2009 QLD AOA Annual Meeting

Noosa Fast Facts

• Noosa is home to many festivals and events throughout the year including the Noosa
  Jazz festival, NoosaTriathlon, Multi Sport Festival and the Family Fishing Classic.
• Noosa was a popular holiday destination for Indigenous Australians before European
  settlement. Whilst the Bunya Nut festival, the oldest festival known to man, was held
  annually in the nearby Blackall Rangers.
• It was logging and then gold that first attracted white man to the region in the early
  1800’s. Logs were rafted downstream along the Noosa River from Lake Cootharaba to
  Tewantin where they awaited loading onto ocean going vessels.
• Noosa has changed considerably since first being inhabited, having developed from a
  small fishing hamlet to a world-class holiday destination. It has a population of 43, 000
  residents; 10, 000 of those permanent residents and 250, 000 holiday makers a year.
• The Noosa River and lakes were flooded by sea during the glacial period 130, 000
  years ago making Noosa into an Island.
• The mountains in the area were formed by volcanic lava thrust upward that have
  withstood erosion over millions of years whilst the softer land around washed away
  and created The Great Sandy Park with its high dunes.
• An estimated 390,000 people holidayed in Noosa during 2006. That’s an average of
  7500 People per week.
• Of Noosa’s 875 square kilometers almost 35 per cent compromise National Parks,
  Conservation Parks, State Forests, Vacant Crown, Land lakes and streams.