What's on in Noosa (Sunshine Coast), Australia through the year

Peak crowds — Summer holiday peak, Summer holidays in Australia

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Summer holiday peak (18 Dec – 31 Jan)

Busy — Noosa Summer Swim

• Festival

  Noosa Summer Swim

  20–21 FebMajor festivalCrowded

  Open-water races off Main Beach over a weekend in February, from a kilometre up to the long course. The bay is closed to boats for it and the town is busy again for a weekend after the holidays clear. Source ↗

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in March.

Busy — Autumn / Easter break in Australia, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Peak crowds — Noosa Food and Wine Festival, Winter (July) break in Australia

• Festival

  Noosa Food and Wine Festival

  10–25 Jun · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Four days built around a festival village in Noosa Woods, with long lunches scattered up the river and into the hinterland. It moved to June, which is the driest stretch of the Noosa year. Source ↗

• Nature

  Humpbacks off the headland

  15 Jun – 5 Nov · usuallyWhale season

  The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here. Southbound mothers and calves come in closest from September.

Busy — Winter (July) break in Australia, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Humpbacks off the headland (15 Jun – 5 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Humpbacks off the headland (15 Jun – 5 Nov (usually))

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Spring break in Australia

• Festival

  Great Noosa Trail Walk

  3–5 OctTrail seasonBook early

  A three-day supported walk on the old rail and forestry trails behind the coast, camping between stages. It fills the hinterland pubs and is nothing to do with the beach. Source ↗

Still on: Humpbacks off the headland (15 Jun – 5 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Noosa Triathlon, Spring break in Australia

• Festival

  Noosa Triathlon

  28 Oct – 1 NovMajor festivalCrowdedBook earlyClosures

  One of the biggest triathlon fields in the world takes over Noosa for five days at the end of October. Roads close, Hastings Street is at Christmas prices, and the beach belongs to the swim course. Source ↗

Still on: Humpbacks off the headland (15 Jun – 5 Nov (usually)), Great Noosa Trail Walk (3–5 Oct)

Busy — Noosa Triathlon

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Humpbacks off the headland (15 Jun – 5 Nov (usually)), Noosa Triathlon (28 Oct – 1 Nov)

Peak crowds — Summer holiday peak, Summer holidays in Australia

• Season

  Summer holiday peak

  18 Dec – 31 JanSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  Hastings Street is booked out from before Christmas to Australia Day and the national park car park is full by eight. Rentals want a week minimum and charge like it.