Nambour–Bli Bli Road is a continuous 8.1-kilometre (5.0 mi) road route in the Sunshine Coast local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is signed as State Route 10.[1] It is a state-controlled district road (number 130), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[2][3]
Nambour–Bli Bli Road Bli Bli Road | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 8.1 km (5.0 mi)[1] |
| Route number(s) |  |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Nambour Connection Road and Nambour–Mapleton Road, Nambour |
| East end |  David Low Way, Bli Bli |
Route description
editThe road starts at an intersection with Nambour–Mapleton Road (known as National Park Road) and Nambour Connection Road (see below) in Nambour. It runs east as Bli Bli Road (Tourist Drive 23), crossing into Bli Bli 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.[1][4]
The road is fully sealed to at least a two lane standard. It serves the rural and residential areas along its length.[1][4]
Since July 1997, when Yandina was bypassed by the Bruce Highway,[5] this road is part of the shortest route from Eumundi to Maroochydore.[6]
History
editLogging began in the Nambour district in 1862.[7] 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.[8][9]
In 1862 the Bli Bli area was part of the 1,600 acres (650 ha) 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.[10]
Major intersections
editAll distances are from Google Maps.[1] The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nambour | 0 | 0.0 | Nambour Connection Road (Coronation Avenue) – southwest – Nambour Nambour Connection Road – northeast – Yandina Nambour–Mapleton Road – northwest – Mapleton | Western end of Nambour–Bli Bli Road. Road starts, as part of Tourist Route 23, as Bli Bli Road. | |
| Bli Bli | 0.95– 1.3 | 0.59– 0.81 |  Bruce Highway – southeast – Forest Glen – northwest – Yandina | Road continues southeast as State Route 10, then northeast. | |
| 7.3 | 4.5 | Yandina–Bli Bli Road (Willis Road) – north – Yandina | Road turns southeast. | ||
| 8.1 | 5.0 | David Low Way – south – Diddillibah – east – Pacific Paradise | Eastern end of Nambour–Bli Bli Road | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Nambour Connection Road
editNambour Connection Road | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bruce Highway, Woombye to Yandina South Connection Road, Kulangoor |
| Length | 13.3 km (8.3 mi) |
Nambour Connection Road is a state-controlled district road (number 489), part of which is rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[2][3] It runs from the Bruce Highway in Woombye, via Nambour, to Kulangoor, a distance of 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi).[11] It was part of the Bruce Highway from its inception in 1934[12] to 1990, when the Nambour Bypass was opened.[13]
NOTE: Google maps show Nambour Connection Road extending north from Kulangoor to Yandina, but the official TMR map shows the northern part as Yandina South Connection Road. The reason for this is as follows: When the Nambour Bypass opened in 1990[13] the highway crossed from the new road to the old in Kulangoor, and the newly named Nambour Connection Road ended at that point. When the Yandina Bypass opened in 1997[14] the old road from Kulangoor to Yandina was renamed Yandina South Connection Road and the connection between the new and old roads was closed.
Major intersections (Nambour Connection Road)
editAll distances are from Google Maps.[11] The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woombye | 0 | 0.0 | Bruce Highway – south – Tanawha – north – Yandina  Maroochydore Road – east – Forest Glen | Southern end of Nambour Connection Road. | |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | Woombye–Montville Road – southwest – Palmwoods, Montville Kiel Mountain Road – northeast – Kiels Mountain | Road continues northwest, then north. | ||
| Nambour | 9.2 | 5.7 | Nambour–Bli Bli Road – east – Bli Bli Nambour–Mapleton Road (National Park Road) – northwest– Mapleton | Road continues northeast, then north. | |
| Kulangoor | 13.3 | 8.3 | Yandina South Connection Road – northwest – Yandina | Northern end of Nambour Connection Road. Road continues northwest as Yandina South Connection Road. | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Nambour to Bli Bli" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ a b The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ a b "North Coast district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b Australia Road Atlas – Map 5. Hema Maps – via RACQ. 2009. ISBN 1-86500-553-9.
- ^ "100 Years of Transport and Main Roads – 1990–2000" Archived 27 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Main Roads (Queensland)
- ^ "Eumundi to Maroochydore" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ Petrie, C.C. (1904). Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland. Brisbane: Watson, Ferguson & Co. pp. 191–202. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. p. 135. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
- ^ "Nambour history". Hinterland Tourism. 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Bli Bli". Sunshine Coast Council. 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Nambour Connection Road" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Bruce Highway". Expressway. 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Backward Glance: The Nambour retail story continues". Sunshine Coast Council. 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "100 Years of Transport and Main Roads – 1990–2000" Archived 27 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Main Roads (Queensland)