Kawana Waters is an urban centre on the Sunshine CoastinQueensland, Australia, between Caloundra and Maroochydore along the Coral Sea coast.[1] It was originally the estate development name and has passed into common usage, but it is not officially a town nor a locality. The official suburbs (listed below) are connected by the Nicklin Way arterial road. It is sometimes abbreviated to Kawana, which is a suburb of Rockhampton.
Many shopping and sporting facilities, including Kawana Shoppingworld are located in the Kawana Waters estate area.
Kawana Waters is a narrow urban area bounded roughly by Mooloolah River to the north and northwest, the ocean to the east and Currimundi Lake to the south.
The Kawana Waters urban centre consists of the following suburbs:
According to Rex Ingamells, Kawana is an Aboriginal word meaning wildflowers.[1] Construction work on Kawana Island commenced in 1960, with Nicklin Way officially opened in 1965.[2] The area was officially named Kawana Waters on 1 November 1968, having previously been known as Kawana Island.[1]
Along with a number of other regional Australian newspapers owned by News Corp Australia, the Kawana/Maroochy Weekly newspaper ceased publication in June 2020.[4]
Census populations for the Kawana Statistical Local Area have been recorded since 1981 but covers more than just the area known as the Kawana Waters estate:[7]