Sunshine Beach, Queensland

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Sunshine Beach | city = [[Noosa Heads, Queensland|Noosa Heads]] | state = qld | image = Sunshine Beach seen from the Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club.jpeg | caption = Sunshine Beach, 2016 | coordinates = {{coord|-26.4072|153.1055|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Sunshine Beach (town centre)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 11 | pop = 2480 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4567 | area = 1.9 | timezone = [[AEST]] | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 1.8  | dir1 = SE | location1 = [[Noosa Heads, Queensland|Noosa Heads]] | dist2 = 9.2 | dir2 = ESE | location2 = [[Tewantin, Queensland|Tewantin]] | dist3 = 137 | dir3 = N | location3 = [[Brisbane]] | dist4 = | dir4 = | lga = [[Shire of Noosa]] | stategov = [[Electoral district of Noosa|Noosa]] | fedgov = [[Division of Wide Bay|Wide Bay]] | near-n = [[Noosa Heads, Queensland|Noosa Heads]] | near-ne = ''[[Coral Sea]]'' | near-e = ''[[Coral Sea]]'' | near-se = ''[[Coral Sea]]'' | near-s = [[Sunrise Beach, Queensland|Sunrise Beach]] | near-sw = [[Noosa Heads, Queensland|Noosa Heads]] | near-w = [[Noosa Heads, Queensland|Noosa Heads]] | near-nw = [[Noosa Heads, Queensland|Noosa Heads]] }}

'''Sunshine Beach''' is a coastal town and [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|suburb]] in the [[Shire of Noosa]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|32860|Sunshine Beach|town in Shire of Noosa|accessdate=10 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|48885|Sunshine Beach|suburb in Shire of Noosa|accessdate=10 October 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the suburb of Sunshine Beach had a population of 2,480 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== History == The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from [[Tewantin]]. After [[World War II]] it was marketed by his son, Marcus, as Sunshine Beach.<ref>[http://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/docs/CommGuide05PartD.pdf Noosa Community Guide 2005 Part D] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724202653/http://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/docs/CommGuide05PartD.pdf |date=24 July 2008 }} 19 December 2006</ref>

Sunshine Beach State School opened on 25 January 1982.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=[[Queensland Family History Society]] | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}</ref>

St Andrew's Anglican Church was built in 1990. It was designed by Hurst & Harris to seat 150 people. It was built from coralite limestone at a cost of $350,000.<ref name="QRPD-4585" />

Saint Thomas More Primary School is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Primary school]]. It was opened by the [[Marist Brothers]] on Tuesday 30 January 1990 with an initial enrolment of 92 children with Brother Mark May as the first principal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Welcome to Saint Thomas More Primary School Sunshine Beach|publisher=Saint Thomas More Primary School|url=http://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/dev/default.asp|url-status=dead|access-date=22 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522225608/http://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/dev/default.asp|archive-date=22 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/About%20Us/Pages/History.aspx |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Saint Thomas More Primary School |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324072437/https://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/About%20Us/Pages/History.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="qfhs"/>

Sunshine Beach State High School opened on 1 January 1992.<ref name="qfhs"/>

St Thomas More's Catholic Church was built in 1994.<ref name="QRPD-5913" />

Sunshine Beach Uniting Church was built from concrete blocks in 1997.<ref name="QRPD-45842">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Sunshine Beach Uniting Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4584 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703082942/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4584 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Noosa Flexible Learning Centre opened on 23 January 2006.<ref name="qfhs"/>

Although currently and historically within the [[Shire of Noosa]], between 2008 and 2013, the entire Shire of Noosa including Sunshine Beach was within the [[Sunshine Coast Region]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/about-council/home|title=About Council|website=[[Noosa Shire Council]]|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604235716/https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/about-council/home}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Backward Glance: History of Local Government on the Sunshine Coast |url=https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news/Backward-Glance-history-of-local-government-160316 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=[[Sunshine Coast Regional Council]] |archive-date=2 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230802011827/https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news/Backward-Glance-history-of-local-government-160316 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 January 2014 |title=The Noosa De-amalgamation: Building a New Organisation |url=https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/6/2014-01-13-deamalgamation-report-attachment-pdf |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=[[Noosa Shire Council]] |pages=8–9 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406073934/https://www.noosa.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/6/2014-01-13-deamalgamation-report-attachment-pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the suburb of Sunshine Beach had a population of 2,460 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32724|name=Sunshine Beach (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the suburb of Sunshine Beach had a population of 2,480 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32700|name=Sunshine Beach (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== Education == [[File:Sunshine Beach State School, 2023.jpg|left|thumb|Sunshine Beach State School, 2023]] Sunshine Beach State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at David Low Way ({{coord|-26.4027|153.1023|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Sunshine Beach State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018|accessdate=21 November 2018|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-24 |title=Sunshine Beach State School |url=https://sunshinebeachss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Sunshine Beach State School |language=en |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327080942/https://sunshinebeachss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 799 students with 52 teachers (47 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (18 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|accessdate=28 January 2020|publisher=[[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority]]|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes a [[special education]] program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine Beach SS - Special Education Program|url=https://www.sunshinebeachss.eq.edu.au/|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302064845/https://sunshinebeachss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref>

