I got into Rainbow Beach late at night. It’s a tiny little town with 3 hostels on one street and shops on another, one servo (gas station) and the rest are just some residential houses. The location of the hostel was great because it was only walks away from the main strip and the beach. I didn’t get a chance to have dinner because I’ve been on the road, so after I checked into my 8 dorm at Pippies Beachouse I went to the servo hoping to get some snacks but being the small town it was already closed and I had finished all my food at Noosa. Disappointed and starving, I came back to the hostel and after finding out that I didn’t have food one of my roommies offered me a banana and a granola bar which was super nice of him considering we’ve only met for 10min. I knew that Kathi from Germany and her travelmate whom I met back at Mooloolaba were travelling north. They left Mooloolaba a couple nights before me, but I never would’ve thought we’d be bunking together at Rainbow Beach!
Next day the weather was perfect, Kathi and her mates invited me to go check out the beach with them. The beach is just absolutely amazing. The cliffs were actually sandstones just like the ones on Fraser Island where they’re soft enough to be scratched with fingernails. There were lots of sand hills and the boys were enjoying themselves running and rolling down the hills. On our way back the boys tried wakeboarding while the rest of us sunbathed on the beach. The hostel hosted activities throughout the day, so later that night we went for the sandblow tour where we could watch the sunset. It was a bit of a walk uphill to the forest, then another 15-20min walk through the winding through the forest before we reach the sandblow. It was so beautiful and bizarre!! It’d seem like we were in the desert, but we were actually on top of a mountain, with oceanview on one side and mountainview on the other. We sat and waited for the sunset and it was the perfect weather for it with clear skies. Unfortunately my phone died, and my camera died just before the sun went down! If you wake up early enough the next day you’d be able to catch sunrise on the other side! The boys brought their wakeboards and we tried sand boarding down a hill. It was scary for me even sitting down, plus with the sand blowing in your face. One of the boys tried doing it standing up and he ended wiping out.
I haven’t had a chance to check out the town so I decided to take a personal day and explore the area by myself. As usual I went to the main strip and looked for postcards to send home. On the way I ran into one of the Canadian boys from Noosa. They were staying at the hostel 2 doors from us. I decided to go to the sandblow again as I didn’t have time to take a good look at it the last time
. While walking through the forest I kept noticing these trees having what looks like squiggly veins. Once I got to the sandblow I went straight to the oceanview. There were hardly anyone which was calming. I noticed there were a couple guys perched on top of the hill and they were playing some planes. So I sat there, watching the planes circle above me like birds, enjoying the view.
The sandblow was probably the only highlight in Rainbow Beach. It’s such a small town that there really isn’t much to see on foot. It was a nice and relaxing couple days though! I really didn’t know much about each of these stops on the east coast that I’m making. I just picked randomly trying to make as much use as I can with my Premier bus pass before I go broke getting to Cairns, but I’m glad I picked Rainbow Beach, because where else would you find a desert on top of a mountain?? Next stop, Hervey Bay.
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