12th September 2016:
Woombye
is a town located on the Sunshine
Coast hinterland in Queensland,
Australia,
approximately 100 kilometres north of the Brisbane
CBD. The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal
language - a place (wumbai) of black snake, or (wambai) black myrtle
or axe handle made from black myrtle. The
small township of Woombye is surrounded by what were once pineapple
farms, which today are acreage properties and gated communities.
Woombye is home to one of the longest established soccer clubs on the
Sunshine
Coast, the Woombye Snakes. Woombye is also the location of an
Australian tourist icon The
Big Pineapple.Woombye
is accessible by Translink
trains and buses. The town is centered on its
railway station on the North
Coast railway line with numerous
rail services departing for Brisbane daily.
One
of Woombye's history-inspired murals painted by local
artist,
(Woombye butchers mural)
Main Street Woombye
