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16/10/2026

Join in the celebrations as the Gympie Gold Rush Festival is reborn this year in our capital, Gympie, and with so many fantastic volunteers, the event has come to life with plans to be a massive day of celebratory fun! This weekend in Gympie!

Celebrating 159 years since James Nash's discovery of gold right here in Gympie on 16th October 1867.

Join us at 3.30pm on Saturday for the 2026 Gympie Gold Rush Festival Community Parade - Proudly Sponsored by Watson's Marine, with over 800 participants ... it's gonna be huge!

Then at 5.30pm enjoy the 2026 Gympie Gold Rush Festival - Bendigo Community Bank Gympie - FREE Community Concert (gates open at 4.00pm).

'Let's Celebrate Gympie!'

Watsons Marine Centre Community Bank Gympie & District Rainbow Beach Sports Club Gympie Steel and Aluminium

14/10/2026

If you’re a fishing fan you much check out Rainbow Escape Charters - the best way to explore and fish our seas with a knowledgeable team and great results.



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13/10/2026

When the tides are high and your throat is dry, the place to be is Little P!!

Let the coffee guns at Little Parliament start your day right! Shout out to supervisor gun Shari and young gun Taya for outstanding coffee culture ☕️ It’s a two coffee day ❤️❤️

Low tide is 4.18pm today. Drive safely and watch out for our kids.

Little Parliament Cafe

12/10/2026

Thanks to Manta Ray Barge for the info, advice and great service to Fraser always!


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Tide Times - Monday 12/10/26

0200 - 0.36 Low
0846 - 1.89 High
1445 - 0.57 Low
2039 - 1.50 High

Driving on K'gari's beaches is part of what makes a trip to the island so magical. If you haven't driven on the beach before here a few tips:

4WD Only ➡ K'gari is strictly 4WD accessible - make sure your vehicle is high clearance and suited for sand.

Be prepared ➡ take some recovery gear such as a sn**ch strap, recovery tracks and shovel.

Time it right ➡ it is best to drive on the beach 2 hours either side of the low tide. When the tide is out you will have more beach, with firmer sand to drive on. You will also be able to travel on the beach around Hook Point instead of having to take the inland track (which bypasses the point but is slow and bumpy)

Lower tyre pressure ➡ 18-20psi is usually recommended.

Follow tracks ➡ stick to established wheel ruts, they're usually firmer and safer.

Obey road rules ➡ All QLD road rules apply and are enforced. Do not speed- washouts are sometimes hard to see until you are right on top them.

Team Up ➡ if you travel with another vehicle they can provide assistance with recovery efforts.

Enjoy the adventure! Happy Monday 🚙😀

10/10/2026

This is amazing! Thanks Barnacles Cafe & Dolphin Feeding for showing this photo and your info! Awesome stuff.

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Here is something we don’t see every day!! Luna has brought us a spanner crab as a gift!!

Did you know the spanner crab is one of Australia’s hidden seafood gems? 🦀
These bright red-orange crabs (yes, they look cooked even when they’re alive!) live buried in the sandy bottoms off Queensland and northern NSW coasts. Unlike other crabs, they walk forwards and backwards, and their claws look just like a spanner. Unlike other crabs they are caught on a flat hoop coved in net with the bait in the middle, these unique crabs then get caught by their flippers. Soak times are short and the method is extremely safe for undersize and female spanner crabs, and by-catch is basically zero.
Queensland has the biggest spanner crab fishery in the world, and the meat is pure gold — sweet, delicate and some of the best crab you’ll ever taste.
Tin Can Bay has just started the commercial harvest season of these tasty guys. We’d encourage you to go try them if you haven’t before and support our local sustainable commercial fisheries.

09/10/2026

Good MORNING THIS IS LIVIN FEST 2026! A huge day at Rainbow Beach today for the This is Livin Fest! Jamie Milverton has sent in this awesome shot to celebrate the day with Paul Stanley-Jones. Have a great day folks, enjoy, clean up after yourself, look after your mate, don’t drink drive and drive two hours either side of low tide.

08/10/2026

Well that looks a little bit special! Lots of great meals and long opening hours at Tin Topia On Dolphin - grab brekkie, lunch or a licensed dinner at this Tin Can Bay favourite.

05/10/2026

How right you are Rainbow Beach Tours! Thank you for showing us the beauty of the Cooloola Coast. 👏👏