St Thomas More Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls on Ben Lexcen Drive ({{coord|-26.4059|153.1017|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Thomas More Primary School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=St Thomas More Primary School|url=https://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-date=27 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227231743/http://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is part of The Noosa District Roman Catholic Parish. It is staffed by the Brisbane Catholic Education Centre and operates in the [[Marist tradition]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marist Characteristics |url=https://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/About%20Us/Pages/Marist-Characteristics.aspx |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=St Thomas More Primary School |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324072421/https://www.stmsunshine.qld.edu.au/About%20Us/Pages/Marist-Characteristics.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 765 students with 50 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 37 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" />

Montessori Noosa is a private primary (Prep–5) school for boys and girls at 2 Bicentennial Drive ({{coord|-26.4050|153.0992|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Montessori Noosa}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 40 students with 3 teachers and 2 non-teaching staff (1 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" />

[[Sunshine Beach State High School]] is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 45 Ben Lexcen Drive ({{coord|-26.4104|153.1007|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Sunshine Beach State High School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=Sunshine Beach State High School |url=https://sunshinebeachhigh.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Sunshine Beach State High School |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515204242/https://sunshinebeachhigh.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,401 students with 112 teachers (103 full-time equivalent) and 50 non-teaching staff (39 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" /> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Sunshine Beach SHS - Special Education Program|url=https://www.sunshinebeachhigh.eq.edu.au/|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726225117/https://sunshinebeachhigh.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Noosa Flexible Learning Centre is a Catholic secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 2 Girraween Court ({{coord|-26.4031|153.1007|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Noosa Flexible Learning Centre}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Noosa Flexible Learning Centre|url=https://www.youthplus.edu.au/|accessdate=21 November 2018|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123094901/http://www.youthplus.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 88 students with 8 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 12 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" />

== Amenities == [[File:Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club main building.jpeg|thumb|Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club, 2016]] Noosa Aquatic Centre is at 6 Girraween Court ({{coord|-26.4074|153.0982|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Noosa Aquatic Centre}}).<ref name="BuildingAreas">{{Cite web |date=17 November 2020 |title=Building areas - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f |archive-date=23 October 2020 |access-date=17 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=[[Queensland Government]]}}</ref> It has swimming pools and gym facilities with associated classes and group fitness sessions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noosa Aquatic Centre - Swimming Lessons, Public Pools, & Gym |url=https://www.noosaaquaticcentre.com.au/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Noosa Aquatic Centre |language=en |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530031513/https://www.noosaaquaticcentre.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sunshine Beach Surf Lifesaving Club is off the bend along the beachfront on the corner of Dule St and Belmore Terrace, and is fringed by Ed Webb Park at its rear. ({{Coord|-26.40620|153.11196|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Sunshine Beach Surf Lifesaving Club}}).<ref>{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sunshine+Beach+SLSC/@-26.4062148,153.1112838,19z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b936bd9ca997b8b:0xc1344e8bc0c5cd56!8m2!3d-26.406006!4d153.112024!16s%2Fg%2F1tfmnkqs?entry=tts|title=Sunshine Beach Surf Lifesavers Club|access-date=3 July 2023}}</ref> Volunteers from the club patrol the beach to protect the public while swimming and surfing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surf Lifesaving |url=https://sunshinebeachslsc.com.au/surf-lifesaving/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Sunshine Beach SLSC |language=en-US |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323100606/https://sunshinebeachslsc.com.au/surf-lifesaving/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Sunshine Beach Surf Life Saving Club began patrols in the season of 1980/81 making it one of the youngest surf life saving clubs in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunshine Beach Surf Club |url=https://lifesaving.com.au/clubs-and-beaches/sunshine-beach |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Surf Life Saving Queensland}}</ref>

There are a number of churches in Sunshine Beach:

* St Andrew's Anglican Church, Bicentennial Drive ({{coord|-26.403484|153.1|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Andrew's Anglican Church}})<ref name="QRPD-4585">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Andrew's Anglican Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4585 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703082943/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4585 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglican Church Noosa |url=https://anglicanchurchnoosa.org/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |language=en-AU |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327002704/https://anglicanchurchnoosa.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * St Thomas More's Catholic Church, 75 Ben Lexcen Drive ({{coord|-26.404844|153.101|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Thomas More's Catholic Church}})<ref name="QRPD-5913">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=St Thomas More's Catholic Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=5913 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703082942/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=5913 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Noosa District Catholic Parish |url=https://noosacatholic.com/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Noosa District Catholic Parish |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324170038/https://noosacatholic.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * Sunshine Beach Uniting Church, 6 Grasstree Court ({{coord|-26.411835|153.0985|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Sunshine Beach Uniting Church}})<ref name="QRPD-4584">{{cite web |last=Blake |first=Thom |title=Sunshine Beach Uniting Church |url=https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4584 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Queensland Religious Places |archive-date=3 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703082942/https://www.qldreligiousplaces.net.au/View.php?id=4584 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-11 |title=Noosa Coastal Uniting Church - Our Church |url=https://www.noosacoastaluc.com.au/our-church/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |language=en-AU |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308223358/https://www.noosacoastaluc.com.au/our-church/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/sunshine-beach|title=Sunshine Beach|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland]] [[Category:Towns in Queensland]] [[Category:Beaches of Queensland]]