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ings. The restaurant serves up traditional pub grub; scope the street scene from the up-
stairs balcony.
Information
QPWS
(Rainbow Beach Rd;
8am-4pm)
Rainbow Beach Visitor Centre
(
07-5486 3227;
www.rainbowbeachinfo.com.au
; 8 Rainbow Beach Rd;
7am-5.30pm)
Shell Tourist Centre
(36 Rainbow Beach Rd; 6am-6pm)
Located at the Shell service station; tour
bookings and barge tickets for Fraser Island.
Getting There & Around
Greyhound
( 1300 473 946;
www.greyhound.com.au
)
has several daily services from Brisbane
($49, five hours), Noosa ($32, three hours) and Hervey Bay ($26, two hours).
Premier Motor
07-5481 1667;
www.coolconnect.com.au
)
runs a shuttle bus to Rainbow Beach from Brisbane Air-
port ($135, three hours) and Sunshine Coast Airport ($95, two hours).
Most 4WD-hire companies will also arrange permits, barge costs (per vehicle $100 re-
turn) and hire out camping gear. Some recommended companies:
All Trax 4WD Hire
(
07-5486 8767;
www.fraserisland4x4.com.au
; Rainbow Beach Rd, Shell service station; per
day from $170)
Rainbow Beach Adventure Centre 4WD Hire
(
07-5486 3288;
www.adventurecentre.com.au
; 66 Rainbow Beach
Rd; per day from $180)
Also rents trail bikes.
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Maryborough
POP 26,000
Born in 1847, Maryborough is one of Queensland's oldest towns, and its port was the first
shaky step ashore for thousands of 19th-century free settlers looking for a better life in the
new country. Heritage and history are Maryborough's specialities, the pace of yesteryear
reflected in its beautifully restored colonial-era buildings and gracious Queenslander
homes.
