Woombye, Queensland

Woombye is a town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Woombye has a population of 2,094, as measured in the 2006 census.GeographyWoombye is located on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, approximately 100km north of the Brisbane CBD. The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal language - a place (wumbai) of black snake, or (wambai) black myrtle or axe handle made from black myrtle.The Bruce Highway forms the eastern boundary of the locality.Woombye is accessible by Translink trains and buses. The town is centered on its railway station on the North Coast railway line with numerous rail services departing for Brisbane daily.The small township of Woombye is surrounded by what were once pineapple farms, which today are acreage properties and gated communities. Woombye is home to one of the longest established soccer clubs on the Sunshine Coast, the Woombye Snakes. Woombye is also the location of an Australian tourist icon The Big Pineapple.