Sunshine Coast Suburb Profiles
According to Wikipedia, the Sunshine Coast has over 100 suburbs (109 to be exact). Instead of listing each of them here, we have profiled some of the major suburbs below. Find out about real estate statistics, popular things to do and general information about the suburb.
Suburb Profile: Cooloola
The area to the west of Noosa Junction is known by locals as the "Cooloola Estate", it was subdivided as residential home sites in the early 1970's. The area has developed over the past 30 years into a secluded residential enclave with a mix of older homes which are gradually being snapped up and remodelled to reflect our more casual Noosa lifestyle.
Suburb Profile: Hastings Street
One of Australia's most favoured holiday destinations and the focal point of Noosa Heads. Hastings Street is approximately 600m in length lined with boutique shopping, relaxed first class restaurants and holiday apartment complexes. Leafy sub-tropical trees soften and shade this beautiful boulevard.
Hinterland Suburb Profiles: Nambour, Montville & More
The Sunshine Coast Hinterland area encompasses the inland mountain range (the Blackall Range) which is tucked in to the west of the golden beaches of the coastline. It includes the regions of: Nambour, Mapleton, Montville, Eumundi, Yandina, Woombye and Palmwoods.
Suburb Profile: Little Cove
Little Cove is one of the most desirable spots to own property in Noosa and is set nestled up into the side of the National Park looking out to Laguna Bay, the North Shore and down to Hastings Street. There is a wide variety of holiday apartments and private houses, ranging from little 2 bedroom units in small complexes to larger and more spacious houses.
Suburb Profile: Noosa Hill
Noosa Hill has always been a popular location for locals in the know - tucked up in the trees only minutes on foot from Hastings Street with its sophisticated shopping, dining and beach resorts, it is also just a stroll down to Noosa Junction business centre. The views from the Western elevation of Noosa Hill afford some of the most spectacular sunsets.
Suburb Profile: Noosa Springs
After exhaustive international research, local architect Alan Starkey designed this magnificent golf course residential community just 5 minutes from Hastings Street. The winner of multiple urban development awards, Noosa Springs flows effortlessly around the 18 hole championship golf course.
Suburb Profile: Noosaville
Often described as the heartbeat of the region, Noosaville's northern esplanade borders along the scenic Noosa River, which is known by the locals as the "Golden Mile". The recent $5.8m beautification program funded by local and state governments, Noosaville is thriving and offers a multitude of activities for families, every-day visitors and retired couples.
Suburb Profile: Noosa Waters
Noosa Waters offers an exquisite residential lifestyle with a strong community atmosphere. Noosa Waters was developed over nine years beginning in 1991. It has a most sophisticated lock and weir system. Water is pumped in daily and gravitates back into Noosa River constantly resulting in high quality water utilised for swimming, boating, fishing and crabbing.
Suburb Profile: North Shore
The area known as Noosa's North Shore encompasses the land situated opposite Noosaville and Tewantin taking in the Cooloola National Park and the small village of Teewah . Teewah township is a small oceanfront settlement located about ten km north of the mouth of the Noosa River along a beautiful sandy coastline.
Suburb Profile: Peregian Beach
The coastal strip of pristine open beaches running south of Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach is becoming a popular hideaway for holidaymakers and investors. Just 10 minutes south of Noosa is Marcus Beach, a place where life is a little slower and more relaxed than in the heart of Noosa and where the trees and bird life prevail over development.
Suburb Profile: Sunrise Beach
Sunrise Beach, just South of Sunshine Beach and a few minutes from Hastings Street is one of the Noosa market's most diversified areas. The beach itself is magnificent, with pristine surf offset by a wide expanse of clean yellow sand. It has a range of property from inexpensive townhouses through to prestige homes in diversified settings from beachfront to bush.
Suburb Profile: Sunshine Beach
Many years ago, Sunshine Beach was a sleepy outpost of Noosa with fibro shacks, fishermen and surfers. It always had a following, particularly with the Brisbane professional and business set for a cheap weekender. Geographically bounded by the National Park to the north, the ocean to the east and the David Low Way to the west and south.
Suburb Profile: Tewantin
Tewantin is the living history of Noosa, the original logging, fishing and tourist town. The Kabi Kabis' (local aboriginal tribe) name for Tewantin was Woolumba, meaning place of big water. Tewantin has retained much of the history of this area while still progressing with the times.
Suburb Profile: Sunshine Coast Commercial Suburbs
A robust and busy commercial sector underpins the Noosa Commercial Market which offers investors a variety of freehold retail/industrial property through the Shire's business precincts. The major commercial markets in Noosa are identified by location and these also loosely define the type of activity that predominates for each precinct.