Dicky Beach, Queensland

Dicky Beach Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Population:	1489(2006 census)[1]
Postcode:	4551
Coordinates:	26°46′59″S 153°07′59″E / 26.783°S 153.133°E / -26.783; 153.133Coordinates: 26°46′59″S 153°07′59″E / 26.783°S 153.133°E / -26.783; 153.133
Area:	0.9 km² (0.3 sq mi)
Location:	3 km (2 mi) NE of Caloundra
LGA:	Sunshine Coast Region
County:	Canning
Parish:	Bribie
State District:	Caloundra
Federal Division:	Fisher
Suburbs around Dicky Beach: Battery Hill Currimundi Battery Hill Dicky Beach Coral Sea Caloundra Moffat Beach

Dicky Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre.

The area was named after the iron steamboat, the SS Dicky, which ran aground during heavy seas in 1893.^[2] It was re-floated, but again, heavy seas turned the ship about and back onto the sand where it remains to this day. Dicky Beach remains the only recreational beach in the world to be named after a shipwreck.^[3]

Dicky Beach is a patrolled beach, and is home to the Dicky Beach Surf Life Saving Club. It has been awarded numerous awards, including the 'DHL Queensland Surf Life Saving Club of the Year' in 2009.

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Dicky Beach (Caloundra City) (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC33066&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 11 June 2011. 
2. ^ Monumental Queensland: signposts on a cultural landscape by Lisanne Gibson & Joanna Besley
3. ^ National Library of Australia

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Dicky Beach
• Dicky Beach Surf Club