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| Pioneer Cottage, now the
Buderim Historical Museum |
Buderim (including Tanawha and Forest Glen)
Attractive township perched on a ridge above the holiday
coastal towns of Maroochydore and Caloundra.
Located 92 km north of Brisbane on the mountains behind
Maroochydore and Caloundra, Buderim has become a kind of
Sugar Coast hill station. It is a cool and luxuriant town
characterised by gardens profuse with hibiscus,
bougainvillea, poincianas and frangipani.
The people who work in the highly urbanised centres on
the coast and who want to escape from the hot, overcrowded
and overdeveloped coast often decide to retreat to
tree-lined, leafy Buderim.
The first Europeans to explore Buderim and the
surrounding mountain range were timber cutters. Richard
Jones moved through the area in 1854 looking for suitable
timber for Pettigrew's Mill. He was followed by others eager
to extract the cedar, beech and pine trees from the mountain
forests. In 1862 Tom Petrie followed Jones up the mountain
and became the first European to cut and extract the local
timber.
From these earliest times the mountain was known to
Europeans as Buderim. It was sometimes spelt 'Badderam' and
'Budderum'. The early timber cutters had heard the local
Aborigines using the term which, it is now widely accepted,
was the local Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle
which flourished on the mountain.
The Buderim plateau is over 7 km long, 4 km wide (in
places), and it ranges from 152 m up to 182 m above
sea-level. It was first surveyed in 1869 and the following
year a number of people purchased land which they duly
cleared. They built houses and planted crops of sugarcane,
citrus fruits, bananas and coffee.
In 1876 a sugar mill was built to process the local
produce. In that same year the beautiful Pioneer Cottage,
now the home of the Buderim Historical Society, was built by
John Burnett out of pit-sawn cedar and beech.
At the time the mill and cottage were built the local
farmers began using Kanaka labour on their sugar
plantations. The Kanakas were used to plant, cultivate and
harvest the cane and were kept in conditions of virtual
slavery, although one prominent citizen in the area, Joseph
Dixon, who was a Quaker, built a slab-and-shingle shed near
the sugarcane mill in order to furnish the Kanaka children
with a school and Sunday school.
By 1875 there were nineteen children living in the area,
which was enough to justify the establishment of a
provisional school.
In 1883-84 the first crop of Buderim bananas was added to
the produce from the area. Grown by James Lindsay, they were
taken down to the coast and shipped to the markets in
Brisbane. Like the sugar before it, the bananas presented
the small community with a major transportation headache.
There were years when the whole crop rotted on the wharves
waiting for boats to carry the bunches to the markets in
Brisbane.
Mountainous isolation was an ongoing problem. In the
early days the local produce had to be carted to the coast
on bullock dray. When the railway reached Landsborough the
Buderim farmers moved their produce to the railhead. In
1914, after much lobbying, a tramway was built between
Buderim and Palmwoods. From 1914-1935 the Buderim Tramway
connected with the railway but it was outmoded by
improvements in roads and road transportation.
In the late 1880s coffee was grown in the area.
Production peaked in 1907 when 40360 pounds of coffee were
produced on the mountain. But the crop which really did much
to boost the economy of the area was ginger, first grown in
the area as early as 1916 although it wasn't until 1941 that
the Buderim Ginger Growers Co-operative Association was
formed. It experienced hard times after the war but, by the
1970s, Buderim had become one of the country's major
producers of the pungent stem.
Today Buderim is a delightful mountainside commuter town
which seems to be a world away from the bustle of the coast.
There are a number of art galleries, antique shops and
nature reserves in the area to provide the visitor with a
sharp and pleasant contrast to the coastal attractions.
Things to see:
Pioneer Cottage
It is a sad comment on the changes which have occurred in
recent times on the Sunshine Coast that the Pioneer Cottage,
built of pit-sawn cedar and beech, is one of the few
historical buildings left on the mountain. This beautifully
preserved old house is surrounded by tall palm trees in
pleasant subtropical gardens. The displays are of great
interest. There is a wealth of material about the local
area, including an excellent booklet titled The History of
Buderim Mountain, which was produced by the students of
Buderim State School in 1979. There is also an interesting
booklet on the history of Pioneer Cottage and the project
which revitalised this important building. It is located in
Balinger Crescent, which runs off the main street of the
town, and is open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., tel: (07)
5445 5328.
Buderim Ginger Shoppe
The Buderim Ginger Shoppe is located at 1/90 Burnett St, tel:
(07) 5445-1035.
The Bellingham Maze
South of Buderim, around the intersection of the Sunshine
Motorway and the Bruce Highway, is Tanawha. On Tanawha Drive
visitors will find the Bellingham Maze which is open daily,
tel: (07) 5445 2979.
Super Bee Honey Factory
At this combined honey plant and tourist attraction visitors
can enjoy the bee show, which features a hive attendant
(located safely in an external enclosed glass space)
demonstrating and discussing the nature of the hive, the
behaviour of the bees, the production and extraction of the
honey. For the entertainment of children there are also
electric four-wheeled bicycles, novelty cottages such as The
House That Jack Built, a merry-go-round, mini-golf,
lorikeet-feeding, ducks, a cafe, free honey tasting and
retail sales of honies, health products and souvenirs.
Admission is free and they are open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00
p.m. daily. The Super Bee is located on Tanawha Tourist
Drive, tel: (07) 5445 3544.
Forest Glen Sanctuary
Exotic deer and indigenous Australian wildlife can be viewed
in natural environs in this drive-through zoo. Visitors can
undertake the 2.5-km 'safari' excursion, as well as hold a
koala and feed deer, kangaroos, emus and ducks. There are
also daily talks concerning hairy-nosed wombats and koalas,
as well as gifts, souvenirs and a cafe. The Sanctuary is
open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. daily. The cost is $12 for
adults, $9.80 for pensioners and students, $6.50 for
children (5-15 years), $3.50 for those under 5, and $37.90
for a family. It is located at Tanawha Tourist Drive, Forest
Glen,
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