Maroochydore Suburb Overview
Maroochydore is an urban centre on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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 on Sunshine Coast. Maroochydore is also a venue of major surf sport carnivals, and is a popular holiday point from which to travel the rest of Queensland.
The name Maroochydore comes from the Aboriginal indigenous Yuggera language word ‘Muru-kutchi’, meaning red-bill: the name of the black swan, commonly seen in the area.
Maroochydore is the sixth town mentioned in the original version of the song ” I’ve Been Everywhere “.
The town of Maroochydore 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 St.
Maroochydore is not strictly defined, but the boundary used by Sunshine Coast Regional Council includes a region from the southern boundary of Sunshine Coast Airport to the Mooloolah River at Mooloolaba and Kawana Way. This corresponds to the historic Australian Bureau of Statistics urban centres of Maroochydore
The Maroochydore urban centre consists of the following suburbs
The current ASGC, applicable to the 2001 and 2006 censuses, has placed all of Buderim and Mountain Creek under the Buderim SLA.
Maroochydore’s suburbs are served by Sunbus Sunshine Coast, who operate a bus interchange at Sunshine Plaza in the CBD. Various bus routes connect Maroochydore to Buderim, Coolum, Kawana, Caloundra, Nambour and Noosa.
Nambour Station on the Nambour / Gympie North Line has regular services to Brisbane, operated by QR Citytrain. There are also coach services from Sunshine Plaza to Brisbane Airport.
Sunshine Coast Airport is located just north of the urban centre in Marcoola. It offers domestic flights to state capital cities around Australia.
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