Nambour–Bli Bli Road Explained

Road Name:Nambour–Bli Bli Road
Road Name2:Bli Bli Road
State:qld
Type:road
Length:8.1
Direction A:West
End A:Nambour Connection Road and Nambour–Mapleton Road,
Exits:
Direction B:East
End B: David Low Way,

Nambour–Bli Bli Road is a continuous 8.1km (05miles) 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).[1] [2]

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.[3]

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,[4] this road is part of the shortest route from to .

History

Logging began in the Nambour district in 1862.[5] By 1870 a permanent European settlement, known as Petrie's Creek, had been established. In 1891, the North Coast railway to Brisbane was completed, and at its opening Petrie's Creek was renamed Nambour, after the "Nambah" cattle station, which was established in 1868.[6] [7]

In 1862 the Bli Bli area was part of the 1600acres Moolooloo Plains grazing lease. The beginnings of a town on part of that lease were in evidence by 1868, and the district was almost fully settled (with small farms) by the late 1880s.[8]

Major intersections

All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.

Nambour Connection Road

Country:AUS
State:QLD
Nambour Connection Road
Location:Bruce Highway, Woombye to Yandina South Connection Road, Kulangoor
Length Km:13.3

Nambour Connection Road is a state-controlled district road (number 489), part of which is rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bruce Highway in, via Nambour, to, a distance of 13.3km (08.3miles). It was part of the Bruce Highway from its inception in 1934[9] to 1990, when the Nambour Bypass was opened.[10]

Major intersections (Nambour Connection Road)

All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] . The State Road Network of Queensland . 30 June 2022 . 4 August 2023.
  2. Web site: North Coast district map . 2020 . Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0] . 17 June 2023 .
  3. Book: Australia Road Atlas – Map 5 . Hema Maps – via RACQ . 2009 . ISBN 1-86500-553-9.
  4. https://100years.tmr.qld.gov.au/1990s "100 Years of Transport and Main Roads – 1990–2000"
  5. Book: Petrie. C.C.. Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland. 1904. Watson, Ferguson & Co. Brisbane. 191–202. 15 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111032210/https://archive.org/details/cu31924063745495. 11 January 2014. live.
  6. Book: Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) . Heritage Trails of the Great South East . Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) . 2000 . State of Queensland . 0-7345-1008-X . 135 .
  7. Web site: Nambour history . Hinterland Tourism . 2023. 17 November 2023.
  8. Web site: Bli Bli . Sunshine Coast Council . 2023 . 15 November 2023.
  9. Web site: Bruce Highway . Expressway . 2021 . 10 October 2022.
  10. Web site: Backward Glance: The Nambour retail story continues . Sunshine Coast Council . 2022 . 24 November 2022.