Hastings Street Noosa is the beachside strip at Noosa Heads lined with boutiques, galleries, surf shops, cafes and restaurants, with Noosa Main Beach right beside it. It is the heart of Noosa Heads, and the place most visitors start.
You can walk the length of it in no time, swim at the beach, then follow the boardwalk towards Noosa National Park. The hard part is parking, so this page covers that as well.
Shops and galleries on Hastings Street
Hastings Street is an iconic beachside village street with boutiques stocking Noosa-born labels and international designers, homeware stores, galleries, surf shops, gift stores and souvenir shops. Coffee carts line it from sunrise, so a pastry and a coffee is an easy way to start.
It is a street for browsing on foot. Shaded footpaths run under pandanus palms and trees, and the shops open onto them.
Restaurants and cafes on Hastings Street
The street has upmarket cafes, coastal bars, pizzerias, ice-cream shops, burger joints and restaurants serving seafood platters and poke bowls. Many of the waterfront restaurants, cafes and bars face Noosa Main Beach, and you can reach them by following the boardwalk or the fairy lights. Aromas is a Hastings Street cafe that welcomes dogs at your feet.
Opening hours, menus and bookings are set by each venue, so check the venue’s own website before you go.
For a market lunch instead, the Eumundi Markets are a short drive inland.
Noosa Main Beach and the boardwalk
Hastings Street runs alongside Noosa Main Beach, which is the beach to swim at. A timber boardwalk follows the beach, and from it you can reach the waterfront restaurants.
To keep going, follow the timber boardwalk from Main Beach into Noosa National Park, where coastal and bushland walking tracks start. Hastings Street is bordered by the national park. Our Noosa National Park guide covers the coastal walk, the beaches and parking at the park.
Is Hastings Street dog friendly?
Council says dogs must be leashed in public areas unless you are in a designated off-leash area, so keep your dog on a leash on Hastings Street. Dogs are not permitted in the bathing reserves in Noosa Shire, so check the signs before taking a dog onto the swimming beach. Aromas on Hastings Street welcomes dogs.
The nearest off-leash area is Noosa Spit, at the end of Hastings Street, on the river side of Claude Batten Drive.
Planning your visit
- How long: an hour or two for a walk, a coffee and a look in the shops; half a day or more with a swim and a meal.
- Cost: free to walk the street and use the beach. Shops and meals are extra.
- What to bring: sunscreen, a hat, swimmers and a towel for Main Beach.
- Dogs: on a leash in public areas, and not in Noosa’s bathing reserves.
Getting there and parking at Hastings Street
By car
Hastings Street is about 135 km by road from the Brisbane CBD, about 2 hours by car without traffic. Allow longer on holiday weekends.
Parking
Parking around Hastings Street is signed and timed, so read the signs where you park. Council has introduced four-hour timed parking in the Noosa Heads Lions Park car park between 8 am and 5 pm. Council also says sleeping in a vehicle on council land or roads is an offence, so do not plan an overnight stay.
Over the summer holiday period, Council raises the time limit at the Noosa Junction car park from 2 hours to 6 hours and runs a park-and-ride from the AFL Grounds on Weyba Road, which has more than 400 spaces. Council also runs a drop-off zone at the Main Beach Surf Club car park over Christmas and New Year, when that car park is closed for parking. Dates are on Council’s Go Noosa page.
Free bus
Over the summer holidays Council runs the free Go Noosa Loop Bus (route 065) in a clockwise loop along Noosa Drive, Weyba Road, Noosa Parade and Hastings Street. It runs every 15 minutes from 7 am to 7 pm and every 30 minutes until 10 pm. Council says all other Translink buses charge the normal fare of 50 cents one way.
Other public transport
Council points visitors to Noosa Heads Bus Station, which is close to Hastings Street and Main Beach; routes 620 and 627 run there from Noosa Junction Bus Station. Plan your trip with the Translink Journey Planner or call 13 12 30. There is also a ferry from Tewantin to Hastings Street that takes about 35 to 45 minutes, and bike racks along Hastings Street.
Nearby
- Noosa Main Beach – the swimming beach right beside the street.
- Noosa National Park – the coastal walk, reached by the boardwalk from Main Beach.
- Noosa North Shore – across the river, a different kind of beach day.
- Eumundi Markets – the famous inland markets.
- Peregian Beach – a quieter beach to the south.
- Coolum Beach – further south again.
Browse more restaurants, beaches and things to do in Noosa.
Details can change, so check Noosa Council’s Go Noosa page for transport and parking before you go.
Quick answers
Where is Hastings Street in Noosa?
Hastings Street is in Noosa Heads, on the Sunshine Coast, beside Noosa Main Beach and bordered by Noosa National Park.
Is there free parking on Hastings Street?
Parking around Hastings Street is timed and signed. Council has four-hour limits at the Noosa Heads Lions Park car park from 8 am to 5 pm. Read the signs where you park.
Is there a free bus to Hastings Street?
Over the summer holidays, yes: the Go Noosa Loop Bus (route 065) is free and runs along Hastings Street. Other Translink buses charge normal fares.
How long does it take to drive from Brisbane to Hastings Street?
About 2 hours by car, about 135 km, without traffic.
Can I swim at Hastings Street?
Yes, at Noosa Main Beach, which is next to the street.
Is Hastings Street dog friendly?
Dogs must be on a leash in public areas and are not allowed in Noosa’s bathing reserves. Noosa Spit is the nearest off-leash area.
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