Stop a while to explore Kin Kin – an Indigenous word for a small black ant common to the area.
Tucked away in the rolling hills surrounding the town are sustainable farms, artisans, artists and accommodation offering everything from bespoke sustainable luxury stays to wellness retreats. Paddock to plate food is available in the village as well as locally made products and arts.
Kin Kin is steeped in history with many historic buildings still in the town, including the Memorial School of Arts, the State School and the Country Life Hotel which has historic memorabilia throughout.
If you have time, experience the natural beauty of the area by taking the 14km Countryside Loop of the Noosa Trail Network. This trail is ideal for bird watching, walking, mountain biking and for horse riders with yards and camping available at the Sports Grounds. Also accessible is the 11km Cooroy Wanderer trail to Cooroy, and the 25km Scenic Trail to Cooran.
For a shorter nature experience, visit the Arboretum where you can explore over 70 varieties of trees each with a QR code to provide you with both the botanic and common name. The Dogrell Forest Trail, just off Gympie Kin Kin Road offers another short walk with its towering trees on a 600m loop through Toolara State Forest.
For events in the area, click here to visit our What's On Guide.
Businesses in Kin Kin
Amrita Park Meadery
Amrita Park MeaderyBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Amrita Park Meadery is a small boutique Meadery in the Noosa hinterland, specialising in handcrafted, small batch meads. They are made using locally sourced, quality, raw honey along with local in-season fruits.
Amrita Park Meadery are Queensland’s only operating Meadery and continue the mead-making tradition started by international award-winning mead maker, Dennis “Poppo” Coates in the late 1940s.
Call into the cellar door for your free mead tasting. Peruse handmade gifts and remarkable local artworks for sale. Take time to immerse yourself in the intriguing family history behind this mead-making passion.
For your special occasions, Amrita Park Meadery can offer individual, custom-made labels with pictures and verses of your choice.
Their aim is to educate and bring quality mead to everyone – there is a mead is for every occasion!
Cooroora Historical Society t/a Noosa Museum
Cooroora Historical Society t/a Noosa MuseumBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
The Museum was founded by the Cooroora Historical Society in 1985 mainly as a means to preserve what was rapidly disappearing of the past. The Museum houses an extensive and impressive collection of photographs capturing many moments of our pioneering past as well as modern moments that will one day be an important part of local history. We also have a library of books about the Noosa Shire & newspapers dating back to the early 20th century. Visitors are welcome to look through the library, photographs and our historical records. The Museum features history of the Shire, the heritage, Aboriginal (Gubbi Gubbi) history and provides history and heritage education.
Firefly Solutions
Firefly SolutionsBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Firefly Solutions offers Marketing & Event Management Services for businesses and community organisations. Services include:
- Websites
- Social Media
- Marketing & Media Relations
- Event Management
Kin Kin Community Group Inc.
Kin Kin Community Group Inc.Business Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Kin Kin Community Group Inc. (KKCG) provides a forum to discuss ways to enhance the local community experience, celebrate the town’s heritage and potential, and promote the uniqueness that is Kin Kin! As a not-for-profit group, KKCG supports local community initiatives.
For more than 20 years KKCG has worked to form relationships with all levels of government, paving the way forward for an enhanced local community environment that supports its endeavours and aspirations.
KKCG aims to:
- Coordinate the enhancement of the community.
- Respond to specific community issues as they are presented.
- Provide a forum for unrepresented groups.
- Be a support group for the promotion of the community, its environment, culture and celebrations.
Pinbarren Green Lodges Noosa
Pinbarren Green Lodges NoosaRegional Training Services Qld Pty Ltd
Regional Training Services Qld Pty LtdBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Regional Training Services Qld provides quality training at all levels. As a registered training organisation [RTO] Regional Training’s qualifications are nationally recognised. However as a locally owned organisation we have a strong commitment to the community as well as a strong focus on our students. We are an outcome focused local business and pride ourselves on the quality of our service as well as the quality of our training.
Traineeships
Regional Training as a Queensland Government Skills Assured supplier is funded to deliver high quality training to students completing traineeships in the fields of Business, Tourism, Retail, Hospitality, Administration and Outdoor Power Equipment. The blend of cutting edge training techniques developed by the Regional team combined with quality face to face training have resulted in student completion rates and employment outcomes that are viewed with envy by many of the much larger institutes.
Funded Training
As a Skills Assured Supplier for the Queensland Government, Regional Training has access to a large range of funding. In many cases this enables us to provide targeted training to new or existing staff for a very low cost!
Regional Training Services Queensland provides quality focused training at all levels, including traineeships, targeted short courses, skill set training and management training.
Sunshine Coast Ballooning
Sunshine Coast BallooningBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Our vision is to provide our customers with amazing moments and lasting memories, and to show off our beautiful Sunshine Coast/Noosa hinterland region while floating above it.
We strive to offer exceptional, personal service to our guests, and we look forward to flying with you.
Our business is local, and owner-run and piloted, ensuring that we can deliver a quality experience. We hold a CASA AOC (Air Operator’s Certificate) and are fully insured. Our experienced Chief Pilot has flown extensively both here in Australia and overseas.
We are a sustainable company, with carbon positive tree planting programs in place to ensure that we are doing our bit to make things better.
There are few places on earth that can rival our natural beauty here in the Sunshine Coast/Noosa hinterland!
Watershed Australia
Watershed AustraliaBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Watershed Australia offers the following services:
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Catchment Management and Ecology
- Community Engagement, Facilitation and Training
- Program Management – Monitoring, Evaluation, Review and Improvement
Your Local Lifestyle Newspaper
Your Local Lifestyle NewspaperBusiness Info - to view website scan QR code with your phone
Your Local Lifestyle is an independently owned News Magazine, delivering news and connecting the local hinterland communities throughout Noosa Hinterland and the Mary Valley. A colourful publication with a month shelf-life, that is winning the hearts of readers across the hinterland, with its quality journalism and fascinating stories, unearthing the hidden gems of our Hinterland. The success of our business is driven by the desire to connect our remote hinterland communities and to inspire more engaged communities by connecting readers to local events, local businesses, local food producers and suppliers, local health providers and give a strong voice to the arts and culture in our community.
We also aim to provide a quality publication that supports our local business owners, that is independently owned and operated by locals, for locals.