Weyba Downs is a rural
locality
Locality may refer to:
* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
* Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...
in the
Sunshine Coast Region
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia.
It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires of Maroochy and Noosa. It cont ...
,
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia.
In the , Weyba Downs had a population of 296 people.
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Geography
Weyba Downs is on the Sunshine Coast. The eastern boundary of the locality is the western shore of Lake Weyba
Lake Weyba is a large shallow salt lake in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.
Lake Weyba is an important fish-breeding habitat. In the early 1900s, Lake Weyba had a large number of stingrays, which would have been easy targets for spe ...
, a tidal lake that flows into Noosa River
The Noosa River is a river situated in South East Queensland. The catchment starts in the Como Escarpment near Mount Elliott in the coastal Great Sandy National Park and meanders south through a lakes district around Tewantin.
Lakes situated on ...
and is within the locality of Noosaville.
History
''Weyba'' is believed to mean "place of stingrays"
References
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{{Sunshine Coast Region
Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region
Localities in Queensland