Buderim is placed on and around a volcanic
plateau around 600 feet above the Pacific Ocean. There is a
green ambience characterised by leafy streets, lined with poinciana
trees and flowering shrubs. Major features are the Buderim Forest
Waterfall Walk and Foote Sanctuary.
Those fortunate enough to live here, enjoy sweeping views of
one of Queensland's major tourism centres and a mild climate
all year round. The centre of Buderim is central to whole of
the Sunshine Coast, little more than 10 minutes from famous
beaches such as Noosa Heads, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Alexandra
Headlands.
The elevation catches the cool sea-breeze making the top cooler
than the shore by as much as 5 degrees. The beautiful tree-lined
escarpment and close proximity to the ocean, gives Buderim the
best of both beach and hinterland environments.
The name "Buderim" is from the local
Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam)
Banksia spinulosa collina sometimes called honeysuckle, which
grew abundantly in the sandy country around the plateau. Although
it did not actually grow on the plateau, it is likely the name
was given when the white man gestured in the direction of the
slopes across the plants, asking what the area was called.
Buderim was seen as a resource for timbergetters,
huge stands of Beech and cedar grew across the mountain. Some
trees were so large in fact, they were wasted due to the lack
of transport to carry them down to the river for despatch to
Brisbane. Once clear felled, the plateau was used for farming,
the rich red volcanic soil found on Buderim made the area particularly
suited to growing almost everything, from bananas to small crops.
The most notable were coffee and (in the 1900s) ginger, the
crop which made Buderim famous. The farming pioneer Burnett,
won awards for the quality of his coffee at shows in London
during the late 1800s.
The last 100 years has seen Buderim transformed
from a timber-getter's resource, to farmland and for a time
the centre of the largest Ginger Factory in the
southern hemisphere. This is the main source of Buderim's
fame. In the middle of the 1900s the largest ginger processing
facility in the southern hemisphere was built, and operated
until the factory closed and operations were moved closer
to other ginger growing areas near Yandina about 20 minutes
down the road, over 20 years ago. The factory now is home
to a major theme park and tourist attraction. If you come
to the Coast you will find lots of signs and info to get you
there. But don't forget to visit Buderim, the place where
it all began.
The value of Buderim as real estate pressured
many others out of the rural lifestyle. Housing development
increased in and around Buderim Mountain. Thanks to the huge
leap in real estate values during the first decade of 2000,
much land is now being developed that was once deemed too expensive
to engineer for housing estates. Due to this development, all
farming and much of the secondary growth rainforest on the escarpment
has disappeared.
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