Nambour–Bli Bli Road

The road starts at an intersection with Nambour–Mapleton Road (known as National Park Road) and Nambour Connection Road (see below) in {{QLDcity|Nambour}}. It runs east as Bli Bli Road (Tourist Drive 23), crossing into {{QLDcity|Bli Bli}} before reaching the Bruce Highway, which it passes under at a dumbbell intersection. It runs southeast as State Route 10, and then northeast before turning east. It reaches an intersection with Yandina–Bli Bli Road (Willis Road) to the north, then turns southeast to an intersection with David Low Way, where it ends.{{cite book|title=Australia Road Atlas – Map 5 |publisher=Hema Maps – via RACQ |date=2009 |id=ISBN 1-86500-553-9}}

The road is fully sealed to at least a two lane standard. It serves the rural and residential areas along its length.

Since July 1997, when Yandina was bypassed by the Bruce Highway,[https://100years.tmr.qld.gov.au/1990s "100 Years of Transport and Main Roads – 1990–2000"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927015123/https://100years.tmr.qld.gov.au/1990s |date=27 September 2022 }}, Department of Main Roads (Queensland) this road is part of the shortest route from {{QLDcity|Eumundi}} to {{QLDcity|Maroochydore}}.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-26.4802374,152.9543631/-26.6525129,153.089608/@-26.5614859,152.8821493,11z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d153.0328686!2d-26.6163711!3s0x6b937741edd12efb:0x4a30160664cfdddd!1m0!3e0?entry=ttu |accessdate=15 November 2023 |title=Eumundi to Maroochydore}}

{{Main|Nambour#History}}

Logging began in the Nambour district in 1862.{{cite book|last1=Petrie|first1=C.C.|title=Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924063745495|date=1904|publisher=Watson, Ferguson & Co|location=Brisbane|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924063745495/page/n19 191]–202|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111032210/https://archive.org/details/cu31924063745495|archive-date=11 January 2014|url-status=live}} By 1870 a permanent European settlement, known as Petrie's Creek, had been established. In 1891, the North Coast railway to Brisbane was completed, and at its opening Petrie's Creek was renamed Nambour, after the "Nambah" cattle station, which was established in 1868.{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=135 }}{{cite web |url=https://visitsunshinecoasthinterland.com.au/town/nambour/#:~:text=William%20Samwell%20established%20a%20cattle,the%20present%2Dday%20Nambour%20Showgrounds. |title=Nambour history |publisher=Hinterland Tourism |date=2023|access-date=17 November 2023}}

In 1862 the Bli Bli area was part of the {{convert|1600|acres|ha}} Moolooloo Plains grazing lease. The beginnings of a town on part of that lease were in evidence by 1868, and the district was almost fully settled (with small farms) by the late 1880s.{{cite web |url=https://heritage.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/museums-and-places/town-histories/bli-bli |title=Bli Bli |publisher=Sunshine Coast Council |date=2023 |access-date=15 November 2023}}

All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.

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Nambour Connection Road is a state-controlled district road (number 489), part of which is rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bruce Highway in {{QLDcity|Woombye}}, via Nambour, to {{QLDcity|Kulangoor}}, a distance of {{convert|13.3|km|mi}}.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/-26.674064,152.9984034/-26.5826426,152.9640816/@-26.6200156,152.9339201,12z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d152.966628!2d-26.6505341!3s0x6b93788a07f97659:0x48eb284f39701ed9!1m0!3e0?entry=ttu |accessdate=23 November 2022 |title=Nambour Connection Road}} It was part of the Bruce Highway from its inception in 1934{{cite web |url=https://www.expressway.online/gallery/roads/qld/numbered/decommissioned/nationalhighways/nh1/index.html |title=Bruce Highway |publisher=Expressway |date=2021 |access-date=10 October 2022}} to 1990, when the Nambour Bypass was opened.{{cite web |url=https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/Backward-Glance-and-history-of-Nambour-part-2-231116 |title=Backward Glance: The Nambour retail story continues |publisher=Sunshine Coast Council |date=2022 |access-date=24 November 2022}}

{{quote|NOTE: Google maps show Nambour Connection Road extending north from Kulangoor to {{QLDcity|Yandina}}, but the official TMR map shows the northern part as Yandina South Connection Road. The reason for this is as follows:

When the Nambour Bypass opened in 1990 the highway crossed from the new road to the old in Kulangoor, and the newly named Nambour Connection Road ended at that point. When the Yandina Bypass opened in 1997[https://100years.tmr.qld.gov.au/1990s "100 Years of Transport and Main Roads – 1990–2000"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927015123/https://100years.tmr.qld.gov.au/1990s |date=27 September 2022 }}, Department of Main Roads (Queensland) the old road from Kulangoor to Yandina was renamed Yandina South Connection Road and the connection between the new and old roads was closed.}}

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All distances are from Google Maps. The entire road is within the Sunshine Coast local government area.

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