Moore Park Beach, Queensland
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Side box Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Moore Park Beach is a coastal rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] The coastal town of Moore Park is within the locality.[4]
In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,890 people.[1]
Geography
Moore Park Beach is on the Coral Sea, Script error: No such module "convert". by road north of the city of Bundaberg. It is bordered to the north and north-west by the Kolan River, to the south by the suburbs of Moorland and Welcome Creek, and on the east by Fairymead.[5]
Fairydale is a neighbourhood within the south-east of the locality (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[6]
Moore Park Beach is a sandy beach (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) which extends the entire length of the locality's coastline and beyond to Fairymead.[7][5]
The most northern part of the locality is protected within the Mouth of Kolan River Conservation Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). It is Script error: No such module "convert"..[5]
The residential land is in two areas, the coastal strip with predominantly suburban-sized house lots and an area in the west of the locality accessed via Malvern Drive featuring larger rural residential land parcels.[5]
The far south-east of the locality is undeveloped marshland. The remainder of the locality is used for farming, predominantly growing sugarcane.[5]
History
On 3 January 1961, the town and locality were named by Queensland Place Names Board after grazier Isaac Moore of Barambah station in the South Burnett.[3][4]
Moore Park State School opened on 1 January 2004. It was later renamed Moore Park Beach State School.[8][9]
Demographics
In the Template:CensusAU, the town of Moore Park had a population of 1,279 people.[10]
In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 1,599. 26 individuals (1.8%) reported aboriginal descent in the 2006 census. 15% of respondents were over 65 years of age. The commonest languages spoken at home were English (96%), German, Maltese, Dutch and Italian. 59.1% of residents reported Christianity as their religion, with Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 8.2%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%, and Lutheran 2.7%.[11]
In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,650 people, of whom 2,122 lived within the town of Moore Park.[12][2]
In the Template:CensusAU, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,890 people.[1]
Education
Moore Park Beach State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 14 Murdochs Linking Road (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[13][14] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 193 students with 15 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).[15]
There is no secondary school in Moore Park Beach. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg North State High School in North Bundaberg to the south.[5]
Amenities
There are a number of parks in the area:
- Environmental Reserve Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Fauna And Flora Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Industrial Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Merv Thiele Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Moore Park Oval (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Moore Park Wetlands Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Ray Townson Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
- Royal Palms Estate Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[16]
Attractions
Four-wheel driving is permitted in two sections of the beach, north of Sylvan Drive via Royal Palms Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) and south of Lassig Street (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), with access at those two locations.[17]
Moore Park Surf Lifesaving Club is at Surf Club Drive (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). The volunteers patrol the beach to support safe swimming.[18]
The beach is also a nesting site for sea turtles including loggerhead sea turtles in summer months.[19]
Transport
Moore Park is served by a limited bus service operated by Stewart & Sons.[20]
References
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