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Lake Cootharaba
Lake Cootharaba is a lake on the Noosa River within the locality of Noosa North Shore in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It is the gateway to the Everglades, a popular tourist attraction for Noosa, being 20 km away from Noosa. The lake's major access is the town of Boreen Point, as well as the smaller camping-spot of Elanda Point. Geography Lake Cootharaba is approximately 10 km long and 5 km wide, at an average depth of 1.5 m. The lake is close to the Pacific Ocean but does not drain directly into it. Instead the Noosa River enters from the north via the Everglades Wetlands and exits at the south via a navigable channel to meet the sea at Noosa Heads 12 km to the southeast. The lake is surrounded by the southern section of the Great Sandy National Park to the north, east and south with farming land to the west. To the west of the lake are the locations of Como, Boreen Point and Cootharaba with the locality of Ringtail Creek to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noosa, Queensland
The Shire of Noosa is a Local government in Australia, local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it was Merger (politics), amalgamated with the Shire of Maroochy and City of Caloundra to form the Sunshine Coast Region. The shire was re-established on 1 January 2014. History Geological history The Noosa Hinterland was formed during the Oligocene, Oligocene era around 25-30 million years ago when Volcanism, volcanic activity created the ranges. By the beginning of the Neolithic, Neolithic era, Noosa's coast experienced a change in sea level rises when its beaches and waterways began to take shape. Ancient history The Noosa area was originally home to several Indigenous Australian, Aboriginal groups. They primarily include the ''Undumbi'' tribe to the south, the ''Dulingbara'' to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Como, Queensland
Como is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Como had a population of 54 people. Geography Como is on the Sunshine Coast, north-west of Noosa Heads, immediately south of the boundary between the Shire of Noosa and Gympie Region (to the north). The locality is bordered to the north-east and east by the Noosa River and to the south-east by the shore of Lake Cootharaba. Much of the locality is within protected areas. Most of the east of the locality is within the Great Sandy National Park with part of the west of the locality within the Toolara State Forest. The south-west of the locality has rural residential land and is also used for grazing and crop-growing. The north of the locality also has grazing. History Historically, this area has been logged for timber, resulting in a number of campsites and small townships established for the timber workers. Transport of the timber and workers was mostly by boat. Harry's Hut was built in 1957 as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. The first recorded use of the word γεωγραφία was as a title of a book by Greek scholar Eratosthenes (276–194 BC). Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding of Earth and its human and natural complexities—not merely where objects are, but also how they have changed and come to be. While geography is specific to Earth, many concepts can be applied more broadly to other celestial bodies in the field of planetary science. One such concept, the first law of geography, proposed by Waldo Tobler, is "everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things." Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge between the human and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tramways In Queensland
List of tramways in Queensland provides three separate lists, each in alphabetical order of the key identifier. They are: * Non sugar cane tramways, ordered by Tramway Name as contained in Wikipedia articles. * Sugar cane tramways, ordered by Sugar Mill Name, of which not all mills have a Wikipedia article. * Miscellaneous tramways for which only limited information is available, ordered by Enterprise Name as contained in Wikipedia articles This list article does not include the Brisbane tramway network, the Brisbane Tramway Museum, the Gold Coast light rail, or the Rockhampton steam tram network. The information listed is derived from the references and from the wikilinked articles (including those in “See also”) Non sugar cane tramways Except where shown otherwise these tramways had a gauge of . They were regarded as tramways because of their lighter construction, and because they did not compete with government railways. The Mapleton Tramway, a former sugar cane tramwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes Of Australia
Natural freshwater lakes in Australia are rare due to the general absence of glacial and tectonic activity in Australia. Types Most lakes in Australia fall within one of five categories. Excluding lakes created by man-made dams for water storage and other purposes, one can identify the following: * coastal lakes and lagoons including perched lakes; * natural freshwater inland lakes, often ephemeral and some part of wetland or swamp areas; * the Main Range containing mainland Australia's five glacial lakes. In Tasmania, due to glaciation, there are a large number of natural freshwater lakes on the central plateau, many of which have been enlarged or modified by hydro-electric developments; * predominantly dry, salt lakes in the flat desert regions of the country lacking organised drainage; and * lakes created in volcanic remnants. List of lakes by state and territory Australian Antarctic Territory The following is a list of prominent natural lakes and lagoons in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mill Point Settlement Site
