Moore Park Beach, Queensland
Town in Queensland, Australia
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Moore Park Beach is a coastal rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] The coastal town of Moore Park is within the locality.[4] In the 2021 census, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,890 people.[1]
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| Coordinates: 24.7163°S 152.275°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| City | Moore Park | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 59.0 km2 (22.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Totals | 2,890 (2021 census)[1] 2,650 (2016 census town)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 48.98/km2 (126.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4670 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 26 °C (79 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 20 °C (68 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,140 mm (45 in) | ||||||||||||
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Geography
Moore Park Beach is on the Coral Sea, 23.4 kilometres (14.5 mi) by road north of the city of Bundaberg. It is bordered to the north and north-west by the Kolan River, to the south by the suburbs of Moorland and Welcome Creek, and on the east by Fairymead.[5]
Fairydale is a neighbourhood within the south-east of the locality (24.7486°S 152.3010°E).[6]
Moore Park Beach is a sandy beach (24.6969°S 152.2517°E) which extends the entire length of the locality's coastline and beyond to Fairymead.[7][5]
The most northern part of the locality is protected within the Mouth of Kolan River Conservation Park (24.6778°S 152.2199°E). It is 784 hectares (1,940 acres).[5]
The residential land is in two areas, the coastal strip with predominantly suburban-sized house lots and an area in the west of the locality accessed via Malvern Drive featuring larger rural residential land parcels.[5]
The far south-east of the locality is undeveloped marshland. The remainder of the locality is used for farming, predominantly growing sugarcane.[5]
History
On 3 January 1961, the town and locality were named by Queensland Place Names Board after grazier Isaac Moore of Barambah station in the South Burnett.[3][4]
Moore Park State School opened on 1 January 2004. It was later renamed Moore Park Beach State School.[8][9]
Demographics
In the 2001 census, the town of Moore Park had a population of 1,279 people.[10]
In the 2006 census, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 1,599 people, of whom 26 people (1.8%) identified as Indigenous Australians. 15% of respondents were over 65 years of age. The commonest languages spoken at home were English (96%), German, Maltese, Dutch and Italian. 59.1% of residents reported Christianity as their religion, with Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 8.2%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%, and Lutheran 2.7%.[11]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,650 people, of whom 2,122 lived within the town of Moore Park.[12][2]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,890 people.[1]
Education
Moore Park Beach State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 14 Murdochs Linking Road (24.7096°S 152.2552°E).[13][14] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 193 students with 15 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).[15]
There are no secondary schools in Moore Park Beach. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg North State High School in North Bundaberg to the south.[5]
Amenities
There are a number of parks in the area:
- Environmental Reserve Park (24.7022°S 152.2560°E)[16]
- Fauna And Flora Park (24.7174°S 152.2797°E)[16]
- Industrial Park (24.7298°S 152.2849°E)[16]
- Merv Thiele Park (24.7141°S 152.2692°E)[16]
- Moore Park Oval (24.7162°S 152.2772°E)[16]
- Moore Park Wetlands Reserve (24.7201°S 152.2770°E)[16]
- Ray Townson Park (24.7055°S 152.2614°E)[16]
- Royal Palms Estate Park (24.6942°S 152.2456°E)[16]
Attractions
Four-wheel driving is permitted in two sections of the beach, north of Sylvan Drive via Royal Palms Park (24.69308°S 152.24653°E) and south of Lassig Street (24.71771°S 152.28280°E), with access at those two locations.[17]
Moore Park Surf Lifesaving Club is at Surf Club Drive (24.7151°S 152.2782°E). The volunteers patrol the beach to support safe swimming.[18]
The beach is also a nesting site for sea turtles including loggerhead sea turtles in summer months.[19]
Transport
Moore Park is served by a limited bus service operated by Stewart & Sons.[20]
