Yaroomba, Queensland
Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Side box Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Yaroomba is a coastal suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the Template:CensusAU, Yaroomba had a population of 2,043 people.[1]
Geography
The eastern boundary of the suburb is the Coral Sea, featuring a long strip of sand called Yaroomba Beach (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[3][4]
The land rises from sea level in the east to approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in the west. The Palmer Coolum Resort and Golf Course occupies about half the suburb, Script error: No such module "convert".. The remainder is residential housing.[5]
The David Low Way traverses the suburb from north-east to south-east.[5]
History
The suburb began life as a housing estate named Coronation Beach in 1953 in honour of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The name was changed to Yaroomba, a Kabi word which means "surf on the beach", in 1961.[6]
In 2007, a Script error: No such module "convert". piece of hardwood ribbing was found on the beach by Scott Patterson. It was uncovered due to a combination of high tides and rushing creek waters from recent heavy rain. It was part of the shipwrecked Kirkdale. The ship was built in Whitby, England, and was a twin-masted Script error: No such module "convert". sailing ship about Script error: No such module "convert". long. It left Launceston in May 1862 bound for Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) via the Torres Strait; however, after arriving at Cooktown, the captain turned and travelled south again and ran aground off Yaroomba Beach on 19 July 1862. The ship caught fire but the captain and crew members were able to launch a boat and survived.[7][8][9][10][11]
Demographics
In the Template:CensusAU, Yaroomba had a population of 1,623 people.[12]
In the Template:CensusAU, Yaroomba had a population of 2,043 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Yaroomba, but the suburb is in the catchment for Coolum State School and Coolum State High School in neighbouring Coolum Beach.[5]
The closest public library is in Coolum. [13]
Amenities
There are a number of parks in the suburb:
- Bimini Dr Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Birrahl Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Diamond Close Natural Amenity Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Donegal Drive Environmental Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Marcoola -Yaroomba Foreshore Bushland Conservation Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Meadowlands Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Opel Pl Drainage E/ment (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Warran Road Natural Amenity Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Yaroomba Bushland 1 Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Yaroomba Bushland 2 Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
- Yaroomba Bushland Park Bushland Conservation Reserve (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[14]
References
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External links
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