Coolabine, Queensland


Coolabine is a locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Coolabine is a locality in a valley surrounded by mountains to the north, east and south, a range that includes Mount Thilba Thalba and Connors Knob. It is locality is bounded on its west by Obi Obi Creek. Cooloobun Creek rises in the mountains to the south and then flows through the locality from east to west, joining Obi Obi Creek.
The land is freehold and rural residential in character.

History

The name Coolabine is an Aboriginal word meaning "place of koalas".
Coolabine State School opened about 1928 and closed about 1956.