Buderim (26°41′S 153°04′E / 26.683°S 153.067°E / -26.683; 153.067) is a mountain town in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia about an hour's drive north of Brisbane. The mountain itself is an extinct volcano.
The name "Buderim" is from the local Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam) Banksia spinulosa var. collina, which grew abundantly in the sandy country around the plateau. Although it did not actually grow ...
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Buderim (26°41′S 153°04′E / 26.683°S 153.067°E / -26.683; 153.067) is a mountain town in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia about an hour's drive north of Brisbane. The mountain itself is an extinct volcano.
The name "Buderim" is from the local Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam) Banksia spinulosa var. collina, which grew abundantly in the sandy country around the plateau. Although it did not actually grow on the plateau, it is likely the name was given when the white man gestured in the direction of the slopes across the plants, asking what the area was called.
Buderim was seen as a resource for timbergetters, huge stands of Beech and cedar grew across the mountain. Some trees were so large in fact, they were wasted due to the lack of transport to carry them down to the river for despatch to Brisbane. Once clear felled, the plateau was used for farming, the rich red volcanic soil found on Buderim made the area particularly suited to growing...
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