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Discover the best of Buderim right here
on Buderim's own website.
What's Happening in Buderim (click me)!
Buderim Carols by Candlelight . . .
will be held on the Sunday evening of December 14th at 6:30pm, in the Buderim Mountain School Oval, set against the beautiful pine forest backdrop. Under a gorgeous starry sky the community will come together to be entertained and sing seasonal songs!
What's Cool
What's Cool on Buderim's Community Site
Buderim Maps - Discover the places to see, places to get married, places to eat and more!
New to Buderim? Discover the businesses and inside info on our town.
Like to play games? We have some rippers here! There are crosswords to play online, the famous line rider game and some other stuff just for fun. Find them all when you roll over the "games" menu button.
Take a virtual drive to Buderim using this fun map!
Get some hints and tips on the internet and computers, check the Buderim Web Wiz section
How to use this site
How to use Buderim's Website
This is The Buderim website, and just like the region, it is jam-packed with great things to see and do! At first it may seem a little over whelming, here are a few clues.
Use the menu at the left to locate different sections, hover over the buttons with a white triangle to make a submenu pop out.
We use a lot of the Google map technology on the site to show you locations and give you directions. You will need to use at least a broadband connection to use them.
If you have any suggestions please drop us a line on email
This fast growing centre contains some of the most desirable real estate on the magnificent Sunshine Coast of Queensland, Australia.
On The Buderim web site you can discover everything from the Village to the expansive community which grows around the forested slopes of Buderim Mountain, where over 35,000 people have made their homes.
There is a green ambience characterised by leafy streets lined with poinciana trees and flowering shrubs. Major features are the Buderim Forest and Foote Sanctuary. Buderim is placed on a volcanic plateau, barely 600ft above the Pacific Ocean.
Those fortunate enough to live here, enjoy sweeping views of one of Queensland's major tourism centres and a mild climate all year round. The town is quite central to whole of the Sunshine Coast, merely 10 minutes from famous beaches such as Mooloolaba and Maroochydore.
The cooler mountain breezes over the tree-lined escarpment and close proximity to the ocean, gives Buderim the best of both beach and hinterland environments.
According to a report on the ABC on February 1st 2006, Queensland has four towns in the top ten destinations for the "Sea Change" phenomenon and Buderim is one of those! If you visit, you will know why this is no surprise to the locals.
Buderim: What's in a name?
How did this town end up with a name like "Buderim"?
There are a couple of versions of the story, here is one sent to us by a long term resident . . .
Budderum (or Badderam) was the native Kabi Kabi word for the coastal bottlebrush, banksia collina, sometimes called honeysuckle, which grows on the open sandycountry near the sea. It is likely that a white person enquiring the name of the high country to be seen from the beach was given the name of the coastal 
bottlebrush instead.
The Indigenous people did not have a written language and so the spelling of their word may vary between sources, the plateau's name was written down as Buderim Mountain. The coastal bottlebrush did not grow in the rainforested slopes, but it was known as Buderim from the time of the first white settlement of the area by timbergetters.
Where's the Ginger?
The last 100 years has seen Buderim transformed from a timber-getter's resource, to farmland and for a time the centre of the largest Ginger Factory in the 
southern hemisphere. This is the main source of Buderim's fame.
People often contact us to ask where is the Ginger Factory?
Well . . . it relocated about 20 minutes down the road to Yandina, over 20 years ago! The factory now is home to a major theme park and tourist attraction. If you come to the Coast you will find lots of signs and info to get you there. But don't forget to visit Buderim, the place where it all began.
Discover the real Buderim
The Ginger Factory has moved on, the orchards made way for neighbourhoods, yet the spirit of community remains in this thriving, 
modern centre. From the small hub or "village" as it is affectionately known, the town has grown across the plateau and indeed down the escarpment. There are many places not even "on" Buderim which carry the name.
We can be accurately described as the Buderim Mountain Community.
On the subject of community if you are moving here or are a resident, you should discover the BWMCA. This remarkable organisation is a large part of what makes Buderim a great place to live.
Find your way around Buderim
Where are the schools?
Is there a Uniting Church in Buderim?
Where should the relo's stay when they visit?
Where can you take a friend for a romantic getaway?
Find it all and more right here on Buderim's own web site.
Our resources will show what's going on and where it's at in Buderim, see all of the sights before visiting them in person!
Enjoy Buderim: a great place to visit and a beautiful place to call home.
A big thank you
. . . to everyone that has contacted us over the years with suggestions or comments, we really appreciate you and your input!
Buderim's site was recently featured in a segment on Channel Seven's The great South East program about Buderim.
Want to know something about Buderim?
Feel free to contact us and we will do our best to help!
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