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Owned and run by the family of the late Steve Irwin, is a popular tourist drawcard. The site tends to be frequented more by overseas visitors.
The Australia Zoo, previously known as the Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park and the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, is a zoological and botanical garden located in Beerwah, a suburb of the Sunshine Coast region in Queensland, Australia. Encompassing more than 750 acres of bushland, 110 of which are open to the public, the zoo hosts over 1,200 animals. It was opened on 3 June 1970 by Bob and Lyn Irwin, and is a regional member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA).
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Landsborough Historical Museum
A local history museum established in 1976 which preserves some collections on what life used to be like on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, including plenty of old machinery from the farmlands.
A small regional household art gallery with a range of artworks from different time periods.
Country town tucked beneath the lush backdrop of the eastern Blackall Ranges. The community has existed under the name since 1995, and enjoys a charming central hinterland atmosphere with a rural-residential lifestyle.
Glasshouse Mountains
Queensland's most iconic mountains, about 30 minutes southwest of Maroochydore and Mooloolaba mostly protected as part of the Glass House Mountains National Park. They're a series of dome-like mountains, that apparently looked like "glass houses" when Captain James Cook was sailing along the East Coast of Australia during 1770.
Corner of Landsborough-Maleny Road and Mountain View Road. Open daily. Well worth a visit to the 52 hectares of natural sub tropical rainforest and walking trails include many varieties of native fauna and flora, such as the pygmy mouse, possums, pademelons, wallabies, gliders, bandicoots, echidnae, bearded dragons, and a great many types of birds. Picnic tables, barbecue facilities, children's playground, toilets, a kiosk, a ranger in attendance. At the entrance is the Thynne Natural History Education Centre. Nice views over the Glasshouse mountains. Tours available.
Serene historic timber town in a rural valley below the Blackall Ranges. Eudlo features a general store, a café, a hall and has a single railway station that fits four carriages on a platform. Nearby is Chenrezig, a Buddhist meditation retreat that oozes with nature and is known to be the largest Buddhist centre in the Western World.