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Things to Do on the Sunshine Coast This Weekend
Eumundi Markets, Noosa, and the best ways to spend a weekend on the Sunshine Coast.
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A Sunshine Coast weekend combines one of Australia's great market experiences (Eumundi Markets), the Noosa headland walk and beach culture, Hinterland township exploration, and coastal dining at a quality level that has made the region one of Australia's fastest-growing food tourism destinations. The compact geography means Saturday morning markets and Sunday beach are genuinely achievable without compromising either.
Eumundi Markets, the Eumundi Markets (Wednesday and Saturday) are one of Australia's premier artisan markets, with 600+ stalls in the Hinterland township of Eumundi selling handcrafted jewellery, ceramics, clothing, furniture, and the food stalls providing fresh produce and street food in an atmosphere that reflects the Sunshine Coast's strong artisan and alternative culture. The Saturday market is the full experience; arrive by 8am.
Noosa Main Beach and Heads, Noosa's sheltered Main Beach (patrolled, calm surf for families), the Hastings Street restaurant strip, and the national park headland walk above the beach provide the complete Noosa experience. The Sunday morning crowd at Noosa Main Beach is a Sunshine Coast social ritual, with the Hastings Street cafés providing post-swim brunch in a setting that explains why Noosa property prices are what they are.
Maleny and the Blackall Range, the Hinterland towns of Maleny and Montville (30 minutes inland from Mooloolaba) provide the weekend escape from the coast: the Maleny Dairies and Cheese Factory, the Gardening Australia garden at Maleny Botanic Gardens, and the escarpment walking at Kondalilla Falls. Montville's antique shops, tea houses, and arts and crafts galleries are quintessential Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
Mooloolaba Esplanade, Mooloolaba's beach esplanade, the UnderWater World Sea Life Aquarium, and the Sunday markets at the Point Cartwright headland provide family-friendly weekend programming that the northern Sunshine Coast visitors often bypass in favour of Noosa.
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