Natural history

The Spit at Mooloolaba was formed across the estuary of the Mooloolah River on a bar of Landsborough sandstone. Gravel and sandy sediments were deposited on the bar and overlaid with coffee rock of compacted vegetable matter and sand. The Spit is located in the coastal and sub coastal zones along waterways. These zones contain a considerable variety of fauna and flora dominated by ‘Eugarie’ also known as Pipi (Donax deltoides).

Kabi Kabi First Nation Peoples are the recognised Traditional Custodians. They had a permanent camp nearby at Point Cartwright, and substantial shell middens have been found at The Spit and along the coast. Landscape features in Kabi Kabi Country have stories attached to them including Mount Ninderry, Mount Coolum, the Maroochy River, and Mudjimba Island. All these places link to the Mooloolah River and its Creation ancestor, Mooloolah. Mooloolaba is thought to have been derived from ‘muloo a ba’ the word for black snake place.