Caboolture, Queensland

Caboolture is a city in southeastern Queensland, Australia. Caboolture is located about 50 kilometers north of Brisbane and about 130 kilometers south of Gympie. The city has about 15,000 inhabitants. Caboolture is considered the northern end of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area, but at the same time as the southern end of the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

By March 2008, Caboolture center and administrative headquarters was the Shires same name. After the regional elections in March, the Caboolture Shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Pine Rivers and Redcliffe and founded the city of Moreton Bay Regional Council.

History

The area around Caboolture was traditionally inhabited by Aborigines. The name Kabultur is derived from the Aboriginal language and means as much as the place of carpet pythons. This non-toxic snake is still frequently encountered among many other venomous species in the suburbs and around the city.

In 1842 the land was released to the former Moreton Bay penal colony for the settlement by free settlers. Due to their proximity to the penal colony, the area was one of the first to Caboolture that were colonized by European settlers.

At this time the area was heavily forested. This was based on the first economic activities in the area. Especially valuable cedar was up in the 1860s cut down in a big way and brought over the Caboolture River and Moreton Bay to Brisbane. There, as also by the settlers on the spot, it was used as a good and anytime soon available building material.

Then in the 1860s there were major changes. Stocks of cedar came to an end and agriculture grew in importance. Soon there was great success in the cultivation of sugar cane, wheat and corn. Even cattle was operated successfully.

1867 a first small trading center was built. This served primarily to supply the settlers in the area. A short time later, the commercial center became more important than further north in the area around Gympie gold deposits were discovered. Many prospectors passed through on their way from Brisbane to Gympie the area and took advantage of Caboolture as a supply station. A year later, the first regular scheduled service has been set up with horse-drawn carriages, which also made ​​a stopover in Caboolture. In 1888 the rail link was opened to Brisbane.

Presence

After Caboolture was a sleepy town in the first half of the 20th century, it has experienced a rapid development since the 1970s.

Through the expansion of the Bruce Highway and the railway line to Brisbane, Caboolture has become accessible to the inhabitants of the capital, fast and cheap. With a change in local laws also the development of cheap land and the division was made possible in small plots for detached houses. These factors Caboolture won many new residents who were living in Brisbane before.

In contrast to other places in the surrounding areas of Brisbane Caboolture has special appeal its close proximity to Brisbane on the one hand and to the Sunshine Coast on the other. Thus, Caboolture became the preferred place of residence for families who need to be close to the capital as a job but want to live close to recreation centers or the coast.

Lately Caboolture gained notoriety as the home of the singer Keith Urban. Urban was born in New Zealand, but grew up in a district in the west Cabooltures.

Traffic

Caboolture is a major transportation hub in the area. The city is located on the Bruce Highway, which runs from the capital Brisbane to Cairns in the tropical north. Furthermore, Caboolture starting point of the D' Aguilar Highway which leads to the hinterland to Kingaroy, as well as beginning the road to Bribie Iceland, a coastal barrier island.

Caboolture is the northern terminus of the suburban and commuter trains of the city of Brisbane. These trains are operated by Queensland Rail and run several times per hour from about 5 clock in the morning to 1 clock in the morning. This offer features a direct and fast connection Cabooltures to the capital of the country. The journey takes about 50 minutes.

The train station of Caboolture is also a stopping point for long-distance trains from Brisbane to the north. There are regular services to Nambour and Gympie from where has links to more northern regions there.

At the station in Caboolture is also the regional bus station. From there, bus lines in all districts and nearby towns. A bus line connects with the districts on Bribie Caboolture Iceland. These lines are served by 3 regional bus companies. Nationwide Caboolture is connected to the network of Greyhound Australia.

Is unusual for a city of this size, Caboolture has its own airport. This is however not served by major airlines due to the proximity to the capital Brisbane. The airport is mainly used by a large number of smaller private and business aircraft.

The airport is home to a museum of aviation, which has several airworthy historic aircraft and this presents regularly at demonstrations and air shows. The museum is run by a group of aircraft enthusiasts which expand the collection constantly and restore old airplanes.