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David Low Way
David Low Way is a Australian road connecting the many coastal townships of the Sunshine Coast with the two large city centres of Maroochydore in the south and Noosa Heads in the north. The route is an alternative coastal route to the Sunshine Motorway and passes through the sugar and fruit growing town of Bli Bli and then crosses the Sunshine Motorway. The road then travels north along the coast, through many coastal towns to the terminus at Noosa Heads. It is named after David Low, a local Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The first stage of the road was opened between Sunshine Beach and Peregian Beach on April 2, 1960, by the Queensland Premier of the time, Frank Nicklin Sir George Francis Reuben Nicklin, (6 August 1895 – 29 January 1978) was an Australian politician. He was the Premier of Queensland from 1957 to 1968, the first non- Labor Party premier since 1932. Early life and career Nicklin was born in M .... Upgrade Cycle facility A project to pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroochydore, Queensland
Maroochydore ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the urban area of Maroochydore had a population of 63,673 people. The city was subdivided from the Cotton Tree reserve by Surveyor Thomas O'Connor in 1903. The land was acquired from William Pettigrew who had a timber depot at what is now Wharf Street. Its name comes from the Yuggera language word ''Muru-kutchi'', meaning red-bill and referring to the black swan, which is commonly seen in the area. Maroochydore is a major commercial area of the Sunshine Coast with most shopping precincts located in the central business district. It is home to the Sunshine Plaza shopping centre and the Sunshine Coast's major bus interchange for Translink services operated by Kinetic Group. Maroochydore is also a venue of major surf sport carnivals, and is a popular holiday point from which to travel the rest of Queensland. Geography The boundaries of the Maroochydore as a locality are well-def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Premier
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed by the governor of Queensland. The incumbent premiership is that of David Crisafulli. Constitutional role Under section 43 of the Constitution of Queensland the premier and other members of Cabinet are appointed by the governor. They are collectively responsible to Parliament in accordance with responsible government. The text of the Constitution assigns to the premier certain powers, such as the power to assign roles (s 25) to assistant ministers (formerly known as parliamentary secretaries), and to appoint ministers as acting ministers (s 45) for a period of 14 days. In practice, under the conventions of the Westminster System followed in Queensland, the premier's power is derived from two sources: command of a majority in the Legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mudjimba, Queensland
Mudjimba is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia, and forms part of the Maroochydore urban centre. In the , Mudjimba had a population of 2,664 people. Geography The suburb is bounded by Mudjimba Beach on the Coral Sea to the east, the David Low Way to the north and north-west, and Ocean Drive to the south. There are two main residential areas in the suburb, one in the north-east beside the beach and the one along Najoor Road in the west of the suburb. The southern part of the suburb is a protected area within the Maroochy River Conservation Park. There are various small areas of marshland throughout the suburb. Mudjimba Island sits about off the coast. (). The island forms part of the suburb and is protected as part of the Maroochy River Conservation Park. The island is known as Old Woman Island, and is associated with an Aboriginal legend of two women who stranded on the island who gathered the Midyam berri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twin Waters, Queensland
Twin Waters is a coastal suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Twin Waters had a population of 2,966 people. Geography Twin Waters is bounded by the Maroochy River to the south and the Coral Sea to the south-east. Much of the river frontage is preserved within the Maroochy River Conservation Park (), which covers is managed primarily for nature conservation. Due to the L-shape of the suburb, there are three distinct areas: north-west, south-west, and south-east. The south-eastern part of the suburb is predominantly occupied by the conservation park and the Twin Waters Resort (with its own lagoon). The north-west is occupied by the Twin Waters Golf Course with some residential development. The south-west has its own lagoon connected to the Maroochy River and is a mixture of residential development and the conversation park along the river front. There is a sandy surf beach along the coast with a narrow coastal reserve immediate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mooloolaba, Queensland
Mooloolaba is a coastal suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located north of the state capital, Brisbane, and is part of the Maroochydore urban centre. In the , Mooloolaba had a population of 8,202 people. Geography Mooloolaba is bounded on the east by the Coral Sea, on the south by the Mooloolah River, on the north by Alexandra Headland and to the west by Buderim. Mooloolaba Harbour (near the mouth of the Mooloolah River, ) is the home of a large fleet of fishing vessels, as well as being the northern base for the pilot vessels that control shipping through Moreton Bay and the Port of Brisbane. Due to its sheltered location in the lee of Point Cartwright, it is an all-weather harbour favoured by recreational sailors. The esplanade facing Mooloolaba beach is a centre for tourist activity, containing the Sea Life marine park, as well as many souvenir and clothing shops, bookshops, galleries and restaurants. Behind the apa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nambour–Bli Bli Road
