Nambour–Bli Bli Road is a continuous road route in the

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local government area of

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, Australia. It is signed as State Route 10. It is a state-controlled district road (number 130), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).

Route description

The road starts at an intersection with

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(known as National Park Road) and Nambour Connection Road (see below) in . It runs east as Bli Bli Road (Tourist Drive 23), crossing into before reaching the

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, which it passes under at a

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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

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, where it ends. The road is fully sealed to at least a two lane standard. It serves the rural and residential areas along its length. Since July 1997, when Yandina was bypassed by the Bruce Highway, this road is part of the shortest route from to .

History

Logging began in the Nambour district in 1862. 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. In 1862 the Bli Bli area was part of the 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.

Major intersections

All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.

Nambour Connection Road

Nambour Connection Road is a state-controlled district road (number 489), part of which is rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the

in , via Nambour, to , a distance of . It was part of the Bruce Highway from its inception in 1934 to 1990, when the Nambour Bypass was opened.

Major intersections (Nambour Connection Road)

All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the

local government area.

References