Como is a rural

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in the

Shire of Noosa The Shire of Noosa () is a Local government in Australia, local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as ...

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, Australia. In the , Como had a population of 54 people.

Geography

Como is on the

Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast may refer to: * Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia **Sunshine Coast Region, a local government area of Queensland named after the region **Sunshine Coast Stadium * Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), geographic subregion of the Br ...

, north-west of

Noosa Heads Noosa Heads is a coastal town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is a popular holiday destination. In the , the suburb of Noosa Heads had a population of 5,120 people. Geography ...

, immediately south of the boundary between the Shire of Noosa and

Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast and ...

(to the north). The locality is bordered to the north-east and east by the

Noosa River The Noosa River is a river situated in South East Queensland. The catchment starts in the Como Escarpment near Mount Elliott in the coastal Great Sandy National Park and meanders south through a lakes district around Tewantin. Lakes situated o ...

and to the south-east by the shore of

Lake Cootharaba Lake Cootharaba is a lake on the Noosa River within the locality of Noosa North Shore in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is the gateway to the Everglades, a popular tourist attraction for Noosa, being 20 km away from Noosa ...

. Much of the locality is within

protected areas Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewoo ...

. Most of the east of the locality is within the

Great Sandy National Park Great Sandy National Park is a coastal national park in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The park features untouched beaches, large sand dunes, heathlands, rainforests, swamps, creeks, freshwater lakes and mangrove fo ...

with part of the west of the locality within the Toolara State Forest. The south-west of the locality has

rural residential A hobby farm (also called a lifestyle block, acreage living, or rural residential) is a smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income. Some are held simply to bring homeowners closer to n ...

land and is also used for

grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...

and crop-growing. The north of the locality also has grazing.

History

Historically, this area has been logged for timber, resulting in a number of campsites and small townships established for the timber workers. Transport of the timber and workers was mostly by boat. Harry's Hut was built in 1957 as a shelter for timber workers from a local campsite to use during heavy rainfall. After the logging ceased in the 1960s, the hut was purchased by Harry Spring who operated pharmacies in Pomona and Cooroy. He used the hut as a base while fishing in the Noosa River. Following his death in 1999, the hut came under the control of the National Parks department of the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, ...

, but it continues to bear his name. Between 2008 and 2013, Como was within

Sunshine Coast Region The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, from which it takes its name. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires o ...

. In 2008, the Queensland Government forced Shire of Noosa to amalgamate, resulting in the new local government area of Sunshine Coast Region. However, a vote of former Shire of Noosa residents was taken to de-amalgamate, and

was re-established in 2014.

Heritage listings

Como has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...

sites, including: * Elanda Point on Lake Cootharaba: Mill Point Settlement Site () * Lake Cootharaba () * Harry's Hut, Harrys Hut Road ()

Demographics

In the , Como had a population of 46 people. In the , Como had a population of 54 people.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Como Park () * Cootharaba () * Tarangau ()

Education

There are no schools in Como. The nearest government primary school is Kin Kin State School in neighbouring Kin Kin to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is

Noosa District State High School Noosa District State High School is a twin campus high school based in Cooroy and Pomona in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The Cooroy campus was established in 1963, and as of 2016, had 1335 students. The school has two campuses in ...

which has its junior campus in Pomona to the south-west and its senior campus in

Cooroy Cooroy is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cooroy had a population of 4,801 people. Geography Cooroy is inland from the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland about west of Noosa ...

to the south.

Attractions

Harry's Hut recreational area is a day-use and camping area on the shores of the Noosa River in the Great Sandy National Park. These facilities are at the northern end of Harrys Hut Road.

References

{{Noosa Shire Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland Localities in Queensland