Mudjimba is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

, Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, and forms part of the Maroochydore urban centre. Mudjimba gets its name from the local plant, the Midyam bush.

Sunshine Coast Airport

Sunshine Coast Airport

Sunshine Coast Airport is an Australian airport serving Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is the gateway to holiday destinations such as Noosa, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba and Caloundra...

 is located adjacent to the suburb; the Sunbus depot is near the airport.

Recently the ex-HMAS Brisbane

HMAS Brisbane (D-41)

HMAS Brisbane was one of three Perth class guided missile destroyers to serve in the Royal Australian Navy . The United States-designed ship was laid down at Bay City, Michigan in 1965, launched in 1966 and commissioned into the RAN in 1967...

was scuttled five kilometers off the coast.

Mudjimba is home to the Mudjimba Surf Life Saving Club. The club was founded in 1996.

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Mudjimba