Mill Point Settlement Site is a heritage-listed former settlement at Elanda Point at Lake Cootharaba in Como, Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to the 1940s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 April 2005. History The Mill Point Settlement Site on Lake Cootharaba contains remnants of a private "company" township based around a sawmill and sustained by timber extraction from local forests which was in operation from the late 1860s until the early 1890s. Exploration of the timber resources in the Cooloola area commenced in the early 1860s. William Pettigrew visited the area in 1863, exploring the Noosa River and its lakes. Although Pettigrew subsequently concentrated his timber operations in northern Cooloola, he recorded quantities of hardwoods including cedar, Bunya pine, Kauri pine, Hoop pine, Cypress pine, beech, ash, tulip and yellow-wood in various locations. Cedar-getters appear to have been working in the Noosa River area by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noosa North Shore, Queensland
Noosa North Shore is a coastal rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Noosa North Shore had a population of 179 people. Geography It contains part of the Great Sandy National Park and the small town of Teewah. The name of the suburb refers to its location on the northern banks of the Noosa River. The suburb is the southern end point of the Cooloola Great Walk. Access to the suburb is provided by the cable ferry, Noosa River Ferry, which crosses the Noosa River at Tewantin Tewantin ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , Tewantin had a population of 10,920 people. Tewantin was the original settlement in the Noosa region and is one of its three major centres today. Hi .... In order to maintain Noosa North Shore as a wilderness area, there are no plans to provide road or bridge access and there are restrictions on development. History In the Noosa North Shore had a population of 121 people. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringtail Creek, Queensland
Ringtail Creek is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the Ringtail Creek had a population of 197 people. Geography The locality is in the northern Sunshine Coast hinterland. The north-eastern boundary follows the Noosa River where it leaves Lake Cootharaba. A small section in the west belongs to the Mary River catchment area. A large portion of the locality is protected within the Ringtail Forest Reserve. The town of Cooloothin is at . Sealys Lagoon is a lagoon on Ringfield Creek (the watercourse) on the eastern border of the locality (). History By 1875, a sugarcane plantation had been established at Cooloothin Creek by 1875. In July 1880, the Queensland Government sold off 61 town allotments in Cooloothin. A few houses remain on the northern edge of the town but the southern part of the town is now Tewah Park. Ringtail State School opened on 1 May 1912 and closed on 1943. It was located on the north-east corner of Gards Road and Ringta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cootharaba, Queensland
Cootharaba is a rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Cootharaba had a population of 866 people. Geography Lake Cootharaba forms part of the south-eastern boundary of Cootharaba. A section of Tewantin National Park has been established in the southwest of Cootharaba. History It is named after the Aboriginal name for the lake, which referred to the place where wood could be found for making notched or studded clubs. Cootharaba School opened circa 1875 and closed circa 1891. Cootharaba Road Provisional School opened on 12 Feb 1894. On 7 June 1899, it became Cootharaba Road State School. It closed in 1965. Cooroora Provisional School opened on 17 January 1898. On 1 January 1909, it became Cooroora State School. In 1911, it was renamed Kareewa State School. In 1933, it was renamed Boreen Junction State School. It closed in 1947. It was at 24 Cootharaba Road (). Cootharaba Lake State School opened on 23 August 1909. It closed in 1943 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Sandy National Park
Great Sandy National Park is a coastal national park in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The park features untouched beaches, large sand dunes, heathlands, rainforests, swamps, creeks, freshwater lakes and mangrove forests. Great Sandy National Park is divided into two sections. The Cooloola Recreation Area section is situated on the coast between Noosa Heads in the south and Rainbow Beach in the north and covers . The Fraser Island (also known as K'Gari and Gari) section encompasses almost all of the world's largest sand island, which is situated north of Rainbow Beach, covering . Environment Birds The land within the park is classified by BirdLife International as the Cooloola and Fraser Coast Important Bird Area because it supports a large population of black-breasted buttonquails as well as many bush and beach stone-curlews, green catbirds, regent bowerbirds, mangrove honeyeaters, and pale-yellow robins. Cooloola is also home to the eastern gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, through excavation, or building any number of retaining walls or levees. In other contexts, "reservoirs" may refer to storage spaces for various fluids; they may hold liquids or gasses, including hydrocarbons. ''Tank reservoirs'' store these in ground-level, elevated, or buried tanks. Tank reservoirs for water are also called cisterns. Most underground reservoirs are used to store liquids, principally either water or petroleum. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
