Steel Taipan, Steel roller coaster at Dreamworld in Coomera, Australia

Steel Taipan is a steel launched roller coaster at Dreamworld in Coomera, Queensland. Its orange track with a lattice spine and two black rails rises into a steeply banked wave turn, supported by tall dark grey cylindrical columns. On the lower right the track passes above a tan sculpted rock formation with a hollow archway, through which orange track is visible.

Steel Taipan was announced on 23 August 2019 as a near-clone of Mack Rides' Blue Fire, using hardware originally intended for a cancelled Chinese park. Construction was halted in March 2020 when Ardent Leisure froze non-essential costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, then broke ground in late September 2020. Vertical construction began in April 2021, testing started that September, and the coaster opened on 15 December 2021 on the site of the former Thunder River Rapids Ride.

The coaster takes its name from the taipan, a venomous Australian snake; the name Steel Taipan was chosen from two trademarked options, the other being Hiss-teria. The ride's back row uses Mack Rides' HybridTrain spinning car, a two-passenger vehicle with magnets in the seats that control spin speed, first tested on Blue Fire at Europa Park.

The last car on each train rotates during the ride, offering a different experience from the front seats. Two trains run simultaneously to keep waiting times shorter.

This is the first installation south of the equator to accelerate passengers both forward and backward during the same ride. The system creates moments where riders cannot predict which direction comes next.