Beach Access 29 is a activities & tours in Sunshine Beach, NSW, Australia. It has a 4.5/5 rating from 16 Google reviews.Listed on thegood.guide, the local's guide to Byron Bay.




Sunshine Beach · Activities & Tours
(16 reviews)
The steps are the thing. Steep, wooden, and enough of them to make you reconsider the esky, Beach Access 29 drops down through a strip of coastal rainforest to a stretch of Sunshine Beach that sits noticeably quieter than the main drag. Reviewers are split on what they find at the bottom: one calls the sand terrible, another finds the whole thing wonderful. What they agree on is the relative solitude. The small car park fills, but the beach below rarely does. Worth knowing before you load up the pram: this one is not stroller territory. Go light, go early, and let the canopy walk earn the swim.
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We accessed the beach. 🤣 It’s a little gnarly - steep steps, but ok.
Beautiful and away from crowds but very hard to go down all those steps with kids
A wonderful beach ⛱️ that was not busy, with a beautiful walk through the rainforest, easy access.

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The clifftop at the end of Noosa National Park's coastal trail, where humpback whales, dolphins, and turtles make regular appearances below. About 8km return via the Tanglewood loop. Park on Hastings Street and walk the boardwalk in — the main car park fills before 8am.
Autumn in Noosa is genuinely good for families. The water stays warm, the crowds thin, and the flat riverfront paths are pushchair-friendly for kilometres. From calm swimming spots and kid-friendly cafes to holiday parks a ferry ride from the tourist strip, here is the local edit on where to take the kids and how to keep everyone fed.
Every tourist town has two maps. The brochure version and the one locals keep to themselves. Noosa's second map runs through Noosaville backstreets, steep coastal staircases, and a Sunrise Beach café that has no interest in being discovered. Here is where to find it.
Three days is the right amount of time in Noosa. Enough to hike to Alexandria Bay at sunrise, eat pork belly at Bistro C, find the quieter stretch of Sunshine Beach, and still have an evening at Aqua Day Spa. This itinerary moves through Noosa Heads, Noosaville, and Sunshine Beach with specific times, specific plates, and no filler.
Small parking lot but great view
Great access, terrible sand.