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Peregian Beach is a beach and small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is a suburb split between two local government areas with the eastern coastal in the Shire of Noosa and the western hinterland part in the Sunshine Coast Region .
The Sunshine Coast contains a number of urban centres, each with a contiguous urban area and a central business district, which for planning and amenity purposes are maintained on separate plans by the Regional Council and treated as discrete sub-regions by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The suburb takes its name from the beach Marcus Beach which extends north in neighbouring Castaways [ 3 ] The suburb is bounded to the east (in part) by the Coral Sea , to the south-east by Peregian Creek, to the west by Lake Weyba ( 26°26′21″S 153°04′27″E / 26.4392°S 153.0742°E / -26.4392; 153.0742 ( Lake Weyba ...
Peregian is a Kabi Kabi word for emu or may derive from perridhan/jan meaning mangrove seeds. [3] Nearby Mount Peregian was formerly known as Emu Mountain. [4] [5] The first inhabitants of the Peregian Springs area were the Gubbi Gubbi people who lived off the abundant riches provided by the surrounding river systems. The Gubbi Gubbi was a ...
Beach of Noosa Heads. Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to ...
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 200-kilogram (440 lb) piece of hardwood ribbing was found on the beach by Scott Patterson.
Coolum Beach is a popular day trip and holiday destination. The town is focused around the beach, which is patrolled by life savers and offers swimming and surfing; in its day, the beach is known as one of the best breaks in Queensland. Parks, a boardwalk, esplanade shops, and the surf lifesaver club surround the beach.
Obi Obi Creek, a tributary of the Mary River, runs through the north-east of the locality.The creek Kidaman Creek (from which the locality takes its name) rises in the south-east of the locality and becomes a tributary of Obi Obi Creek in the north of the locality