Alexandra Headland's webcam. Panorama of the bay
Alexandra Headland is a coastal suburb in Maroochydore in the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia. According to the 2016 census, the population was 3,958.
The rocky headland between the mouths of the Maroochy and Mulula Rivers was once known as Potts Point, after the warden John Potts. Potts lived on the land from 1880 to 1890, when it was used to haul timber to the Mulula River on oxen. The area was renamed Alexandra Headland in honor of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, in 1901.
Seaside cottages were built on the Cape in the 1920s.
In 1916, O'Connor proposed building the Alexandra Residential Hotel on 36 acres, behind the main surf beach at the corner of Alexandra Parade Street, Main Bouderim Mountain Road (now Bouderim Avenue) and Edward Street. The architect was Thomas Ramsey Hall. The hotel was built between 1923 and 1928, and it was the first fully integrated resort complex on the Maroochy Coast.
Subsequent modernization of transportation services and roads and further land sales led to Alexandra Headland's continued development as a tourist destination. The Cape now boasts a resort with all the amenities, including a patrolled surf beach on its northern edge.
