Beerburrum Road

Beerburrum Road is a continuous 15.2-kilometre (9.4 mi) road route in the Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast local government areas of Queensland, Australia. It is designated as part of State Route 60.^[1] It is a state-controlled district road (number 127), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).^[2][3]

Beerburrum Road Queensland
General information
Type	Road
Length	15.2 km (9.4 mi)[1]
Route number(s)	(Caboolture – Beerburrum)
Major junctions
South end	Caboolture Connection Road, Caboolture
	Pumicestone Road Old Gympie Road Beerburrum-Woodford Road
North end	Glass House Mountains Road (Steve Irwin Way), Beerburrum
Location(s)
Major suburbs	Elimbah

Route description

Beerburrum Road commences as State Route 60 at an intersection with the Caboolture Connection Road in Caboolture. It runs north, passing Pumicestone Road (see below) to the north-east and Old Gympie Road to the north-west. It leaves Caboolture and passes through Elimbah before entering Beerburrum, where it turns north-east, passes the exit to Beerburrum–Woodford Road to the west, and crosses the North Coast railway line. It continues to the north and then east as it reaches the Glass House Mountains Road (Steve Irwin Way) where it ends.^[1]

Land use along the road is mainly rural.^[1]

Road condition

The road is fully sealed, and most of it is two lane road.^[1]

Upgrade projects

A lead project to improve safety on sections of this road and Burpengary–Caboolture Road, at a cost of $28.8 million, was under construction in July 2022, with two sub-projects on this road already completed.^[4]

• * Between Esme Avenue and McKean Street intersections.^[5] (Completed October 2021)
• * Intersection with Industry Drive and Old Gympie Road.^[6] (Completed)

History

Main articles: Caboolture, Queensland § History; Elimbah, Queensland § History; Beerburrum, Queensland § History; and Bruce Highway § Upgrades

The Caboolture area was colonised by European people in 1842 when the land around the Moreton Bay penal colony was opened up to free settlers. By the mid-1860s farms had been established and the local pastoralists were experimenting with sugar cane and cotton.^[7]

Elimbah was first settled by Europeans as a resting place on the road to Gympie for horses and bullocks, known as The Six Mile. In 1890 it became a railway siding known by its position on the line rather than a name, and in 1902 it was officially named Elimbah.^[8]

Some European settlement in what is now the locality of Beerburrum had occurred from 1861,^[9] but it was not until 1890 when the railway arrived that the area became accessible for new settlers.^[10] In 1916, Beerburrum was chosen to be a soldier settlement with over 550 farms allocated. Beerburrum Soldier Settlement was the largest soldier settlement in Queensland.^[11]

This road was part of the Bruce Highway when it was declared in 1934,^[12] and remained so until August 1970, when the Caboolture Bypass Stage 2 was completed between Bribie Island Road and Red Road.^[13]

Pumicestone Road

Pumicestone Road
Location	Beerburrum Road, Caboolture to Freeman Road, Toorbul
Length	18.5 km (11.5 mi)

Pumicestone Road is a state-controlled district road (number 1204) rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).^[2][3] It runs from Beerburrum Road in Caboolture to Freeman Road in Toorbul, a distance of 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi), crossing the Bruce Highway by an overbridge. This road intersects with the D'Aguilar Highway in Caboolture, the Bruce Highway on the Caboolture / Elimbah boundary, and Donnybrook Road in Toorbul.^[14]

v t e Pumicestone Road
Beerburrum Road North Coast rail line to Caboolture station Cutten Street D'Aguilar Highway North Coast rail line to Elimbah station Nash Court Dances Road Local Road Connections Argyll Street Cowie Street Jensen Road Goshawk Court Cottrill Road/Ardrossan Road Pumicestone State School Bus Lane Silica Street Reserve Drive King John Creek Flowers Road\Platinum Road Semple Lane/Joshua Court Atherton Road Big Fish Junction/Bigmor Drive Bruce Highway Local Road Connections Granite Place/Clinker Road McGarry Road Simpson Road Hume Road Steffenn Road Toorbul Waste Transfer Station Donnybrook Road Local Road Connections Volz Road Hazelton Private Airstrip Bishop Parade Elimbah Avenue Harrison Lane Otto Road Perry Road Toorbul Community Helipad Freeman Road

Major intersections

All distances are from Google Maps.^[1] The road is within the Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast local government areas.

LGA	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Moreton Bay	Caboolture	0	0.0	Caboolture Connection Road – west – Moodlu – east – Bruce Highway, Caboolture	Southern end of Beerburrum Road (State Route 60) Road continues south as Burpengary–Caboolture Road (Morayfield Road).
		1.5	0.93	Pumicestone Road – northeast – Toorbul	Road continues north.
		1.6	0.99	Old Gympie Road – northwest – Elimbah	Road continues north.
Sunshine Coast	Beerburrum	14.2	8.8	Beerburrum–Woodford Road – west – Woodford	Road continues northeast.
		15.2	9.4	Glass House Mountains Road (Steve Irwin Way) – north – Glass House Mountains – south – Bruce Highway, Elimbah.	Northern end of Beerburrum Road.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

v t e Beerburrum Road
Morayfield Road King Street Local Road Connections James Street/Hasking Street East Street Matthew Terrace/Bertha Street North Coast rail line Local Road Connections Nursury Road McKean Street Shell Street Henzell Road Lagoon Creek Hillcrest Avenue Machinery Parade Industry Drive Cutten Street D'Aguilar Highway Dances Road Pumicestone Road Old Gympie Road Local Road Connections Caboolture Showgrounds Qld State Equestrian Centre Tuckeroo Drive Caboolture Historical Village Porter Road King John Creek McConachy Road Sanna Court/Elimbah Stabling Yard Spoonbill Drive Mansfield Road Damiani Road Jacks Lane/Smiths Road Six Mile Creek Rose Creek Road/Lynch Street Coronation Drive/School Road English Street/Twin View Road Elimbah Sports Drive Elimbah station Soldier Road McDougall Road Rose Creek Beerburrum Creek Beerburrum–Woodford Road Local Beerburrum Roads Acacia Avenue Mount Beerburrum Access Anzac Ave (Memorial Trees) Beerburrum station Hibiscus Avenue Church Street North Coast rail line Old North Coast Road Steve Irwin Way Red Road

See also

• Australian Roads portal
• Queensland portal

• List of road routes in Queensland
• List of numbered roads in Queensland

References

1. "Caboolture to Beerburrum" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
2. North Coast region map (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
3. "North Coast district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
4. "Morayfield Road and Beerburrum Road Route Safety Project". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
5. "Morayfield Road and Beerburrum Road between Esme Avenue and McKean Street intersections". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
6. "Beerburrum Road intersection with Industry Drive and Old Gympie Road". Queensland Government. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
7. "Caboolture, Queensland". Aussie Towns. 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
8. "Elimbah history". Moreton Bay City Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
9. "Sunshine Coast timeline". Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
10. Kerr, John (1990). Triumph of narrow gauge : a history of Queensland Railways. Boolarong Publications. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-86439-102-5.
11. "Beerburrum". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
12. "Bruce Highway". Expressway. 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
13. Department of Main Roads Annual Report 1970-1971
14. "Caboolture to Toorbul" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 10 August 2023.