Hinterland Travel Blog

Private Accommodation Surrounded by Nature in Mapleton If you're looking for private accommodation surrounded by nature in Mapleton, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland offers a very different experience from a conventional hotel or busy coastal resort. Mapleton sits high in the Blackall Range, surrounded by rainforest, national parks, walking trails and the rolling landscapes of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. For couples looking for somewhere peaceful and secluded, staying amongst

The Sunshine Coast Hinterland is about an hour and a half north of Brisbane by car, which makes it the closest place to the city where a weekend away feels like you have actually left. Leave after work on Friday, and you can be sitting in front of a fire on the Blackall Range before nine. Most lists of romantic getaways from Brisbane give you twenty options across three states. This is a guide to one of them, written from the top of the range, with the practical details the l

Luxury pet-friendly accommodation should mean your dog is welcome when you travel with your loved ones and family. The phrases per stay vs per night means different things at different properties, and the listing rarely tells you which. Queensland has more pet-friendly accommodation than most states, and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland has more than its share of the good kind. This is the checklist we give people who ask us what to look for. Whether or not they end up staying w

What are the best romantic getaway spots in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland? The three main hinterland villages Mapleton, Montville and Maleny each offer a different flavour of romantic stay. Montville is the most visited, with galleries, cafés and cottage accommodation along its main street. Maleny has a similar village feel with a stronger food and wine scene, including nearby wineries like Flame Hill. Mapleton, a little further north and quieter than both, is where you'll fi

Spirit House at Yandina is a 25-minute drive from Mapleton, and it is the dinner most hinterland guests ask us about. It is one of Australia's most awarded Asian restaurants, has a hands-on cooking school, and sits close enough to the Blackall Range that you can be back by a fire an hour after dessert. There is a particular problem with dinner at Spirit House. It is not the food, and it is certainly not the setting. It is the drive home. Spirit House is the kind of restaurant