| Coolum Beach Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
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Coolum Beach, looking north |
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| Postcode: | 4573 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 119 km (74 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Sunshine Coast | ||||||||||||
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Coolum Beach is a beachside town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia and is also the beach around which the town is based. Coolum hosted the 2003 CHOGM after it was moved from Brisbane.
The name is derived from the local Undumbi word gulum or guloom, meaning "blunt" or "headless", referring to the shape of Mount Coolum, which has no peak. [1]
Mount Coolum dominates the landscape, and can be seen from most of Coolum. A half hour bush walk winds its way up Mount Coolum.
Coolum Beach is a popular day trip and holiday destination. The town is focused around the beach which is patrolled by life savers and offers swimming and surfing, in its day it is known as one of the best breaks in Queensland. Parks, a boardwalk, esplanade shops, and the surf life saver club surround the beach. Over the last five years Coolum Beach has seen heavy development, with new buildings for retail business and holiday apartments. It is popular with day trippers from Brisbane and is very popular for tourists visiting the Sunshine Coast.
Mount Coolum, the mountain in Coolum is the second largest rock in the world.
World Tour surfer Julian Wilson was born and resides in Coolum Beach.