
Also known as: “Noosa Shire” and “Shire of Noosa”
Category: climate emergency declaration area in Australia
Location: South East Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude of center

-26.3182° or 26° 19′ 5″ south

Longitude of center

152.9308° or 152° 55′ 51″ east

Population

56,300

Elevation

58 metres (190 feet)

GeoNames ID

12047267

Wikidata ID

Q1322992

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Satellite Map

Discover Noosa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Noosa” goes by many names.

Chinese: “努薩”
French: “comté de Noosa”
French: “Comté de Noosa”
German: “Noosa Shire”
Italian: “Noosa”
Japanese: “ヌーサ”
Korean: “누사”
Russian: “Нуса”
Swedish: “Shire of Noosa”
Urdu: “نوسا کی شائر”
“Shire of Noosa”

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