Nambour

Nambour is a large centre which serves both the travellers on the Bruce Highway and the surrounding agricultural population. A town where the sugar railway line crosses the Bruce Highway and runs down the middle of the main street.

At crushing time it is commonplace to see a cane train winding its way down the street.

Located 101 km north of Brisbane, Nambour was probably named after the local Aboriginal word for a red flowering tea-tree.

Nambour is the most southerly of Queensland's major sugar towns and, interestingly, the cane was still cut by hand in the area as recently as the 1970s. This was only because of the hilly terrain which was not suitable for cane-cutting machines.

In recent times the agricultural base of the area has expanded to include a variety of tropical crops - particularly macadamia nuts, bananas, citrus fruits and pineapples.

Most southern of the State’s sugar towns, sitting in a valley surrounded by hills. Petrie Park is a pleasant shady recreation area on Petrie Creek, a tributary of the Maroochy River.

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