Nambour–Bli Bli Road is a continuous road route in the Sunshine Coast local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is signed as State Route 10. It is a state-controlled district road (number 130), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). Route description The road starts at an intersection with Nambour–Mapleton Road (known as National Park Road) and Nambour Connection Road (see below) in . It runs east as Bli Bli Road (Tourist Drive 23), crossing into before reaching the Bruce Highway, which it passes under at a dumbbell intersection. It runs southeast as State Route 10, and then northeast before turning east. It reaches an intersection with Yandina–Bli Bli Road (Willis Road) to the north, then turns southeast to an intersection with David Low Way, where it ends. The road is fully sealed to at least a two lane standard. It serves the rural and residential areas along its length. Since July 1997, when Yandina was bypassed by the Bruce Highway, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nambour, Queensland
Nambour is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 12,145 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub-tropical hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast at the foot of the Blackall Range It was the administrative centre and capital of the Shire of Maroochy, Maroochy Shire and is now the administrative centre of the Sunshine Coast Region. The greater Nambour region includes surrounding suburbs such as Burnside, Queensland, Burnside, Coes Creek, Queensland, Coes Creek, and Perwillowen, Queensland, Perwillowen. Nambour–Mapleton Road exits to the west and Nambour–Bli Bli Road to the east. Etymology The name is derived from the Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal word "naamba", referring to the red-flowering Callistemon, bottle brush ''Callistemon viminalis''. History In 1862 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodford, Queensland
Woodford is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Woodford had a population of 4,022 people. The town is noted for the Woodford Folk Festival that takes place over the New Year holidays. Geography Woodford is on the D'Aguilar Highway by road north-north-west of Brisbane and north-west of Caboolture. Kilcoy–Beerwah Road exits to the north-east. History ''Duungidjawu language, Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and City of Moreton Bay, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Queensland, Caboolture, Kilcoy, Queensland, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore, Queensland, Moore. Dalla (also known as Dalambara and Dallambara) is a language of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian National Highway (Australia), National Highway and also part of Highway 1 (Australia), Highway 1, the longest highway route in Australia. Its length is approximately ; it is entirely sealed with bitumen. The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, Henry Bruce (Australian politician), Harry Bruce. Bruce was the state Minister for Works in the mid-1930s when the highway was named after him. The highway once passed through Brisbane, but was truncated at Bald Hills, Queensland, Bald Hills when the Gateway Motorway became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986. It was previously known as the Great North Coast Road, being renamed as the Bruce Highway in 1934 after the state's Minister for Public Works, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caloundra (suburb)
Caloundra is a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb and the central business district of the town of Caloundra in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caloundra had a population of 3,932 people. Geography Bulcock Street is the central business district of the Caloundra urban centre. In the south of the suburb is a headland (Deep Water Point at ) and a sandy beach (Bulcock Beach at ) which face the Coral Sea with the northern tip of Bribie Island about away. Bulcock Beach is named after Robert Bulcock, who served in both the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council and was a resident of Caloundra in 1878. History The suburb takes its name from the headland Caloundra Head (in the neighbouring suburb of Kings Beach, Queensland, Kings Beach), which in turn comes from the Kabi language words "kal/owen" meaning ''beech tree'' (''Gmelina leichhardtii'') and "dha" meaning ''place''. In 1883 the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buderim, Queensland
Buderim ( ) is a town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It sits on a mountain which overlooks the southern Sunshine Coast communities. The name "Buderim" is usually believed to be derived from a local Gubbi Gubbi people, Kabi Kabi Indigenous Australian, Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam) ''Banksia spinulosa var. collina''. However, as the environment on the mountain before British occupation was one of dense rainforest not Banksia heath, the name may have come from the Yugambeh language, Yugambeh word ''budherahm'' meaning sacred or spiritual. In the , the town of Buderim had a population of 58,956 people. Geography The urban area of Buderim is not strictly bounded, but in the , Buderim's urban area includes all or most of the land in the following suburbs: *Buderim (suburb), Buderim *Forest Glen, Queensland, Forest Glen *Kunda Park, Queensland, Kunda Park *Mons, Queensland, Mons *Mountain Creek, Queensland, Mountain Creek *Sippy Dow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuluin, Queensland
Kuluin is a suburb of Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kuluin had a population of 2,700 people. History The locality takes its name from an Aboriginal word in the Kabi language meaning black swan. Kuluin State School opened in 1987. Kuluin was originally joined with the nearby towns of Maroochydore and Buderim. It became a separate suburb in 1991. Demographics In the , Kuluin had a population of 2,363 people. In the , Kuluin had a population of 2,700 people. Education Kuluin State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Tallow Wood Drive (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 622 students with 47 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (16 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 596 students with 46 teachers (38 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). The school includes a special education program. There are no se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
