Beerwah, QLD 4519

After living in about 30 different places (yes, I am old), Beerwah is by far the best. The people are wonderful and friendly and it's lovely bumping into friends in the streets and local shops. There is a great community feel and the locals are very active in enjoying the wonderful bush walks and mountain hikes. Nearby Ewen Maddock is perfect for kayaking and swimming and if you feel more like saltwater experiences then there are many beaches within a 25 - 30 minute drive. The birds and wildlife are fabulous and you can still see kangaroos in paddocks. There is a public primary and secondary school and a great Prep to Year 12 College (Glasshouse Christian College) which has fantastic facilities for about 1100 students.

I have lived in Beerwah for over 10 years and have seen it change over that time. Beerwah is a relatively safe place to live and raise a family, with nearly all amenaties here except the big shopping centres and hospitals which are a short drive away. 30 mins to the beach and under an hour to Brisbane make it great for professionals and families. The train line attracts some ferals but in comparison to other towns of similar size the crime rate is relatively low. Traffic flows well and delays are minimal. Best of all it is a friendly relaxing town that is growing into a hinterland hub with new estates popping up and plans for capital growth on the drawing boards.... I for one wont be moving away anytime soon.

Moved here in 2017 after living mostly in Brisbane suburbia. People are friendly and I found it easy to make friends with locals. Beerwah state school and Beerwah High have been great for my kids so far. Fantastic teachers and community school feel.
Beerwah has lots to offer for families, parks, swimming pool, skate park. I would like to see council put in more walking tracks or footpaths that can be accessed with a pram that have some shade and not on the busy roads.
We have good choice for groceries with Woolworths, Fresh & Save and Aldi. Plus a few local butchers fruit shops and farm stalls.
Amazing scenery anywhere you look. Majestic sunsets behind the mountains. So much green space for good mental health.

Woodlands Chicken farm and Food processing are very close to town and do omit a fowl smell some times. Mostly at night and it is usually worse through the winter. The chicken farm at the end of Pine Camp Road has 10 + sheds in a small vicinity that house tens of thousands of chickens that do produce a lot of smell. This is something that council will need to re asses in the near future as they continue to approve more high density housing in the surrounding areas. The smell can be that pungent and burning the nose that you have close all windows and move inside if the smell comes floating in. It is also noisy at night time with fans running. Apart from the industrial sized chicken farming going on a few kms from the Main Street of town, the place is absolutely perfect.

Spoilt with mountains to climb and creeks to swim in, close to the beach, the highway & train station for those who work in Brisbane.

Beerwah is a lovely setting amongst the mountains with friendly residents.
Unfortunately more times than not the town has to suffer from a pungent horrible smell that is most unpleasant.
The cause maybe from chicken farms close to town, nobody can really find out the cause, authorities seemingly choosing to ignore the problem.
I only visit Beerwah, glad I do not live in Beerwah, I would be selling up and moving if I did.
Let's have some action and eliminate this unhealthy air that circulates the town.

Beerwah is a beautiful spot surrounded by mountains.
It’s a town known for its chickens. I think it will only ever be a chicken farm town as the farm will never move and the council will never pay the owner to move.
Hence - beautiful town with lots of chickens.

I use to love it here everyone was smiling and friendly and then all of the sudden people started acting differently horrible town and too many idiots here

After 2 years we would make the following observations:-
The train service is not flash but it’s good for going to the city and the airport.
Living near Mt Coochin gives us plenty of exercise and we can walk to town in 30mins.
People do take dogs in the National Park but that’s dog people for you.Best not to comment or there will be abuse and threats of violence.
Exceeding the 50kph suburban speed limit is mandatory.Police not sighted so far in our area.
Burning off backyard waste is a threat to community health and the environment and occurs on most days including under cover of darkness.2years of complaints to our local councillor and the Sunshine Coast Council have not provided any relief,in fact one of the council environmental officers doesn’t see a problem and was very insulting and patronising during a conversation that lasted about 20 minutes.Air quality is worse than the city so stay away if you value your health.The concept of duty of care seems missing from our local govt.
In conclusion we would be ok here if it wasn’t for the burners but the reality is that the council won’t help so we will probably be off soon before smoke inhalation kills us.
It’s pretty ordinary to have to put up with this kind of thing when most communities banned it many years ago:-it never occurred to us that people still burned off -it’s 2019 not1920.We find it ridiculous that the council are after a biosphere listing.

We moved to Beerwah5 years ago worst move we ever made thank god we are moving Public schooling up here and this includes most of the sunshine coast are pathetic BULLYING RUNS RIFE (Beerwah Secondary school bad news) very little is done about it both primary and secodary. Public schooling system lags way behind southern states Best look to send your Children to private schools which there are many to choose from.Sadly a once nice town is becoming a druggies paradise there are some really nice people here but sadly many rednecks with gutter mouths even young kids swear like you would not believe.There is a country target, IGA ,Woolworths, newsagent hotel a few takeaways which are below average, chinese avoid like the plague pineapple patch chinese is absolute rubbish. Public transport woeful very unreliable though on a positive note there is 2 roads that lead out of Beerwah choose one of them and dont look back

Not too far not too close to everything it depends on if you're willing to do a bit of drive. 10 minutes from the town to the highway and it takes you to everywhere. Within one hour to the airport and there're probably only a couple of traffic lights in the entire trip. Half hour to the beach, just take Steve Irwin way and short cut to the Brisvigas weekenders feels like a privilege. 40 minutes to Ikea and Costco. If you're afraid of crowd, mountain climbing, dirt tracks, farm work, boat ramp and fishing spots at the coochin creek estuary, or go for a trip to Blackall range, lots of things to do within 30 minutes drive. Or if you're lazy there's everything you need in the town. Get a place with large backyard and build up your own sanctuary garden and hobby shed. Most importantly, there're still large blocks at affordable price and with practical access to essential services. The potential new Bunnings, fast rail and CAMCOS line and Beerwah East, sounds very promising for long term investors and residents. People are generally nice and friendly. But trust your gut feeling when you scout around, not every estate and street are the same. Lastly, send kids to the private school in the town.