Sunshine Beach

Sunshine Beach is a coastal town and suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia.

Sunshine Beach is a coastal town and suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Sunshine Beach had a population of 2,460 people.

The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach but was rarely visited before the 1920s. In 1928, Thomas Marcus Burke gained land there in exchange for building roads and bridges from Tewantin. After World War II it was marketed by his son, Marcus, as Sunshine Beach.Sunshine Beach State School opened on 25 January 1982.Saint Thomas More Primary School is a Roman Catholic Primary school that in 1990 by The Noosa District Roman Catholic Parish and is staffed by the Brisbane Catholic Education Centre. It is a Marist school.Sunshine Beach State High School opened on 1 January 1992.Noosa Flexible Learning Centre opened on 23 January 2006.Although currently and historically within the Shire of Noosa, between 2008 and 2013 the entire Shire of Noosa including Sunshine Beach was within the Sunshine Coast Region.In the 2016 census, Sunshine Beach had a population of 2,460 people.